happiness

"I learned you pay for your happiness. That's why I don't expect to be happy all the time. I'd rather be surprised by one moment every so often to remind me that joy is possible, even if I have to pay for it later."

"We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it."

"Happiness without freedom, or freedom without happiness. There was no third alternative."

"Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them."

"The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I lived there, that they do not want to be happy; they want to be right."

"The man with toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound.The poverty stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man."

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

"The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness."

"Happiness is a good business these days, more you talk crap about happiness the large number of crowd you will gather."

"If I had a shiny gun I could have a world of fun Speeding bullets through the brains Of the folks that cause me pains :)"

"I wished upon a star and the heavens sent me you"

"You must never forget that greatness does not guarantee happiness but goodness always does"

"The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not."

"The really happy person is the one who can enjoy the scenery, even when they have to take a detour."

"Money may not buy happiness, but I'd rather cry in a Jaguar than on a bus."

"I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve."

"There's the risk of being loved...and that would keep me from being happy."

"Finding happiness should not be seen as finding a needle in a haystack. Happiness is within. Each day is a blessing that brings an abundance of happiness. Therefore, finding happiness should be like finding a gift in a stack of gifts."

"Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either extreme egotism, selfishness, evil -- or else an absolute ignorance."

"A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes."