3 December 2020 Charles Caleb Colton There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.
3 December 2020 Henri Matisse Derive happiness in oneself from a good day’s work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.
3 December 2020 Agnes Repplier It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.
3 December 2020 Lucius Annaeus Seneca True happiness is… to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
3 December 2020 Don Marquis Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a man’s hands just to see how miserable he can make himself with them.
3 December 2020 Peter MacKay I find happiness comes from numerous sources in my life. Most often, the happy moments I cherish most are quiet moments with my wife and family back home in Nova Scotia.
3 December 2020 Joseph Butler The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness or good: particular affections rest in the external things themselves.
3 December 2020 Josh Billings A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug.
3 December 2020 Winifred Holtby The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation it is understanding.
3 December 2020 Baltasar Gracian Always leave something to wish for otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.
3 December 2020 Bertolt Brecht Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.
3 December 2020 Lord Byron I am about to be married, and am of course in all the misery of a man in pursuit of happiness.
3 December 2020 William Morris The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.
3 December 2020 Alexander Alekhine The purpose of human life and the sense of happiness is to give the maximum what the man is able to give.
3 December 2020 Ellen DeGeneres The world is full of a lot of fear and a lot of negativity, and a lot of judgment. I just think people need to start shifting into joy and happiness. As corny as it sounds, we need to make a shift.
3 December 2020 J. Donald Walters Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake.
3 December 2020 Johnny Carson Happiness is your dentist telling you it won’t hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill.
3 December 2020 Abdul Kalam Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.
3 December 2020 Ayn Rand Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one’s values.
3 December 2020 Thor Heyerdahl It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch.
3 December 2020 Richard Ford Happiness for me is getting to write about the most important things I know.
3 December 2020 Aron Ralston Bring love and peace and happiness and beautiful lives into the world in my honor. Thank you. Love you.
3 December 2020 Helen Gurley Brown Money, if it does not bring you happiness, will at least help you be miserable in comfort.
3 December 2020 John Dryden Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may be.
3 December 2020 Eddie Albert I don’t really care how I am remembered as long as I bring happiness and joy to people.
3 December 2020 Princess Diana Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a goal and an essential part of my life – a kind of destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running wherever they are.
