There is no worse sorrow than remembering happiness in the day of sorrow.
The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are but different means chosen to arrive at it.
It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.
Offspring, the due performance on religious rites, faithful service, highest conjugal happiness and heavenly bliss for the ancestors and oneself, depend on one’s wife alone.
The secret to happiness is freedom… And the secret to freedom is courage.
It was my interest in happiness that led me to the subject of habits, and of course, the study of habits is really the study of happiness. Habits are the invisible architecture of everyday life, and a significant element of happiness.
So long as we can lose any happiness, we possess some.
Who doesn’t love ‘Frogger?’ It draws its power from our shared memories of powerlessness. Wherever we are now, at one time or another we have all felt the poor frog’s anxiety in the face of the world’s intransigence, its blind and callous disregard for our happiness or well-being.
We believe, as our founders did, that ‘the pursuit of happiness’ depends upon individual liberty; and individual liberty requires limited government.
Happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy. There’s going to be stress in life, but it’s your choice whether you let it affect you or not.
I saw ‘Joy Luck Club’ when it came out, so that was early mid-’90s, and I remember seeing it with my long-time collaborator, Mina Shum. We’d just done ‘Double Happiness,’ and we saw this movie, and we were weeping. Like, shuddering weeping. Weeping more than really the film deserved.
If we depend for our happiness on another, on society or on environment, they become essential to us; we cling to them, and any alteration of these we violently oppose because we depend upon them for our psychological security and comfort.
Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told.
Economists typically think that your happiness goes up as you get more money, but the more you have, the less each additional dollar matters. This means that you value money most in times when you have less income and more expenses.
No human being can really understand another, and no one can arrange another’s happiness.
I honestly believe true happiness lies in lowered expectations. In opening the door to let the air in.
The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done.
The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention.
When top scientists and psychologists talk about what’s important to our overall wellbeing and how satisfied we are with our lives, the only thing that they all agree on is that social relationships are probably the single best predictor of our overall happiness.
I really wanted to buy a Range Rover. It was a big dream, and the day I bought it, I was very happy, but by evening, I was immune to it. That’s when I realized that excitement, if it’s happiness, is not in reaching the goal but in the process. Thus process trumps over realization.
Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.
My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.
God isn’t compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your choice. Our civilization has chosen machinery and medicine and happiness.
Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin.
Beauty is the promise of happiness.
Life is full of happiness and tears; be strong and have faith.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Happiness, the feeling of positivity, really is the foundation of productivity.
Could we not argue that America is about freedom, whether we live it out or not, but it really is about freedom, equality and the pursuit of happiness. And that’s what church is all about.
People say that money is not the key to happiness, but I always figured if you have enough money, you can have a key made.
Love is trembling happiness.
Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.
I always say: ‘Share your happiness with the world, give other people that happiness and let it come back,’ but some things make me question it. I don’t know if I want some people to know that I am happy. I think a lot of people want to take it away from you, and that’s really scary.
Genuine happiness comes from within, and often it comes in spontaneous feelings of joy.
Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.
The success of a film at the box office will ensure happiness to the entire unit, but individual awards are like vitamin shots that will help boost the morale of an actor.
Cannes or Oscars is not only to bring happiness and recognition – they protect people like me. The world knows who you are. You can work. You can express. You can help other people. It’s not only the star system. It’s a symbol of freedom.
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
It is possible to live happily in the here and the now. So many conditions of happiness are available – more than enough for you to be happy right now. You don’t have to run into the future in order to get more.
When you’re in love, you’re so happy that you want to tell people about it. But now I have to censor myself. You need to protect the happiness you have.
My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory; for if it be a sin to covet glory I am the most offending soul alive.
Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.
To attain happiness in another world we need only to believe something, while to secure it in this world we must do something.
Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it.
Happiness: a way station between too little and too much.
Kind words produce happiness. How often have we ourselves been made happy by kind words, in a manner and to an extent which we are unable to explain!
I wish all happiness, good health and togetherness to those close to me.
Nothing makes you feel better than when you get into a hotel bed, and the sheets feel so good. Why shouldn’t you wake up like that every day? Spend money on your mattress and bedding because these things make a difference on your sleep and, ultimately, your happiness.
If you are kept in ignorance of the true way and permit yourself to rely upon and be guided by the opinion of imperfect man, you can never gain the riches that will bring you peace and lasting happiness.
The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.
I wish people could achieve what they think would bring them happiness in order for them to realize that that’s not really what happiness is.
Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle.
We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body.
I’m no expert. I have no psychic powers, and I sure don’t possess any secret wisdom. I’m just Janet. I have strengths, weaknesses, fears, happiness, sadness. I experience joy and I experience pain. I’m highly emotional. I’m very vulnerable.
Happiness is within. It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. Happiness comes when you believe that you have done something truly meaningful.
Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.
I was always worried about things but I focused on finding happiness.
Eternal principles that govern happiness apply equally to all.
Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one’s values.
Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a goal and an essential part of my life – a kind of destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running wherever they are.
Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.
The happiness of society is the end of government.
You don’t think in depression that you’ve put on a gray veil and are seeing the world through the haze of a bad mood. You think that the veil has been taken away, the veil of happiness, and that now you’re seeing truly.
