Happiness
Quotes - I do not miss Childhood
“I
do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even
as greater things crumbled. I could not control the world I was in, could not
walk away from things or people or moments that hurt, but I took joy in the
things that made me happy.”
―
Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“Happiness
depends on your mindset and attitude.”
―
Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
“Sometimes
life knocks you on your ass... get up, get up, get up!!! Happiness is not the
absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them.”
―
Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“I
am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so
before, but not one with such justice. I am happier even than Jane; she only
smiles, I laugh.”
―
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“What,
if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest
loneliness and say to you: 'This life as you now live it and have lived it, you
will have to live once more and innumerable times more' ... Would you not throw
yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse the demon who spoke thus? Or have
you once experienced a tremendous moment when you would have answered him: 'You
are a god and never have I heard anything more divine.”
―
Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix
of Songs
“With
mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.”
―
William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
“Now
and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.”
―
Guillaume Apollinaire
“A
quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to
people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it
done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature,
books, music, love for one's neighbor — such is my idea of happiness.”
―
Leo Tolstoy, Семейное счастие
“People
like to say love is unconditional, but it's not, and even if it was
unconditional, it's still never free. There's always an expectation attached.
They always want something in return. Like they want you to be happy or
whatever and that makes you automatically responsible for their happiness
because they won't be happy unless you are ... I just don't want that
responsibility.”
―
Katja Millay, The Sea of Tranquility
“Part
of the problem with the word 'disabilities' is that it immediately suggests an
inability to see or hear or walk or do other things that many of us take for
granted. But what of people who can't feel? Or talk about their feelings? Or
manage their feelings in constructive ways? What of people who aren't able to
form close and strong relationships? And people who cannot find fulfillment in
their lives, or those who have lost hope, who live in disappointment and
bitterness and find in life no joy, no love? These, it seems to me, are the
real disabilities.”
―
Fred Rogers, The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember
“Happiness
makes up in height for what it lacks in length.”
―
Robert Frost
“There
is some kind of a sweet innocence in being human- in not having to be just
happy or just sad- in the nature of being able to be both broken and whole, at
the same time.”
― C.
JoyBell C.
“There
is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically
herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true
essence of beauty.”
―
Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human
Experience
“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
“Happiness
is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human
existence.”
―
Aristotle
“The
problem with people is they forget that most of the time it's the small things
that count.”
―
Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places
“Ester
asked why people are sad.
"That’s
simple," says the old man. "They are the prisoners of their personal
history. Everyone believes that the main aim in life is to follow a plan. They
never ask if that plan is theirs or if it was created by another person. They
accumulate experiences, memories, things, other people's ideas, and it is more
than they can possibly cope with. And that is why they forget their dreams.”
―
Paulo Coelho, The Zahir
“Smile
more. Smiling can make you and others happy.”
―
Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
“We
don’t even ask happiness, just a little less pain.”
―
Charles Bukowski
“There
are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The
other is to desire less.”
―
G.K. Chesterton
