Happiness Quotes - Page 50

If we observe genuinely happy people, we shall find that they do not just sit around being contented. They make things happen. They pursue new understandings, seek new achievements, and control their thoughts and feelings. In sum, our intentional, effortful activities have a powerful effect on how happy we are, over and above the effects of our set points and the circumstances in which we find themselves. If an unhappy person wants to experience interest, enthusiasm, contentment, peace, and joy, he or she can make it happen by learning the habits of a happy person.

Contentment is natural wealth.

Our principles are the springs of our actions. Our actions, the springs of our happiness or misery. Too much care, therefore, cannot be taken in forming our principles.

A flower blossoms for its own joy.

Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.

Everything is clearer when you're in love.

Opportunities flit by while we sit regretting the chances we have lost, and the happiness that comes to us we heed not, because of the happiness that is gone.

Allow yourself to be happy right now, even if outside circumstances seem imperfect. Waiting for everything to be "perfect" means delaying the happiness that you are meant to enjoy now. Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy this very moment . . .now.

If a person's basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a painful physical experience.

True success, true happiness lies in freedom and fulfillment.

The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the virtuous are long-lived.

The joy that isn't shared dies young.

When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can have no vocation but to awaken that light on the faces surrounding him. In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

To be happy in this world, first you need a cell phone and then you need an airplane. Then you're truly wireless.

We spend our lives searching for something we think we don't have, something that will make us happy. But the key to our deepest happiness lies in changing our vision of where to seek it.

Be happy, and a reason will come along.

My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring.

We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it's our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand.

The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.

I do think awful things may happen at any moment, so while they are not happening, you may as well be pleased.

If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

Life is a continuous exercise in creative problem solving.

Possessing material comforts in no way guarantees happiness. Only spiritual wealth can bring true true happiness.

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it.