Happiness Quotes - Page 127

We sometimes laugh from ear to ear, but it would be impossible for a smile to be wider than the distance between our eyes.

Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.

Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy.

There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness.

You're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that.

There is a charm, even for homely things, in perfect maintenance.

The pursuit of happiness is in our Constitution. We're all entitled to have the best we can

I wish I could manage to be glad! Only I never can remember the rule. You must be very happy, living in this wood, and being glad whenever you like!

Every moment spent in unhappiness is a moment of happiness lost.

Happiness is intrinsic, it's an internal thing. When you build it into yourself, no external circumstances can take it away.

I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure.

I used to be so intensely preoccupied by unhappiness... now there are times where you might get down, but you can move on much faster now.

Happiness is a myth we seek, If manifested surely irks; Like river speeding to the plain, On its arrival slows and murks. For man is happy only in His aspiration to the heights; When he attains his goal, he cools And longs for other distant flights.

He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy.

The Spirit bears witness. Ecstasy and enlightenment, inspiration and intuition are not necessary. Happy is the man who is worthy of these; but woe unto us if we wait for such experiences; woe unto us if we do not perceive that these things are of secondary importance.

Happiness isn't happiness unless there's a violin-playing goat.

So often, we blame other people when, really, the problem is right down in here. I'm not happy. I don't know what's wrong. If I just had another job, I could be happy. If I just get married, I would be happy. Well if I just wasn't married, I would be happy. Well, if I just had some kids, I'll be happy. I'll be happy when these kids finally grow up and get out of here. If I had a bigger house, I would be happy. Well, I got a big house. Now if I just had a maid to clean, I'd be happy. Well, now if I just had a maid I could get along with better, I'd be happy.

Victory is not the absence of problems, it is the presence of power.

When you do laugh, open your mouth wide enough for the noise to get out without squealing, throw your head back as though you were going to be shaved, hold on to your false hair with both hands and then laugh till your soul gets thoroughly rested.

God has commanded Time to console the afflicted.

In order to be happy, think of the ills you have been spared.

We do have a zeal for laughter in most situations, give or take a dentist.

If you are kept in ignorance of the true way and permit yourself to rely upon and be guided by the opinion of imperfect man, you can never gain the riches that will bring you peace and lasting happiness.

It is very difficult to be wholly joyous or wholly sad on this earth. The comic, when it is human, soon takes upon itself a face of pain; and some of our griefs (some only, not all, for it is the capacity for suffering which makes man August in the eyes of men) have their source in weaknesses which must be recognized with smiling com passion as the common inheritance of us all.

Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly be corrupt.