~Logan Pearsall Smith, "Afterthoughts," 1930 Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage. ~Dr. SunWolf, Ĭan anything be so elegant as to have few wants and to serve them one’s self, so as to have somewhat left to give, instead of being always prompt to grab? ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Other people become less confusing once you realize that Happiness is not one-size-fits-all. But just to be ordinarily contented, to be at peace. Not that I suppose anybody is ever perfectly happy, really. Page Hopps, "Happiness as a Fine Art," 1904 ~Hazelmarie "Mattie" ElliottĪppiness in its loftiest sense is a prayer. When one takes a rest, the other one tends to take up the slack. Happiness and sadness run parallel to each other. Must happiness always be a pursuit? Might it just be waking up each morning on the road you wish to travel and letting it take you wherever? ~Robert Brault, Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called. "Well," said Pooh, "what I like best-," and then he had to stop and think. ~John Barrymore, as quoted in The Reader's Digest, 1934 Happiness sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open. ~James Oppenheim, "The Wise," War and Laughter, 1916Īfter stumbling around looking for contentment for years I suddenly learned that you cannot find it by hunting furiously for it. The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance: Yonder stars may be more horrible than the worst of Earth. ~"Poor Richard Junior's Philosophy," The Saturday Evening Post, 1903, George Horace Lorimer, editor It is pretty generally admitted that riches may be secured wrongfully, but happiness cannot. Happiness always comes from feeling that you've been blessed. I don't think you can feel a sense of entitlement and still be happy. ~James Lendall Basford (1845–1915), Sparks from the Philosopher's Stone, 1882 ~Robertson Davies (1913–1995)Īll persons carry with them some means of happiness. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. he often hears the faint flutter of invisible wings, he feels a presence, a companion. As a man goes on life's journey, with a brave heart, doing the best he can. The pursuit of noble things, the things essentially worth while. It always comes as a result of something else. It never comes to those who concentrate on securing it. You don't let short-term concerns ruin your life, and you don't let long-term concerns ruin your day. Konigsburg, From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place, but there is always a little corner that keeps flapping around. ~Edith Wharton, "The Last Asset," in Scribner's Magazine, 1904 If you make up your mind not to be happy there’s no reason why you shouldn’t have a fairly good time. There are lots of ways of being miserable, but there’s only one way of being comfortable, and that is to stop running round after happiness. The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. I've learned to be happy with what I have, and even if I lost it, I'd still be happy, because (see start of sentence.) ~Robert Brault,, 2019 The way to be happy is to try and make somebody else so. the only possible good in the universe is happiness. Happiness Quotes, Sayings about Being Happy The Quote Garden ™
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