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"
Quotations
Happiness
Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
If you search the world for happiness, you may find it in the end, for the world is round and will lead you back to your door.
-Robert Brault
A mathematical formula for happiness: Reality divided by Expectations. There were two ways to be happy: improve your reality or lower your expectations.
-Jodi Picoult
"Nineteen Minutes"
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
-Khalil Gibran
No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
-Colette
In the end, the number of prayers we say may contribute to our happiness, but the number of prayers we answer may be of even greater importance.
-Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Happiness is a late discovery.
-Fadi Dabour
If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you're always going to be disappointed.
-Madonna
The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.
-Bertrand Russell
