Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life,
the whole aim and end of human existence.
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.
"Being happy doesn't mean everything is perfect...
It means you have decided to see beyond imperfection..."
--X
I'm going to be happy today,
Though the skies may be cloudy and gray
No matter what may come my way
I'm going to be happy today.
I'm happy tonight.
I'm not worried about anything.
I'm not fearing any man.
April 3, 1968, the day before he was assassinated
We must be doing something to be happy.
Just as a cautious businessman avoids
investing all his capital in one concern,
so wisdom would probably admonish us
also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.
If you realized how powerful your thoughts are,
you would never think a negative thought.
There are two ways to live
you can live as
if nothing is a miracle;
you can live as
if everything is a miracle.
A happy man is
I feel that you are justified in looking into the future with true assurance,
because you have a mode of living in which we find
the joy of life and the joy of work harmoniously combined.
Added to this is the spirit of ambition which pervades your very being,
and seems to make the day's work like a happy child at play.
True happiness is not attained
through self-gratification,
but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
When one door of happiness closes,
another opens;
but often we look so long at the closed door
that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
Independence is happiness.
There is no duty
we so underrate
as the duty of being happy.
By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.
Happiness doesn't depend upon
I don't know what your destiny will be,
but one thing I do know:
the only ones among you
who will be really happy
are those who have sought and found how to serve.
Success is not the key to happiness.
Happiness is the key to success.
If you love what you are doing,
you will be successful.
Happiness is a direction,
not a place.
We tend to forget
that happiness doesn't come
as a result of getting something
we don't have,
but rather of recognizing
and appreciating what we do have.
There is only one way
to happiness,
and that is cease worrying
about the things
which are beyond the power of our will.
When you dance,
your purpose is
not to get to a certain place on the floor.
It's to enjoy each step along the way.
Hope is itself a species of happiness,
and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords.
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
You will never be happier
than you expect.
To change your happiness,
change your expectation.
Happiness is like a butterfly which,
when pursued,
is always beyond our grasp,
but, if you will sit down quietly,
may alight upon you.
Man is fond of counting his troubles,
but he does not count his joys.
If he counted them up as he ought to,
he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance;
the wise grows it under his feet.
Whoever is happy will make others happy too.
We hold these truths to be self-evident
that all men are created equal;
that they are endowed by their Creator
with certain inalienable rights;
that among these are life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness.
The Constitution only guarantees
the American people the right to pursue happiness.
You have to catch it yourself.
Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.
It is neither wealth nor splendor;
but tranquility and occupation
which give happiness.
God wishes to see people happy,
amidst the simple beauty of nature.
Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.
We all live with the objective of being happy;
our lives are all different
and yet the same.
Love is a condition
in which the happiness
of another person
is essential to your own.
--Richard Heinlein
Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom.
It should be the first duty of those
who are happy to let others know of their gladness.
Sometimes
your joy is the source of your smile,
but sometimes your smile
can be the source of your joy.
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.
Celebrate the happiness that
friends are always giving,
make every day a holiday
and celebrate just living!
You cannot always have happiness,
but you can always give happiness.
--Unknown
Carpe diem!
Rejoice while you are alive;
enjoy the day;
live life to the fullest;
make the most of what you have.
--Horace
There is no way to happiness,
happiness is the way.
--Unknown
The greatest part of our happiness
depends on our dispositions,
not our circumstances.
What we call the secret of happiness
is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.
The Secret to a Happy Life is "Work Worth Doing."
You can choose to be happy or sad
and whichever you choose that is what you get.
--Sidney Madwed
Happiness is a form of courage.
Living in the moment brings you
a sense of reverence for
all of life's blessings.
What God intended for you
goes far beyond anything you can imagine.
Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones,
you'll start having positive results.
Reflect upon your present blessings,
of which every man has many.
Our greatest hopes could become reality in the future.
Every time you smile at someone,
it is an action of love,
a gift to that person,
a beautiful thing.
By bringing about a change in our outlook toward things and events,
all phenomena can become sources of happiness.
If you want others to be happy,
practice compassion.
If you want to be happy,
practice compassion.
(compassion = a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering)
So of cheerfulness or a good temper,
the more it is spent,
the more of it remains.
To fill the hour -- that is happiness.
The happy have whole days and those they choose.
The unhappy have but hours, and those they lose.
--Colley Cibber
For every minute you are angry,
you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
--Author Unknown
For every minute you are angry,
you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
--Author Unknown
Happiness is not so much in having as sharing.
We make a living by what we get,
but we make a life by what we give.
He is rich or poor according
Man must search for what is right,
and let happiness come on its own.
Think of life as a terminal illness,
because, if you do,
you will live it with joy and passion,
as it ought to be lived.
If you want to be happy, be.
Happiness adds and multiplies,
as we divide it with others.
--A. Nielsen
What we think, we become.
--Buddha
"The Grand essentials of happiness are:
something to do,
something to love
and something to hope for."
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed.
Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.
There is a wonderful mythical law of nature
that the three things we crave most in life
happiness, freedom, and peace of mind
are always attained by giving them to someone else.
They say a person needs
just three things to be truly happy in this world.
Someone to love,
something to do, and
something to hope for.
Never fear spoiling children by making them too happy.
Happiness is the atmosphere in which all good affections grow,
the wholesome warmth necessary to make the heart-blood circulate healthily and freely.
--Dr. Anne E. Bray(MD), Pediatrician, Overland park, Kansas
Lead the life that will make you
kindly and friendly to everyone about you,
and you will be surprised
what a happy life you will lead.
Just laugh
Enjoy the little things,
for one day you may look back
and realize they were the big things.
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
Never forget to remember the things that made you glad.
Action may not always bring happiness,
but there is no happiness without action."
A truly happy person is one
who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour.
You can't stay in your corner of the Forest
waiting for others to come to you.
You have to go to them sometimes.
--Winnie the Pooh (by A. A. Milne)
The happiness of society is the end of government.
--John Adams
Very little is needed to make a happy life.
--Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
That is happiness: to be dissolved into something complete and great.
--Willa Cather
It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
--Berkeley Breathed
The first full day of forever is tomorrow.
--Gregory Barsh (Chief Happiness Officer and Founder; ruHap, The Happiness Company)
Nothing lasts forever. Not even your troubles.
--Arnold H Glasgow, an American humorist
Each today, well-lived, makes yesterday a dream of happiness
and each tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look, therefore, to this one day, for it and it alone is life.
--Kalidasa, Ushavandanam
Cause for Celebration:
Your life becomes a vital celebration,
Your relationship becomes a festive thing;
Whatsoever you do, every moment is festival.
You eat and eating becomes a celebration;
You take a bath and bathing becomes a celebration;
You talk and talking becomes a celebration.
--Osho
Life
& Death, Joy & Sorrow, Gain & Loss; there dualities cannot
be avoided. Learn to accept what you cannot change.
If you are motivated by loving kindness and compassion, there are many ways to bring happiness to others,starting with kind speech.
--Thich Nhat Hanh
