Happy are those who mourn; God will comfort them.
-Jesus Christ
Quotations
Happiness
It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories.
-W. Somerset Maugham
"Of Human Bondage"
The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be
-Marcel Pagnol
Happiness is not a goal... it's a by-product of a life well lived.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.
-Edward G. Bulwer Lytton
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
-Ernest Hemingway
With a genuine keenness or readiness to serve others, one can attain happiness in any group or community, and the eagerness to serve others will endow you with the power and skill necessary for the required service. Nowadays, we tend to regard it as derogatory to serve, but there is great worth in service.
-Sathya Sai Baba "Sri Sathya Sai Baba"
Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.
-George Bernard Shaw
I never understood the point of being sad when I could choose to be happy.
-Megan McCafferty
"Second Helpings"
The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
-Karl Marx
