“Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.”
Happiness is the thing everyone wants and nobody can quite pin down. These quotes explore joy, contentment, pleasure, and the surprising research that suggests happiness has less to do with circumstances than with how you respond to them.
“This nation is notorious for its ability to make or fake anything cheaply. 'Made-in-China' goods now fill homes around the world. But our giant country has a small problem. We can't manufacture the happiness of our people.”
“Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.”
“Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have it depends solely on what you think.”
“Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.”
“Happiness is not a goal it is a by-product.”
“I am about to be married, and am of course in all the misery of a man in pursuit of happiness.”
“The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment.”
“You need characters who want things. They want love, they want recognition, they want happiness.”
“Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.”
“I start to think there really is no cure for depression, that happiness is an ongoing battle, and I wonder if it isn't one I'll have to fight for as long as I live. I wonder if it's worth it.”
“Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. Follow some other object, and very possibly we may find that we have caught happiness without dreaming of it.”
“My happiness doesn't come from money or fame. My happiness comes from seeing life without struggle.”
“This nation is notorious for its ability to make or fake anything cheaply. 'Made-in-China' goods now fill homes around the world. But our giant country has a small problem. We can't manufacture the happiness of our people.”
“No one is guaranteed happiness. You can pursue it, but if you happen to find success along the way on that road to happiness, Conservatives believe you should not be demonized or penalized for it.”
“Every day is a new day, and you'll never be able to find happiness if you don't move on.”
“How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success.”