Thursday, January 27, 2005

  • True happiness is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
  • You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.
  • Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords.
  • Happiness is man's greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness.
  • Happiness depends upon achievement of personally significant goals and leading a balanced life.
  • "Happiness is the ultimate realization that everything was, and is, exactly as it should be."
  • Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
  • Happiness is contagious...when you reflect happiness, then all others around you catch the happy bug and are happy, too.
  • Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
  • Happiness is an inner state of well being. A state of well being enables you to profit from your highest: thoughts, wisdom, intelligence, common sense, emotions, health, and spiritual values in your life.
  • Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
  • A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
  • Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.
  • There is a French proverb: To live happy, live hidden. Where can Brigitte Bardot hide?
  • Money can't buy you happiness, but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
  • Happiness ain't a thing in itself--it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant.
  • Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half sorrow.
  • Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment.
  • I give thanks for the joy and happiness in life and trust that God does indeed want me to be happy.
    Happiness comes only from appreciating what you have right now. You can even be happy by appreciating your troubles because they are helping to build your character.
  • It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.
  • Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
  • Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, And the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. This happy thought by Buddha
    Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.
  • Life can be divided into the horrible and miserable.This not-so-happy thought by Woody Allen in Annie Hall
  • There is work that is work and there is play that is play; there is play that is work and work that is play. And in only one of these lie happiness.
  • There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness. This happy thought by the Countess of Blessington
    Happiness is not merely a life lived by accumulating moments of pleasure. On the contrary, happiness is a long lasting enduring enjoyment of life, it is being in love with living. It is your reward for achieving a good character and personal rational values in life. Some important values are a productive career, romance, friendship and hobbies.
  • By all means marry: If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.This definition of happiness by Socrates.
    Happiness is not in having or being—it is in the doing.
  • Happiness is living in a state of freely choosing to create and exchange one's rational values with others.
  • But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads.
  • The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.
  • Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin.
  • Happiness... is not a destination: it is a manner of traveling. Happiness is not an end in itself. It is a by-product of working, playing, loving and living.

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