Happiness Quotes

The fiction of happiness is propagated by every tongue and confirmed by every look till at last all profess the joy which they do not feel and consent to yield to the general delusion.

Human happiness has always its abatements; the brightest sunshine of success is not without a cloud.

"I fly from pleasure," said the prince, "because pleasure has ceased to please; I am lonely because I am miserable, and am unwilling to cloud with my presence the happiness of others."

Try and forget our cares and sickness, and contribute, as we can to the happiness of each other.

For who is pleased with himself.

Little would be wanting to the happiness of life, if every man could conform to the right as soon as he was shown it.

The happiness of building lasted but a little while, for though I love to spend, I hate to be cheated; and I soon found, that to build is to be robbed.

The happiness of London is not to be conceived but by those who have been in it.

The fountain of contentment must spring up in the mind.

We all know by theory that there is no permanent happiness in this life: But the weight of the precept is not felt in the same manner as when it is confirmed to us by a heavy calamity.

We ne'er can be Made happy by compulsion.

Happiness can be built only on virtue, and must of necessity have truth for its foundation.

It's usually a spiritual thing that's preventing somebody from having happiness.

Everything in large doses is gonna kill you. Even happiness.

There are lots of ways to bring joy, happiness, peace, laughter, hope and comfort into your life, and they cost absolutely nothing.

The thought has cheered me, and I'd like to hang onto that. Must protect my little pockets of happiness.

When you're happy for yourself, it fills you. When you're happy for someone else, it pours over.

He had a smug smile on his lips like he knew, even in his sleep, that women all around him were dying from love because he'd taken their hearts and hidden them where they'd never find them.

you already possess all you need to be genuinely happy.

Today you may not be familiar with the happiness habit. But like any new behavior, happiness can be learned.

It is difficult to experience moments of happiness if we are not aware of what it is we genuinely love.

Goodbye, kind year, we walk no more together. But here in quiet happiness we part.

What I mean by love ... is this. A sympathetic liking--excited by fancy, directed by judgment--and to which is joined also a most sincere desire of the good and happiness of its object.

Happiness is, in truth, a very cheap thing, when the heart will be contented to traffic with nature - art has quite a different price.

Life was resumed, and anxious living blew away as if it had not been. I could not breathe deep enough or long enough. It was a return to happiness.

And so we smile on, Feeding the truths we share With a union of our souls, Cathedral slaves of our passion Which builds beauty amongst chaos.

Smile As you find a rhythm Working you, slow mile by mile, Into your proper haunt.

HAPPINESS is not a destiny, it's a choice.

Humanity is fortunate, because no man is unhappy except by his own fault.

Every one has time if he likes. Business runs after nobody: people cling to it of their own free will and think that to be busy is a proof of happiness.

Whatever is to make us better and happy God has placed either openly before us or close to us.

It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.

Debt creates stress, stress creates behaviors that don't lead to happiness.

But I am happy. And happiness, I have decided, is a noble ambition.

Being a joyful vegan is the best way I know to contribute to the happiness of others, ultimately ensuring our own happiness.

What you eat should not just be "good for you" but it should contribute to your happiness; it should make you a happier person.

Everything we do should contribute to happiness.

Each of us has a genuine capacity for love, forgiveness, wisdom and compassion. Meditation awakens these qualities so that we can discover for ourselves the unique happiness that is our birthright.

Happiness is actually an individual choice, even in the midst of negative circumstances. It's not something our employers can give to us, though they can limit and influence that choice.

Scientifically, happiness is a choice. It is a choice about where your single processor brain will devote its finite resources as you process the world.

Happiness inspires productivity.

It costs nothing to smile. Do it as often as possible

You have to learn to smile through your pain. Sometimes it’s all we got.

One becomes gradually accustomed to a new realization of the nature of 'happiness': one has to assume happiness when Fate does not carry out all its threats simultaneously.

If you haven't been happy very young, you can still be happy later on, but it's much harder. You need more luck.

Happiness is the best adventure on earth.

The best songs for me come from the search for joy. You're in a negative place maybe, but you're still striving to improve yourself and find happiness.

I think that's one of the most important gifts we have in television - the ability to heal through laughter.

Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.

She flashes me a smile so devastating that it could even make an atheist believe in God.