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Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
Thich Nhat Hanh (see works by Thich Nhat Hanh )
Happiness is often the result of being too busy to be miserable.
Unknown
We are happy in proportion to the things we can do without.
Henry David Thoreau (see works by Henry David Thoreau )
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.
Denis Waitely
We either make ourselves happy or miserable. The amount of work is the same.
Carlos Castaneda (see works by and about Carlos Castaneda )
Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath. And if you have a friend who makes you laugh, spend lots and lots of time with them.
Unknown
You can be happy instantly by wanting what you already have.
from Diets Don’t Work, by Bob Schwartz (see works by Bob Schwartz )
We’re not happy unless we feel like we’re growing.
Anthony Robbins (see works by Anthony Robbins )
Even when manipulated into a smiling expression, people feel better; when they scowl, the whole world seems to scowl back. so put on a happy face. Pretend optimism. Simulate outgoingness. Going through the motions can trigger the emotions.
from an article in Psychology Today July/August 1993 issue, by David G Myers, PhD
For happy people, time is “filled and planned”, says Oxford University psychologist Michael Argyle. “For unhappy people time is unfilled, open an uncommitted; they postpone things and are inefficient.”
Unknown
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
Helen Keller (see works by and about Helen Keller )
Will and I could hardly wait for the morning to come to get at something that interested us. That's happiness.
Orville Wright, co-inventor of the airplane (see works by and about the Wright Brothers )
The happy people are those who are producing something; the bored people are those who are consuming much and producing nothing.
William Randolph Inge
I'm not happy, I'm cheerful. There's a difference. A happy woman has no cares at all. A cheerful woman has cares but has learned how to deal with them.
Beverly Sills
What a man is contributes much more to his happiness than what he has, or how he is regarded by others.
Arthur Schopenhauer (see works by Arthur Schopenhauer )
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Franklin D Roosevelt (see works by and about Franklin Roosevelt )
The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness.
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) British novelist and essayist (see works by Virginia Woolf )
Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.
Lord Byron (1788-1824) English poet (see works by Lord Byron )
A new life of abundant cheer is found in one way and one way only. All others lead to endless anxiety.
It is found through an awareness of its existence.
This is the entire secret. We must catch a glimpse of this fresh life for ourselves. We can start by remembering that it exists within, not without. We already possess this higher state. But we must become aware of our rich possession. This awareness will break through, with increasing force, as we dare to seek it beyond our present mental attitudes.
The Daily Guru
Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half sorrow.
Swedish proverb (see more Swedish proverbs )
‘Abraham took in strangers, and God was happy,’ came the reply. ‘Elijah disliked strangers, and God was happy. David was proud of what he was doing, and God was happy. The publican before the altar was ashamed of what he did, and God was happy. John the Baptist went out into the desert, and God was happy. Paul went to the great cities of the Roman Empire, and God was happy. How can one know what will please the Almighty? Do what your heart commands, and God will be happy.’
from The Devil and Miss Prym, by Paulo Coelho (see works by Paulo Coelho )
Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient.
Aristotle (see works by and about Aristotle )
You were in paradise, but you didn’t recognise it. It’s the same with most people in this world; they seek suffering in the most joyous of places because they think they are unworthy of happiness.
from The Devil and Miss Prym, by Paulo Coelho (see works by Paulo Coelho )
Recognize that to be happy, you must live the life that you truly want to live. It's your life and you are the only one who can truly determine what is right for you.
The Daily Guru
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) American novelist (see works by Nathaniel Hawthorne )
Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly, one-directionally, without regret or reservation.
William H Sheldon
Happy people roll with the punches. They know from experience that everything changes. Today’s good fortune may vanish tomorrow, today’s crises may turn out to be tomorrow’s good fortune.
Author Unknown
Enjoy everything that happens in your life, but never make your happiness or success dependent on an attachment to any person, place, or thing.
Wayne Dyer (see works by Wayne Dyer )
Most people are searching for happiness outside of themselves. That’s a fundamental mistake. Happiness is something you are, and it comes from the way you think.
Wayne Dyer (see works by Wayne Dyer )
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention.
Greg Anderson
Laughter is the language of the Gods.
Buddhist proverb (see more Buddhist proverbs )
The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mode of happiness, but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed by the change; happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up.
Charles L Morgan
Will and I could hardly wait for the morning to come to get at something that interested us. That’s happiness.
Orville Wright, co-inventor of the airplane (see works by and about the Wright Brothers )
If you’re not using your smile, you’re like a man with a million dollars in the bank and no checkbook.
Les Giblin
Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly, one-directionally, without regret or reservation.
William H Sheldon
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