Happiness
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.
—Agnes Repplier (1855-1950 American essayist)
Man is the artificer of his own happiness.
—Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862 American author)
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
—Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865 16th President of the United States)
There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.
—George Sand (Amandine Aurore Lucile 1804-1876 French novelist)
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.
—Victor Marie Hugo (1802-1885 French poet and novelist)
Happiness is not a goal, it is a byproduct.
—Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962 32nd First Lady of the United States)
Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall not be disappointed.
—Alexander Pope (1688-1744 British poet)
No joy without annoy.
—John Clarke (1933-1992 American poet)
Fortune knocks once at least at every man’s door.
—Anonymous
For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.
—Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (ca. 480-524 Roman philosopher)
Call no man happy till he dies, he is at best but fortunate.
—Solon (ca. 638-559 B.C. Greek statesman)
We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
—George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950 British playwright)
Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1830-1882 American essayist and poet)
The only way on earth to multiply happiness is to divide it.
—Paul Scherrer (Swiss physicist)
Happy men shall have many friends.
—Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774 British writer)