To find out what one is fitted to do and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.
-John Dewey
Quotations
Happiness
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 your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
-Ramana Maharshi
But the happiest people are the ones who understand that good things occur when one allows them to.
-Danny Wallace
"Yes Man"
If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you're always going to be disappointed.
-Madonna
Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
You can't be happy unless you're unhappy sometimes.
-Lauren Oliver
"Delirium"
They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.
-Tom Bodett
Every day you can inspire others through your sincere concern for humanity’s happiness and progress.
-Sri Chinmoy "Sri Chinmoy"
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
-Aristotle
