Piognant Quotations
Happiness Quotations
That is happiness: to be dissolved into something complete and great.
Happiness: An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.
The world is so full of a number of things I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.
Happiness is a perfume you can't pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation?
Happiness? Thatís nothing more than health and a poor memory.
Happiness lies in the consciousness we have of it.
Happiness is a how, not a what; a talent, not an object.
True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.
Getting what you go after is success; but liking it while you are getting it is happiness.
True happiness is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
Be happy. If you're successful but unhappy, that's emptiness.
Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from teh achievement of one's values.
Happiness is the space between unhappiness.
Happiness is a mystery, like religion, and should never be rationalized.
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.
Happiness isn't a fortune in a cookie. It's a deeper, wider, funnier, and more transporting than that.
The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
To be of use to the world is the only way to be happy.
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.
The true way to render ourselves happy is to love our work and find in it our pleasure.
Precisely the least, the softest, lightest, a lizard's rustling, a breath, a breeze, a moment's glanceóit is little that makes the best happiness.
Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.
To be truly happy and contented, you must let go of what it means to be happy or content.
Within your heart, keep one still, secret spot where dreams may go.
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.
Man is happy only as he finds work worth doing, and does it well.
The key to happiness is not to get more, but to enjoy what we have and to fill the empty frame of our lives instead of enlarging it.
The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.
Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.
Happiness is a sunbeam, which may pass through a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray; nay, when it strikes on a kindred heart, like the converged light on a mirror; it reflects itself with redoubled brightness. It is not perfected till it is shared.
The happiest people I have known have been those who gave themselves no concern about their own souls, but did their uttermost to mitigate the miseries of others.
In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it.
I'm not a big proponent of happiness. I think it's highly overrated. I think misery is underrated. There's so much value in that. You can't have one without the other.
The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world. And they are not only happy in themselves, they are the cause of happiness in others.
Getting what you go after is success; but liking it while you are getting it is happiness.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Happiness is spiritual, born of Truth and Love. It is unselfish; therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it.
You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.
Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others.
Man is happy only as he finds work worth doing -- and does it well.
Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go and you learn at once how big and precious it is.
Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
A happy life is made of little things.
Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy.
To be happy, drop the words "if only" and substitute instead the words "next time."
You live longer once you realize that any time spent being unhappy is wasted.
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
Happiness: An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.
Memorable Quotes
Find your happiness in yourself.
No one is happy all his life long.
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
Happiness, to some elation, is to others, mere stagnation.
Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen.
Happiness is activity.
Be happy. It is a way of being wise.
To fill the hour-that is happiness.
Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient.
Quotes cards
He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.
The first step toward happiness is to determine to be happy.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
Happiness is not perfected until it is shared.
Happiness is good health and a bad memory.
We are never so happy or unhappy as we think.