Quotes on “happiness”

There are two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations.

Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive.

I'll never wake up in a good mood again.I'm tired of these stinky boots

In the midst of happiness or despairin sorrow or in joyin pleasure or in pain:Do what is right and you will be at peace.

Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove. Every day will allow you, --will invite you to add something to the pleasure of others, --or to diminish something of their pains.

I am intrigued by the smile upon your face, and the sadness within your eyes

The problem with people is they forget that most of the time it's the small things that count.

Exactly. How can you know it makes you happy if you’ve never experienced it?There are different kinds of happy, she said. Some kinds don’t need any proof.

Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?

The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of the human race than the discovery of a star.

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

Why not seize the pleasure at once? -- How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!

[I]t is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible.

You must be the best judge of your own happiness.

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.

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance. The wise grows it under his feet.

Ahhh. Bed, book, kitten, sandwich. All one needed in life, really.

We've got everything we need right here, and everything we need is enough.