It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
-Thomas Jefferson
Quotations
Happiness
You cannot be with someone just because you don’t want to hurt him. You have your own happiness to think about.
-Melisa De La Cruz
"The Van Alen Legacy"
Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.
-John Barrymore
It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.
-Kin Hubbard
Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.
-Aristotle
You can't be happy unless you're unhappy sometimes.
-Lauren Oliver
"Delirium"
No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
-Colette
Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
-Steven Kloves
"The movie, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"
Happiness is like a cat. If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you. It will never come. But if you pay no attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing up against your legs and jumping into your lap.
-William J. Bennett
That happiness which comes after misery is all the more enjoyable; it is to one scorched in the sun that the shade of the tree gives exceptional relief.
-Kalidas "Kalidas"
