All Quotes By Tag: Happiness

“He was persuaded he could know no happiness but in the society of one with whom he could for ever indulge the melancholy that had taken possession of his soul.”

“[Poem: Slates of Grey]Sullen faces like slates of grey—What I’d seen on a walk today.Bodies rushing bodies boltingTime for life a disregarding.Money to make and to grow oldWhat about the hands to hold?Deadlines, projects, people to meetWhat about our own two feet.Sullen faces like slates of grey…What I’d see most anyday.”

“This idea of perpetual happiness is crazy and overrated, because those dark moments fuel you for the next bright moments; each one helps you appreciate the other.”

“Frugality, I’ve learned, has its own cost, one that sometimes lasts forever.”

“I wonder if people always choose what will make them unhappy.”

“So what’s the point, then, if we can’t be happy? Why are we doing any of this?””Oh, there’s definitely happiness,” Jack said, turning his back on the ocean and looking at her. “But it’s just about moments, not ever-afters.” He grinned. “Like when you’re right in the middle of the ocean with your friends, with no one trying to kill you in any kind of horrifying way. You have to appreciate these moments when they happen, ’cause obviously we don’t get many of them.”

“Happiness,… even the smallest happiness, is like a step out of Time, and the greatest happiness is sharing in Eternity.”

“Sometimes I think if we didn’t have these problems the whole world would stop spinning on her axis, we’d all stop spinning on our axises, axes, or whatever you want to call them, and then we’d have to settle into the nasty business of finding a way to be happy.”

“Happiness comes in many forms — in the company of good friends, in the feeling you get when you make someone else’s dream come true, or in the promise of hope renewed. It’s okay to let yourself be happy because you never know how fleeting that happiness might be.”

“Dream your dream; and realize that you are more than just the dreamer, you are the point of origin for its reality.”

“She was happy, she knew she was happy, and knew she ought to be happy.”

“Happiness is something we reap from the seeds we sow. Plant misery seeds and that us what you reap.”

“I don’t think two people could have been happier than we have been.”

“Don’t wait for other people to be loving, giving, compassionate, grateful, forgiving, generous, or friendly… lead the way!”

“Stop waiting for the perfect day or the perfect moment… Take THIS day, THIS moment and lead it to perfection.”