Happiness Quotes - Page 11

My heart is filled with gladness.

There's nothing more satisfying than seeing a happy and smiling child. I always help in any way I can, even if it's just by signing an autograph. A child's smile is worth more than all the money in the world.

The whole world would be much happier if everyone was just average.

Still others reflected on how quickly the food could be snatched from a man's table, or the child from a woman's breast, or the wife from a man's bedcloset, that no strength of grasp could hold these goods in place. And others remarked to themselves how sweet these goods were, in spite of that, and saw that pleasure lost in every moment is pleasure lost forever.

What you see and what you listen to will determine how high you will go.

I came here to show you the way to happiness is not through success but through love, compassion, and kindness.

Hopes and desires are the fundamental source if creation.

Disturb my sleep but darling don't dare disturb my dreams!

We are not going to change the whole world, but we can change ourselves and feel free as birds. We can be serene even in the midst of calamities and, by our serenity, make others more tranquil. Serenity is contagious. If we smile at someone, he or she will smile back. And a smile costs nothing. We should plague everyone with joy. If we are to die in a minute, why not die happily, laughing? (136-137)

Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

Surely there is a knowing behind it all. There is a teacher, an expresser, a creator, an artist perhaps, a poet certainly that has designed and presented all of the clues that we need to navigate life with some degree of grace, and perhaps with a greater degree of happiness than we now have.

Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.

Gregory?” I called. I couldn’t help myself. It was irrational, but I was scared to see him run from me. He turned my direction, his feet pivoting in the dirt. Warily, I crossed into the light for a moment.t“Do you, um…” I inhaled deeply. “Do you think you’ll still want to be my friend tomorrow?” I held my breath and waited for his answer.tAlthough I could feel the sunshine perceptibly tingle every inch of exposed skin, the way Gregory smiled at me produced a swell of warmth unmatchable even for the sun. t“I’ll always want to be your friend, Annabelle. Do you want to be mine?”tMy head nodded like mad, ecstatic, all on its own. I disappeared among the shadows again and watched my new friend until he stepped around the Hopkins’ house. Then I waited until his car drove off -- Gregory and his mother headed for home. tI was on a high like no other, but I’d not lost my grasp on reality entirely. I knew that the real test would come Monday. It was one thing to befriend an outcast in the privacy of the woods, but quite another to risk ridicule and reputation when surrounded by peers. This was true even for those with the biggest of hearts, which I now believed Gregory Hill to have.

Three weeks ago, he’d seen hail fall from the sky, onlyto be followed minutes later by a spectacular rainbow that seemed to frame the azalea bushes. The colors, so vivid they seemed almost alive, made him think that nature sometimes sends us signs, that it’s important to remember that joy can always follow despair. But a moment later, the rainbow had vanished and the hail returned, and he realized that joy was sometimes only an illusion.

Have you ever asked yourself this question "what can God do through me?" The preacher has no platform if the people has no sense of mission.

I am happy because my mind is always filled with happy thoughts.

Fewer the necessities, better your life will be.

It is always the simple that produces the marvelous.

As we did without clergy, let us do without soldiers. The joy built upon successful slaughter is not the right kind of joy; it will not do; it is fearful and it is trivial.

For the one who ‘enjoys’ (worldly) happiness, there will come a time for him to endure sorrow.

...it's a mistake to think that happiness is the goal. I'm not sure I understand." "I was referring to the goals which you in your civilization are so good at setting yourselves, and which incidentally allow you to achieve many interesting things. But happiness is a different thing altogether. If you try to achieve it, you have every chance of failing. And besides, how would you ever know that you achieved it? Of course one can't blame people, especially unhappy people, for wanting to be happier and setting themselves goals in order to try to escape from their unhappiness.

Create your own path.Don't blindly follow the massess... because most of the time the "M" is silent.

You are judged many times more by what you give assent to others doing than what you do yourself.

Happiness has two hands: one with strength for lifting up heavy hearts and a gentle hand for tickling.

Sorrow is an opportunity to appreciate happiness.

In some way, everyone is your son or daughter, so without judging them, love everyone.

Habits decide who you become permanently, what you do daily and what you have always.

A life without trouble and tragedy is boring and not a plot for comedy.

Try to understand, analyze and find the truth before believing.

Every day you leave a legacy behind, so make it a good one by doing something of significance.

...Realization is born from error...

Men of profound sadness betray themselves when they are happy: they have a mode of seizing upon happiness as though they would choke and strangle it, out of jealousy--ah, they know only too well that it will flee from them!

Thoughts not only manifest into reality,they define it.

Happiness doesn't always come in pink. Learn to appreciate the rainbow.

Joy is God’s presence in our lives.

If our life has no meaning other than our own happiness, we are likely to find that when we have obtained what we think we need to be happy, happiness itself still eludes us.

Happiness is an art and the one who knows this art lives happily even if they don't have anything.

Every morning, the sunrise wakes me up with rays of hope.

That which is currently beyond your capabilities now, does not have to be so forever

When there is harmony between thoughts and deeds, there is peace.

To be a leader you have to jump into the ocean of uncertainty and lead the followers toward the known or unknown destination.

The more you think of what is right, the more you tend to make every action in your mind right. The more you think of the goal you have in view, the more life and power you will call into action in working for that goal. The more you think of your ambition, the more power you will give to those faculties that can make your ambitions come true. The more you think of harmony, of health, of success, of happiness, of things that are desirable, of things that are beautiful, of things that have true worth, the more the mind will tend to build all those things in yourself, provided, of course, that all such thinking is subjective.

You would not be here TODAY if YESTERDAY was your defining moment. LIVE THIS DAY and move towards your dreams.

If you are happy then you are the winner in the race we call life.

Never, in peace or war, commit your virtue or your happiness to the future.

It depends on you whether you want wrinkles or dimples on your face.

Never lose a chance to love someone and express kindness to someone.

When you give the love, you gain the heart.

Gratitude turns disappointment into lessons learned, discoveries made, alternatives explored, and new plans set in motion.

In a corner you condense yourself and cry- in the same corner you caress and kiss. Life is this, something different each time.

You will only ever achieve the level of success that matches your wisdom or personal development level.

A busy life is an empty life.

When we are truly aware of great abundance in our life, feel grateful and express gratitude for those treasures and beauty, then we are fully living.

There isn’t a single definition of happiness to suit everyone’s requirements, but you know it when you feel it.

It is because we feel that we are separate from nature that we also feel it is okay to manipulate it, pollute it, and cause it harm. We project our inner turmoil onto the planet, causing outer turmoil. Nearly all of the disasters of our time—war, famine, oppression, social injustice, environmental pollution, extinction—arise from this delusional belief that we have an existence independent of the world we live in. All of this misery, all of this destruction, all of this pain and suffering, is caused by our failure to realize that there is no separation and that really we are all one.

You bless my heart the only way you can bless the world as well ..... Just by existing you make me the happiest woman alive.

Evil is real but God is greater.

Everybody has dreams and goals. All you have to do is dig them up.

I am not a victim of circumstance, situation, nor any external condition of life. I am an active participant in the creation of my reality, meaning, I am actively participating in the creation of what I think, what I feel, what I spend my time on, who I spend my time with, what I consume mentally and physically, and all the blessings and contrastive experiences that come my way. Every effect has a cause and every cause has an effect, all of which include me because it is my life to live, my life to use, and my life to enjoy.

Small dreams will not take you to the moon. So think big and start dreaming big soon.