All Quotes By Tag: Happiness

“Love and compassion are qualities that human beings require just to live together.”

“Be happy. That’s the finest tribute one can pay to the dead.”

“Suffering and happiness are not mutually exclusive.”

“Some people are way less tortured by poverty than some are tormented by wealth.”

“The life you’re capable of living is waiting for you—all you have to do is choose to go after it.”

“No one is immune to love.”

“Sometimes I sensed within myself–somestimes I felt it strongly– a will, a pull towards frivolity. I wanted to separate myself from the common fate of girls who are called Carmel, and identify myself with girls with casual names, names which their parents didn’t think about too hard. I wanted to elect pleasure, not duty, and to be happy, and to have an expectation of happiness.I think now that this is the great division between people. There are people who find life hard and those who find it easy. There are those who have a natural, in-built, expectation of happiness, and there are those who feel that happiness is not to be expected: that it is not, in fact, one of the rights of man. Nor, God knows, one of the rights of women.”

“A pearl’s first love will always be her oyster.”

“A pearl will love her oyster, first & foremost.”

“You hold the key to my heart,and my love in your palm,so make sure that you use it,and then our love can start.”

“Compassion is of little value if it just remains an idea. It must motivate how we respond to others and be reflected in all our thoughts and actions.”

“I mean, I get it, In life, we’re judged according to what we’ve done. And women are consistently assessed more harshly. A New York University study showed that women have to do much more than men to be perceived as equally productive in the workplace. So we keep chugging along. Me? I’m great. I got so much done today! We want to have spotless homes, healthy-yet-gourmet meals, executive-track promotions, well-behaved children, a robust spiritual life, spotless community service, hot sex, and on top of all that, some time to relax. But herein lies the conundrum, If we continue to pursue productivity for productivity’s sake, women will continue to position ourselves diametrically opposed to satisfaction. You may feel like the most productive person alive, but without a purpose, you’re just busy.”

“We all have the power to make little choices that can change the course of our lives forever.”

“It’s a choice to put in the hours, go the extra mile, and do the things others aren’t willing to do.”

“If you have to Elevate your Happiness, or your position in life on the backs of others that are less fortunate or having a hard time . . .get off the elevator . . .take the stairs”