Happiness Quotes

The needle of our conscience is as good a compass as any.

Happiness is not something you get but something you do.

Happiness is action.

I am enjoying to a full that period of reflection which is the happiest conclusion to a life of action.

Painting's not important. The important thing is keeping busy.

To attain happiness in another world we need only to believe something to secure it in this world we must do something.

If you observe a really happy man you will find ... that he is happy in the course of living life twenty-four crowded hours of each day.

I find my joy of living in the fierce and ruthless battles of life.

We must not seek happiness in peace but in conflict.

Happiness walks on busy feet.

Our actions are the springs of our happiness or misery.

The formula for complete happiness is to be very busy.

The busiest man is the happiest man.

Happiness comes from ... some curious adjustment to life.

Happy is he who learns to bear what he cannot change!

Life is not always what one wants it to be but to make the best of it as it is is the only way of being happy.

We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learned to bear its ills without being overcome by them.

When we ... devote ourselves to the strict and unsparing performance of duty then happiness comes of itself.

Seek happiness for its own sake and you will not find it seek for duty and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine.

True happiness we are told consists in getting out of one's self. But the point is not only to get out you must stay out. And to stay out you must have some absorbing errand.

Happy [is] the man who knows his duties!

Happiness lies in the joy of achieve ment and the thrill of creative effort.

Without duty life is soft and bone less.

Happiness consists not in having much but in being content with little.

A multitude of small delights constitute happiness.

For me it is sufficient to have a corner by my hearth a book and a friend and a nap undisturbed by creditors or grief.

A happy life is made up of little things ... a gift sent a letter written a call made a recommendation given transportation provided a cake made a book lent a check sent.

Yes there is a Nirvanah it is in leading your sheep to a green pasture and in putting your child to sleep and in writing the last line of your poem.

First health then wealth then pleasure and do not owe anything to anybody.

I don't think about whether people will remember me or not. I've been an okay person. I've learned a lot. I've taught people a thing or two. That's what's important.

The happiest people I have known in this world have been the Saints-and after these the men and women who get immediate and conscious enjoyment from little things.

We women ought to put first things first. Why should we mind if men have their faces on the money as long as we get our hands on it?

I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet simple things of life which are the real ones after all.

The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.

Enjoy the little things for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

In violent and chaotic times such as these our only chance for survival lies in creating our own little islands of sanity and order in making little havens of our homes.

Small kindnesses small courtesies small considerations habitually practiced in our social intercourse give a greater charm to the character than the display of great talents and accomplishments.

We learn the inner secret of happiness when we learn to direct our inner drives our interest and our attention to something besides ourselves.

Little deeds of kindness little words of love Help to make earth happy like the heaven up above.

In about the same degree as you are helpful you will be happy.

Hire the best. Pay them fairly. Communicate frequently. Provide challenges and rewards. Believe in them. Get out of their way and they'll knock your socks off.

Treat a horse like a woman and a woman like a horse. And they'll both win for you.

Invest in the human soul. Who knows it might be a diamond in the rough.

All the goodness beauty and perfection of a human being belong to the one who knows how to recognize these qualities.

You cannot always have happiness but you can always give happiness.

The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side.

No one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

Happiness is a by-product of helping others.

No man can live happily who regards himself alone who turns everything to his own advantage. Thou must live for another if thou wishest to live for thyself.

The habit of being uniformly considerate toward others will bring increased happiness to you.