Quotes on Happiness

Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt.

Happiness is a mystery, like religion, and should never be rationalised.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time; he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul but his life.

If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.

She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it).

Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.

Night is beautiful when you are happy--comforting when you are in grief--terrible when you are lonely and unhappy.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.

Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive - the risk to be alive and express what we really are.

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.

Once children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind. The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another.

Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower, and draws all good things toward you.

The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think you are.

Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you.

You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.

It is so many years before one can believe enough in what one feels even to know what the feeling is

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.

I'm fulfilled in what I do. I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes - the finer things of life - would make you happy. My concept of happiness is to be filled in a spiritual sense.