Quotes
Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness… - Andre Gide
Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose. - William Cowper
The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its affections to a few esteemed characters.
The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its affections to a few esteemed characters. - Thomas Jefferson
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life. - Omar Khayyam
I do not think we have a “right” to happiness. If happiness happens, say thanks.
I do not think we have a “right” to happiness. If happiness happens, say thanks. - Marlene Dietrich
Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it.
Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it. - William Feather
Happiness and sadness run parallel to each other. When one takes a rest, the other one tends to take up the slack.
Happiness and sadness run parallel to each other. When one takes a rest, the other one tends to take up the slack. - Hazelmarie Elliott
There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.
There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness. - Lady Blessington
The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.
The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition. - Oliver Goldsmith
To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.
To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness. - John Dewey
It is by being fully involved with every detail of our lives, whether good or bad, that we find happiness, not by trying to look for it directly.
It is by being fully involved with every detail of our lives, whether good or bad, that we find happiness, not by trying to look for it directly. - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be.
The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be. - Marcel Pagnol