More quotations tagged with “happiness”
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
—Abraham Lincoln
We find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.
—Maxwell Maltz
Emotions, in my experience, aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in "sadness," "joy," or "regret."… I'd like to have at my disposal complicated hybrid emotions, Germanic train-car constructions, like, say, "the happiness that attends disaster." Or: "the disappointment of sleeping with one's fantasy." I'd like to show how "intimations of mortality brought on by aging family members" connects to "the hatred of mirrors that begins in middle age." I'd like to have a word for "the sadness inspired by failing restaurants" as well for "the excitement of getting a room with a minibar.
—Jeffrey Eugenides
There are lots of ways of being miserable, but there's only one way of being comfortable, and that is to stop running round after happiness. If you make up your mind not to be happy there's no reason why you shouldn't have a fairly good time.
—Edith Wharton
The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.
—Bette Midler