Quotes by Happy It is strange what a contempt men have for the joys that are offered them freely. Georges Duhamel happy happiness men A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection and judgment, when the picture of one's life, or of human life, as it truly has been or is, satisfies the will, and is gladly accepted. George Santayana determination happy happiness One road to happiness is to cultivate curiosity about everything. Not only about people but about subjects, not only about the arts but about history and foreign customs. Not only about countries and cities, but about plants and animals. Not only about lichened rocks and curious markings on the bark of trees, but about stars and atoms. Not only about your friends but about that strange labyrinth we inhabit which we call ourselves. Then, if we do that, we will never suffer a moment's boredom. Gerald Brenan happy happiness country When the turbulence of distracting thoughts subside and our mind becomes still, a deep happiness and contentment naturally arises from within. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso contentment mind happy When we understand clearly that inner peace is the real source of happiness, and how, through spiritual practice, we can experience progressively deeper levels of inner peace, we will develop tremendous enthusiasm to practice Geshe Kelsang Gyatso happy happiness inspirational We know that we are happy when our mind is peaceful, and unhappy when it is not. It is therefore clear that our happiness depends upon our having a peaceful mind and not on good external conditions. Even if our external conditions are poor, if we maintain a peaceful mind all the time we shall always be happy. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso happy time happiness Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble about whether he's happy or not. George Bernard Shaw health happy happiness My main mission when I became Prime Minister, was to keep Singapore going and Singapore has been kept going. So, I'm happy with what I've done for Singapore. Goh Chok Tong moving-on moving-forward happy Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. Golda Meir happy motivational happiness The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think you are. Goldie Hawn happy attitude happiness Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others...By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves. Gordon B. Hinckley happy happiness thinking You can be smart and happy or stupid and miserable. . . it's your choice Gordon B. Hinckley smart happy inspirational The habit of being uniformly considerate toward others will bring to you increased happiness. Grenville Kleiser charity happy happiness I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it. Groucho Marx happy happiness inspirational Loneliness is not lack of company, loneliness is lack of purpose. Guillermo Maldonado loneliness happy life I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it. Groucho Marx positive-thinking happy happiness People take different roads seeking fulfilment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost. H. Jackson Brown, Jr. happy happiness mean We often just accept the things that we like, and complain a lot about the things that we don't like. But if we could, like, intensely dwell on the really great things in life the way we intensely dwell on the negative things in life; I think that would be fantastic. Hank Green happy life thinking Knowledge is power." Rather, knowledge is happiness, because to have knowledge - broad, deep knowledge - is to know true ends from false, and lofty things from low. To know the thoughts and deeds that have marked man's progress is to feel the great heart-throbs of humanity through the centuries; and if one does not feel in these pulsations a heavenward striving, one must indeed be deaf to the harmonies of life. Helen Keller education happy life This mother needs happy, reputable children, and that one needs unhappy ones: otherwise she cannot show her kindness as a mother. Friedrich Nietzsche mother happy children «56789101112131415»