Happiness Quotes

Unhappy: People look around and think, why are there so many people that are unhappy? We have progressed so far, yet people are still unhappy. Why isn’t this world the wonderful place it could be? Changing the world doesn’t change us.It does not matter how much we progress materially; it will not change anything. Only learning and seeing the truth will change us, and thus change everything.The truth transforms a mortal man into an immortal spiritual being.It does this because the truth just shows you what you truly are, and that changes everything. The truth does the same thing for the way we see the world and for the same reason. It shows you life clearly; it shows you true life for the first time.

~ Michael Smith

Remember, the security and happiness you are seeking is not in your material possessions, your degrees, or relationships. It is much closer than you think.

~ Mabel Katz

We have too quickly bought into the lie that we’ll be happier with more—and as a result, too often miss the joy that comes from owning less.

~ Joshua Becker

It's not what you have on the outside that glitters in light, it's what you have on the inside that shines in the dark.

~ Anthony Liccione

Stuff comes and stuff goes and the only thing that matters in the end is who you are inside, what you do and what make it leaves in the world.

~ Claire Cross

You attain happiness not by gaining, but by giving.

~ Debasish Mridha

The more judgmental a person is the sadder they are.

~ David W. Earle

Not an exact quote, more like an opinion, a thought. Dementors suck out happiness from people. The make people remember their worst moments in life. The way to defeat them / repel them is to cast a patronus charm, [incantation: expecto patronum. If my latin serves me right it means I expect / I command my patron].The difficulty lies in casting the charm while those foul creatures make you feel terrible and the charm only works if you can conjure up a most happy memory.I suggest a new / additional interpretation of JK Rowling's idea:Demen - tors are your inner demons that make you feel terrible, things you did in your life, terrible losses you experienced (Harry hears his mother's screams) and negative emotions.Those inner demons TORment you and your soul. You can only escape those horrible impressions with an overwhelming positive force of imagination. Happy moments in your life, thoughts about friends, family, love and connection versus the horrible loneliness that your inner demons create.

~ Thomthor

St. John,” I said, “I think you are al­most wicked to talk so. I am dis­posed to be as con­tent as a queen, and you try to stir me up to rest­less­ness! To what end?”“To the end of turn­ing to profit the tal­ents which God has committed to your keep­ing; and of which He will surely one day de­mand a strict ac­count. Jane, I shall watch you closely and anx­iously—I warn you of that. And try to re­strain the dis­pro­por­tion­ate fervour with which you throw your­self into com­mon­place home pleasures. Don’t cling so tena­ciously to ties of the flesh; save your con­stancy and ar­dour for an ad­e­quate cause; for­bear to waste them on trite tran­sient ob­jects. Do you hear, Jane?”“Yes; just as if you were speak­ing Greek. I feel I have ad­e­quate cause to be happy, and I will be happy. Good­bye!

~ Charlotte Brontë

Happiness is your inherent nature. In the hustle and bustle of life, you have forgotten a part of yourself, and looking for it outside. Fill this void with happiness that is sustainable, not transitory; that illuminates your life and that of others, that is life giving and so natural.

~ Sanchita Pandey

Life is too short to have debts and doubts, Pay the bills, no regrets, be up and about.

~ Ana Claudia Antunes

Life is fun with my husband.

~ Tassa Desalada

Happiness is important. Fun is everything.

~ Ray Bradbury

Fun is never gone because life is fun.

~ Debasish Mridha

Every girl needs a bit of whimsy to remind her that life is a game and it's all about having fun.

~ Candace Havens

The more things you experience, the more you discover what you really like.The more you discover what you really like, the more you learn what you're really like.The more you learn what you're really like, the more you know what you really want. And why.Share what you want and help make things happen.

~ Dreamcue Staff

Just take my hand &let us dance under a chandelier of starlight.

~ Trevor Driggers

Just take my hand & let us dance under a chandelier of starlight.

~ Trevor Driggers

Both the giving and receiving of love is encoded within our deepest physiology and is all-important. This must not be taken for granted. Its expressions in our life – or lack and denial thereof – contribute substantially to our ultimate personal success, satisfaction, and quality of life.

~ Connie Kerbs

Happiness is the gap between loving and longing.

~ Debasish Mridha

Mother Earth, one of my absolute favorite places......where the sounds, the energy, the beauty and the Life pounds into your every fiber of being, letting you Know that you are alive. I will always respect and honor this gift of creation that we call our home.

~ Peace Gypsy

... the only thing that makes life worthwhile is loving orher people and being loved by them. - Pia Obrian

~ Susan Mallery

Have an appreciating eye to enjoy the beauty of sky.

~ Debasish Mridha

They were both smiling so hard, it was surprising the frame could contain the happiness of that moment, surprising that it didn't shatter into a million pieces, floating all over the funeral home like dust.

~ Liz Welch

For happiness don't pursue satisfaction, but pursue heroism.

~ Amit Kalantri

One thing I am sure of is that when a long-standing desire gets fulfilled, it is certainly a moment of happiness but it may not lead us to eternal happiness, which lies in our heart, mind and thoughts.

~ Balroop Singh

The demarcation between a positive and a negative desire or action is not whether it gives you a immediate feeling of satisfaction but whether it ultimately results in positive or negative consequences

~ Dalai Lama Xiv

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

~ Epicurus

People make themselves unhappy by desiring and praising only one thing, by becoming too one-sided in trying to find contentment. If we were just in harmony with ourselves we would enjoy the things of this world much more. But when we have an inordinate amount of desires and aspirations, we only listen to them, we are incapable of understanding the essential innocence of things outside ourselves. Unfortunately, we often term those things important that are the objects of our emotions, and those things that have no relation to our desires are called unimportant; however, many times it is exactly the opposite.

~ Adalbert Stifter

Sometimes, one yearns for something.For the ultimate in happiness. I yearn for it,and don't know where to look for it any longer. And I don't know if I would recognize it if I found it. And the longer I look, the more selfish I grow.For I think only of my own happiness. i think I have lost the ability to make someone else happy. If I ever had it. And I suppose we can never be happy unless we can also give happiness.

~ Mary Balogh

I would not anticipate the relish of any happiness, nor feel the weight of any misery, before it actually arrives.

~ Spectator No. 7

Worrying is a waste of time. It doesn't change anything. It messes with your mind and steals your happiness.

~ Ziad K. Abdelnour

The good die when they should live, the evil live when they should die; heroes perish and cowards escape; noble efforts do not succeed because they are noble, and wickedness is consumed in its own nature. Looking at truth is not at first a heartening experience--it becomes so, if at all, only with time, with infinite patience, and with the luck of a little personal happiness.

~ William Alexander Percy

We are all a great deal luckier that we realize, we usually get what we want - or near enough.

~ Roald Dahl

Luck always favors those who are bold.

~ Debasish Mridha

Great wealth can make a man no happier than moderate means, unless he has the luck to continue in propsperity to the end. Many very rich men have been unfortunate, and many with a modest competence have had good luck. The former are better off than the latter in two respects only, whereas the poor but lucky man has the advantage in many ways; for though the rich have the means to satisfy their appetites and to bear calamities, and the poor have not, the poor, if they are lucky, are more likely to keep clear of trouble, and will have besides the blessings of a sound body, health, freedom from trouble, fine children, and good looks.Now if a man thus favoured died as he has lived, he will be just the one you are looking for: the only sort of person who deserves to be called happy. But mark this: until he is dead, keep the word “happy” in reserve. Till then, he is not happy, but only lucky.

~ Herodotus

Contrast is important in life. We understand what light is because we can compare it with what we know is dark. Sweet is made sweeter after we eat something bitter. It’s the very same with sadness. And it’s important to experience sadness, to embrace it in order to truly know happiness. I was just a flat line until he came along. And maybe now I’m hurting. But isn’t that what love is supposed to do? Make you feel, make you brave, make you look at yourself more carefully?

~ Tarryn Fisher

Sometimes, in order to find happiness, one must allow some old bridges to collapse, in order to build better ones.

~ Lionel Suggs

Most people think the more money, luxury or fame they have, the more successful they are; but I think that the true sign of success depends on how many positive emotions they experience each day.

~ Maddy Malhotra

To change yourself, let go of what you are and accept what you want to be.

~ Debasish Mridha