Then he thought himself unhappy, but happiness was all in the future; now he felt that the best happiness was already in the past.
-Leo Tolstoy
"Anna Karenina"
Quotations
Happiness
Those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy.
-Alex Flinn
"The movie, Beastly"
Hiding how you really feel and trying to make everyone happy doesn't make you nice, it just makes you a liar.
-Jenny O'connell
"The Book of Luke"
For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit.
-Marilyn Manson
"My Story"
It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.
-Dale Carnegie
"How to Win Friends and Influence People"
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.
-Oscar Wilde
Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.
-John Barrymore
Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.
-George Bernard Shaw
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.
-John Lennon
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
-Aristotle
