Quotes about Happiness

“I discovered that joy is not the negation of pain, but rather acknowledging the presence of pain and feeling happiness in spite of it.”

“The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.”

“What ever our wandering our happiness will always be found within a narrow compass, and in the middle of the objects more immediately within our reach.”

“If I can bring happiness to people all around the world, then I will try my best to do so.”

“In a storm of struggles, I have tried to control the elements, clasp the fist tight so as to protect self and happiness. But stress can be an addiction, and worry can be our lunge for control, and we forget the answer to this moment is always yes because of Christ.”

“Playing and fun are not the same thing, though when we grow up we may forget that and find ourselves mixing up playing with happiness. There can be a kind of amnesia about the seriousness of playing, especially when we played by ourselves.”

“It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.”

“It's nonsense to say money doesn't buy happiness, but people exaggerate the extent to which more money can buy more happiness.”

“Never mind your happiness; do your duty.”

“Having been in the restaurant business, our job in the restaurant business is to be responsible for our customers' happiness. It's the nature of the hospitality business. You need to take care of people. You take care of customers above all others. Customers are your lifeblood.”

“My definition of beauty is happiness. I believe that when you are happy, it shines through and makes you a more attractive and beautiful person!”

“Traveling is the ruin of all happiness! There's no looking at a building after seeing Italy.”

“We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.”

“Success to me is only two things: happiness and stability.”

“In the end, you're trying to find God. That's the result of not being satisfied. And it doesn't matter how much money, or property, or whatever you've got, unless you're happy in your heart, then that's it. And unfortunately, you can never gain perfect happiness unless you've got that state of consciousness that enables that.”

“Try to make at least one person happy every day. If you cannot do a kind deed, speak a kind word. If you cannot speak a kind word, think a kind thought. Count up, if you can, the treasure of happiness that you would dispense in a week, in a year, in a lifetime!”

“I don't have to take a trip around the world or be on a yacht in the Mediterranean to have happiness. I can find it in the little things, like looking out into my backyard and seeing deer in the fields.”

“The secret of happiness is variety, but the secret of variety, like the secret of all spices, is knowing when to use it.”

“It is an amazing feature in the French character that they will let themselves be led away so easily by bad counsels and yet return again so quickly. It is certain that as these people have, out of their misery, treated us so well, we are the more bound to work for their happiness.”

“True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.”

“Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool.”