I just want my children to be happy. I want my children to be healthy.
To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.
I’d rather be happy than right.
I have a tattoo on my arm that says, ‘Would you be proud to die this way?’ And that’s my reminder to continue to treat people well and love people, and if I took my last breath right now, would I be happy with who I am?
Chemically, if you are not happy, your body will not look or be happy.
If I were to die today, I would be nervous about what people would say at my funeral. I would be happy if they said things like, ‘He was a nice guy’ or, ‘He was occasionally decent’ or, ‘Mike wasn’t as bad as a lot of people.’
I was blessed enough to talk to my grandfather the night before he passed, and he told me that everything was going to be okay, and I know he wanted me continue and do my best, be happy, and that’s what keeps me going.
It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish.
To be happy when you are travelling, you need to be happy inside before you leave. A positive frame of mind will definitely enhance your travelling experience. If I’m not in a positive frame of mind then the whole thing definitely becomes more of a challenge for me.
I’ve realized through the years that I just find happiness in other things, whether it’s my dogs or my friends or, like, looking at the sunset. So if I were to wish for something else, it would just to be happy all the time, to have a superpower of not letting things affect me, and to be true to who I am, always.
A man will speedily sit down and sympathize with a friend’s griefs, but if he sees him honored and esteemed, he is apt to regard him as a rival and does not so readily rejoice with him. This ought not to be; without effort, we ought to be happy in our brother’s happiness.
It’s never too late – never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.
‘Ralph’s Party’ was a romantic comedy, and at the end of it, the two main characters, Ralph and Jen, kiss for the first time and think they’re going to be happy together. Then, 10 years later, I wrote a sequel in which they’ve been together for 10 years and are about to split up.
My daughter’s still so tiny at the moment; she’s just a sweet little meaty thing. But of course, you always think about what you want for them, don’t you, and like any parent I want my children to be happy more than anything.
Pop music thrives on repetition. You know a song’s a hit when you’ve heard it so often that you’ll be happy never to hear it again.
I think women should start to embrace their age. What’s the alternative to getting older? You die. I can’t change the day I was born. But I can take care of my skin, my body, my mind, and try to live my life and be happy.
When everyone recognizes Jehovah’s name, then everyone will be happy because everyone will know what to do and how to do it.
I would be happy to be labeled as a writer of offbeat stories. I don’t know how to do anything else.
But, you know, I’d be happy just making music.
Well, I think the golden rule I can think of is the fact that you must follow your passion and do something that’s close to your heart. And I think that that’s very important, well, to be successful and to be happy.
I have realized it is more important to be happy and enjoying the life you are living – win or lose.
It’s like you always think that when you get to a goal, you’ll be happy. But then there is always something else that interests you.
I believe that God put us in this jolly world to be happy and enjoy life.
When I am older, I don’t want to look at my films and not be happy about my choices.
‘Balthazar’ is very much about the title hero having to choose between his past and his future. For the first time in a long time, he has a chance to be happy – with Skye. But he has this terrible tendency to set himself up for heartbreak, in part because he punishes himself for his past.
I got into this business because I like acting and I want to make movies. I would be happy living the rest of my life never famous.
The time to be happy is now, and the place to be happy is here.
My hardest thing was to let go, to be happy for everybody and just to enjoy. And go back to being what you were before you became an artist, and that was just a fan.
I would be happy if not a single refugee foot ever again touched American soil.
Sometimes, it is precisely when you discover that you are living very happily that you suddenly find yourself in danger. To be happy means to discover that you are exposed to being hurt.
I’m very ambitious. But my overall goal, above ambition, is that I want to be happy with what I’m doing, and I want to be happy with myself.
You can be happy, or you can be right. If you want to be part of a couple and win every argument, you’re in trouble.
It is really rare to find someone you really, really love and that you want to spend your life with and all that stuff that goes along with being married. I am one of those lucky people. And I think she feels that way too. So the romantic stuff is easy because you want them to be happy.
If you can do what you do best and be happy, you’re further along in life than most people.
I’d be happy to do Star Trek again, if the writing was right.
I have long maintained that each of us has three chances a day to be happy: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
I think I am someone who is happy playing football. It is just that. Whenever I go onto the pitch, I always try and be happy. That is the big motivation that I have always had. Nothing else.
The great European dream was to diminish militant nationalism. We would all be happy Europeans together. But we are going to see the old monster of militant nationalism being awoken when people realise how little control their politicians have.
Sorrow happens, hardship happens, the hell with it, who never knew the price of happiness, will not be happy.
Be happy now. It’s a great Western disease that we’ll be happy in the future – when we get higher status or that BMW or that promotion or this project finished. Instead, be happy now.
Labor, under their current leadership, want to be the Downtown Abbey party when it comes to educational opportunity. They think working class children should stick to the station in life they were born into – they should be happy to be recognized for being good with their hands and not presume to get above themselves.
I just want the fans to be happy, and if they’re happy, I’m happy. And yes, most definitely, I am definitely a fan.
The question I wanted to answer was, could I train my mind to be happy the same way one trains one’s body?
