HAPPINESS

You never enjoy the world alright, till
the sea itself floweth in your veins, till
you are clothed with the heavens
and crowned with the stars.

~ Thomas Traherne ~



Happiness... is not a destination: it is a manner of traveling.
Happiness is not an end in itself. It is a by-product of
working, playing, loving and living.

~ Haim Ginott ~



The really happy person is the one who can enjoy
the scenery, even when they have to take a detour.

~ Sir James Jeans ~



Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response.

~ Mildred Barthel ~



Happiness is not a reward -- it is a consequence.
Suffering is not a punishment -- it is a result.

~ Robert Green Ingersoll ~



If you can't be happy where you are, it's a cinch
you can't be happy where you ain't.

~ Charles "Tremendous" Jones ~



Seek not happiness too greedily, and
be not fearful of unhappiness.

~ Lao-Tzu ~



Happiness comes more from loving than being loved;
and often when our affection seems wounded
it is only our vanity bleeding.

To love, and to be hurt often, and to love again --
this is the brave and happy life.

~ J.E Buckrose ~



Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued,
is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if
you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

~ Nathaniel Hawthorne ~



Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory.

~ Zig Ziglar ~



Be happy or die.

~ Rob Cohen ~



To have joy one must share it. Happiness was born a twin.

~ Lord Byron ~



A great obstacle to happiness is to expect too much happiness.

~ Bernard Le Bovier Fontenelle ~



Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

~ Ingrid Bergman ~



Happy were men if they but understood
There is no safety but in doing good

~ John Fountain. ~



Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness
and just be happy.

~ Guillaume Apollinaire ~



Happiness and virtue rest upon each other;
the best are not only the happiest,
but the happiest are usually the best.

~ Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton ~



Happiness is a continuation of happenings
which are not resisted.

~ Deepak Chopra ~



Happiness is something that comes into our lives
through doors we don't even remember leaving open.

~ Rose Wilder Lane ~



A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances,
but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

~ Hugh Downs ~



Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth,
is unhappy, though he be master of the world.
~ Epictetus ~



There's a hope for every woe, and a balm for every pain,
but the first joys of our heart come never back again!

~ Robert Gilfillan ~



Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower

-Author Unknown



Happiness in the present is only shattered
by comparison with the past.

~ Doug Horton ~


You have succeeded in life when all you really
want is only what you really need.

~ Vernon Howard ~



It is not God's will merely that we should be happy,
but that we should make ourselves happy

~ Immanuel Kant ~



Happiness is the light on the water.
The water is cold and dark and deep.

~ William Maxwell ~



Success is getting and achieving what you want.
Happiness is wanting and being content with what you get.

~ Bernard Meltzer ~



Our happiness in this world depends on the affections
we are able to inspire.

~ Duchess Prazlin ~



If you want to be happy for a year, plant a garden;
If you want to be happy for life, plant a tree.

~ English Proverb ~



It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves,
and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

~ Agnes Repplier ~



Happiness is not something you postpone for the future;
it is something you design for the present.

~ Jim Rohn ~



The journey to happiness involves finding the courage to go down
into ourselves and take responsibility for what's there: all of it.

~ Richard Rohr ~



Most people ask for happiness on condition.
Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition.

~ Arthur Rubinstein ~



Joy comes from using your potential.

~ Will Schultz ~



Happiness is never stopping to think if you are.

~ Palmer Sondreal ~



Happiness is good for the body but sorrow strengthens the spirit.

~ Source Unknown ~



Happiness is not in having being; it is in doing.

~ Lilian Eichler Watson ~



Often people attempt to live their lives backwards;
they try to have more things, or more money,
in order to do more of what they want,
so they will be happier.

~ Margaret Young ~



Happiness is perfume, you can't pour it on somebody else
without getting a few drops on yourself

~ James Van Der Zee ~



People who never achieve happiness are the ones
who complain whenever they're awake, and
whenever they're asleep, they are thinking
about what to complain about tomorrow.

~ Adam Zimbler ~



Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn
or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience
of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.

~ Denis Waitley ~



The really happy man never laughs -- seldom -- though
he may smile. He does not need to laugh, for laughter,
like weeping is a relief of mental tension
-- and the happy are not over strung.

~ Prof. F. A. P. Aveling ~



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.

~ Tom Bodett ~



Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving,
make every day a holiday and celebrate just living!

~ Amanda Bradley ~



Did you ever see an unhappy horse?
Did you ever see bird that had the blues?
One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is
because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.

~ Dale Carnegie ~



If frugality were established in the state, and if our expenses
were laid out to meet needs rather than superfluities of life,
there might be fewer wants, and even fewer pleasures,
but infinitely more happiness.

~ Oliver Goldsmith ~