3,271 quotes found
“Happy is the man who can do only one thing in doing it he fulfills his destiny.”
“And may I live the remainder of my life ... for myself may there be plenty of books and many years' store of the fruits of the earth!”
“Behold we count them happy which endure.”
“Happiness to a dog is what lies on the other side of the door.”
“The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.”
“Let him that would be happy for a day go to the barber for a week marry a wife for a month buy him a new horse for a year build him a new house for all his lifetime be an honest man.”
“Who will present pleasure refrain shall in time to come the more pleasure obtain.”
“A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy can live.”
“It is in virtue that happiness consists for virtue is the state of mind which tends to make the whole of life harmonious.”
“To live we must conquer incessantly we must have the courage to be happy.”
“Happiness has many roots but none more important than security.”
“For the happiest life days should be rigorously planned nights left open to chance.”
“If you want others to be happy practice compassion. If you want to be happy practice compassion.”
“To be happy means to be free not from pain or fear but from care or anxiety.”
“Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.”
“We live in an ascending scale when we live happily one thing leading to another in an endless series.”
“Happiness is not a station to arrive at but a manner of traveling.”
“Everyone only goes around the track once in life and if you don't enjoy that trip it's pretty pathetic.”
“Happiness is to be found along the way not at the end of the road for then the journey is over and it is too late.”
“Enjoy your happiness while you have it and while you have it do not too closely scrutinize its foundation.”
