232 quotes found
“Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love grace and gratitude.”
“Better to be happy than wise.”
“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.”
“Your success and happiness lie in you. Resolve to keep happy and your joy and you shall form an invisible host against difficulties.”
“Remember that happiness is a way of travel not a destination.”
“When ill luck besets us to ease the tension we have only to remember that happiness is relative. The next time you are tempted to grumble about what has happened to you why not pause and be glad ...”
“Joy of life seems to me to arise from a sense of being where one belongs ... of being foursquare with the life we have chosen. All the discontented people I know are trying sedulously to be somethi...”
“When we align our thoughts emotions and actions with the highest part of ourselves we are filled with enthusiasm purpose and meaning. . . . We are joyously and intimately engaged with our worl...”
“We have a tendency to obscure the forest of simple joys with the trees of problems.”
“I have found that most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
“People need joy quite as much as clothing. Some of them need it far more.”
“It is the happiness that comes from within that is lasting and fulfilling.”
“When large numbers of people share their joy in common the happiness of each is greater because each adds fuel to the other's flame.”
“Each person on this planet is inherently intrinsically capable of attaining "dizzying heights" of happiness and fulfillment.”
“The ingredients of happiness are so simple that they can be counted on one hand. Happiness comes from within and rests most securely on simple goodness and clear conscience.”
“You increase your joy by increasing the pure joy of others.”
“Joy increases as you give it and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself. In giving it you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.”
“You have to believe in happiness or happiness never comes.”
“As you express joy you draw it out of those you meet creating joyful people and joyful events. The greater the joy you express the more joy you experience.”
“When we feel joyful euphoric happy we are more open to life more capable of seeing things clearly and handling daily tensions.”