Happiness Quotes - Page 173

But one of the main reasons why Denmark does so well in international happiness surveys is the welfare state, as it reduces uncertainty, worries and stress in the population. You can say that Denmark is the happiest country in the world or you can say that Denmark is the least unhappy country in the world. The welfare state is really good (not perfect, but good) at reducing extreme unhappiness. Universal and free health care, free university education and relatively generous unemployment benefits go a long way towards reducing unhappiness.

For some people, she thought, trials were only temporary; they sailed towards happiness through the roughest weather.

Be thankful always.

Everyone makes me happy some people when they come into my life, others when they go.

It isn't our position but our disposition that makes us happy.

Love is the most valuable gift that you can give to anyone from your heart.

True happiness is when the love that is within us finds expression in external activities.

Happiness is a perceptual reality, not an absolute certainty.

Any education that doesn't allow you to think freely is not an education but a prison.

Here is a commandment for you: seek happiness in sorrow. Work, work tirelessly.

Because I was more often happy for other people, I got to spend more time being happy. And as I saw more light in everybody else, I seemed to have more myself. (250)

Life is loves shrine.

You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings.

Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

How strange! A dog is more humane than a human is.

Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to goodwill and happy companionship. It is of great importance to the morale.

It is so simple, to be happy think happiness.

In the end, nothing matters except love you gave away and love you have received.

We can achieve the fullest measure of life by living it for others.

Your hardest time will be the most memorable time of your life if you can endure it.

It's astonishing how much trouble one can get oneself into, if one works at it. And astonishing how much trouble one can get oneself out of, if one simply assumes that everything will, somehow or other, work out for the best." -Destruction

A woman laughing is a woman conquered.

Don't let anyone infiltrate your happiness. Protect it as if it's all you have, because it literally is.

Thinking is a personalized activity that can lead us into a state of happiness or cause us to be sad. Who we are becomes a product of how we think. What we think about and how we integrate knowledge into a comprehensive schema regulates our evolving self-identity. The precision of the human mind and the interplay between cognitive thinking and reactive emotions plays a central role in self-identity.

Happiness is a rare plant that seldom takes root on earth-few ever enjoyed it except for a brief period the search after it is rarely rewarded by the discovery but there is an admirable substitute for it... a contented spirit.

There are no opportunities, you and your life is an opportunity.

This is a beautiful morning; the sun is rising with a smiling face. Everything around me is alive and smiling. Everything is whispering in my ear to enjoy every moment and enjoy the morning. My heart is dancing with you, with morning light.

Service is joy, Service is the kindnessService is love, Service is the happiness

You have to be willing to get happy about nothing.

Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness.

Life is constantly teaching us that we are mirrors of one another and that no one is an island!

Live in your dream and then make it your reality.

Money Can’t Buy Happiness but It Beats the Hell out of Poverty.

How foolish we are to keep repeating the negative memories from the past in our minds, while rarely thinking of the good times, nor being thankful for what we have. Be good to yourself and repeat and focus on the positive.

You must commit to a lifestyle of constant and continuous never ending improvement of your daily habits, because it’s one of the most important predictors of your success and the quality of your life.

You don't have to live in anyone's shadow. Allow your unique characteristics to shine forth and Illuminate your way.

Daisies that bring you joy are better than roses that bring you sorrow.

Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness it has no taste.

If you fuel your journey on the opinions of others, you are going to run out of gas.

Find something about yourself to laugh about every day.

An important decision I made was to resist playing the Blame Game. The day I realized that I am in charge of how I will approach problems in my life, that things will turn out better or worse because of me and nobody else, that was the day I knew I would be a happier and healthier person. And that was the day I knew I could truly build a life that matters.

When you became the love, everyone around you becomes your lover.

When you are no longer afraid is when you can be yourself.

If life is a joyful serious journey, then peace should be the train and happiness should be the destination.

Failure is a pitfall of working without a plan.

Nothing can bring joy in your life except yourself.

And what is that thing which you promise to provide?- 'The beauty of the soul and the simplicity of happiness', he replied.

Shame is the undercurrent that keeps you living in the belief that you are unworthy of all the bounty life has to offer. Somewhere along the way, we have internalized the belief that we are - in our deepest selves - defective and wrong. Shame is not a natural emotion. Babies aren’t born feeling shame. We manufacture it within ourselves, as punishment for not adhering to the norms of society…Just for today, see what it feels like to open those clenched fists - that clenched heart - and receive every good thing

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

Never allow anyone to hold the key to your happiness, key to your heart, or key to your dreams. Be in control of your life and build your hopes on things eternal. No one should have the power to manipulate your life, optimism, love, or success.

All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. That which is far off, exceeding deep, who can find it out?

We alays blame the outer world for our failures, unhappiness and frustration. It is time to realise that it is health, harmony and wealth of our inner world that determine the degree of our success, joy, peace and bliss.

But I think there comes a point in love, a unique moment which later on the soul seeks in vain to surpass, and that the effort to revive such happiness depletes it; that nothing thwarts happiness so much as the memory of happiness.

Dive down into the deepest depth of your soul there you will find your ocean of wisdom.

Now our modern politics are full of a noisy forgetfulness; forgetfulness that the production of this [man's] happy and conscious life is after all the aim of all complexities and compromises. We talk of nothing but useful men and working institutions; that is, we only think of the chickens as things that will lay more eggs.

If someone hurts you, to take the revenge, love him.

The sacredness of existence is spiritual.

It takes courage, strength, and conviction to love someone deeply, persistently, and endlessly.

A beautiful smile is the prettiest ornament that you can find. Happiness is the prettiest color for your imaginative mind.

Oh, Marilla, I thought I was happy before. Now I know that I just dreamed a pleasant dream of happiness. This is the reality.