Quotes
Quotes about Happiness
Feast of Harriet Monsell of Clewer, Religious, 1883 It was not the pleasant things in the world that came from the devil, and the dreary things from God! It was "sin brought death into the world and all our woe"; as the sin vanishes the woe will vanish too. God Himself is the ever-blessed God. He dwells in the light of joy as well as of purity, and instead of becoming more like Him as we become more miserable, and as all the brightness and glory of life are extinguished, we become more like God as our blessedness becomes more complete. The great Christian graces are radiant with happiness. Faith, hope, charity, there is no sadness in them; and if penitence makes the heart sad, penitence belongs to the sinner, not to the saint.
Jesus! why dost Thou love me so? What hast Thou seen in me To make my happiness so great, So dear a joy to Thee?
If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.
The first requisite to happiness is that a man be born in a famous city.
Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.
Action may not always be happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
Man's fear of ideas is probably the greatest dike holding back human knowledge and happiness.
What happiness the rural maid attends, In cheerful labour while each day she spends! She gratefully receives what Heav'n has sent, And, rich in poverty, enjoys content.
What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others.
To the right, books; to the left, a tea-cup. In front of me, the fireplace; behind me, the post. There is no greater happiness than this.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness.
Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime. [It., Oh! ben provvide il cielo, Ch' uom per delitto mai lieto non sia.]
Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.
Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn! Look to this Day! For it is Life, The very Life of Life. In its brief course lie all the Varieties And Realities of your Existence; The Bliss of Growth, The Glory of Action, The Splendor of Beauty; For Yesterday is but a Dream, And Tomorrow is only a Vision; But Today well lived Makes every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness, And every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope. Look well therefore to this Day! Such is the Salutation of Dawn.
From fibers of pain and hope and trouble And toil and happiness,--one by one,-- Twisted together, or single or double, The varying thread of our life is spun. Hope shall cheer though the chain be galling; Light shall come though the gloom be falling; Faith will list for the Master calling Our hearts to his rest,--when the day is done.
The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.
We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable; that all men are created equal & independant, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent & inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, & liberty, & the pursuit of happiness.
No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.
That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others.
Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot about puppies.
All human history attests That happiness for man,--the hungry sinner!-- Since Eve ate apples, much depends on dinner.
