Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
The secret of happiness is the determination to be happy always, rather than wait for outer circumstances to make one happy.
Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.
There is something in the pang of change more than the heart can bear, unhappiness remembering happiness.
As a kid, before I could play music, I remember baseball being the one thing that could always make me happy.
The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.
There is work that is work and there is play that is play; there is play that is work and work that is play. And in only one of these lies happiness.
Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.
I enjoyed my life when I had nothing. . . and kinda like the idea of just being happy with me.
I know not if this earth on which I stand is the core of the universe or if it is but a speck of dust lost in eternity. I know not and I care not. For I know what happiness is possible to me on earth. And my happiness needs no higher aim to vindicate it. My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.
I have stepped off the relationship scene to come to terms with myself. I have spent most of my adult life being 'someone's girlfriend', and now I am happy being single.
The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.
If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast, flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap, then we are more likely to live with quite a bit of happiness.
True happiness involves the pursuit of worth goals; without dreams, without risks, only a trivial semblance of living can be achieved.
There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.
We find that the more a cultivated reason devotes itself to the aim of enjoying life and happiness, the further does man get away from true contentment.
A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.
Money never prevented anyone from being happy or unhappy.
If you don't enjoy getting up and working and finishing your work and sitting down to a meal with family or friends, then the chances are you're not going to be happy. If someone bases his happiness or unhappiness on major events like a great new job, huge amounts of money, a flawlessly happy marriage or a trip to Paris, that person isn't going to be happy much of the time. If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast, flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap, then we are more likely to live with quite a bit of happiness.
I am capable, confident, intelligent, resilient and in charge. Health and happiness are my birthrights and I accept with gratitude.
