Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.
-Guillaume Apollinaire
Quotations
Happiness
When you let go of past pain, believe in yourself and follow your dreams—you can find true happiness!
-Casi McLean
Being happy is a great science. If you are not happy, do not be confused. Happiness is hard to achieve.
-Peter Deunov
Let us live happily, we who have no impediments. We shall subsist on joy even as the radiant gods.
-Dhammapada "Dhammapada"
Don't you think it's better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life?
-Audrey Niffenegger
"The Time Traveler's Wife"
Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Why should we build our happiness on the opinions of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?
-Jean Jacques Rousseau
"The Social Contract and Discourses"
Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.
-George Bernard Shaw
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
-Helen Keller
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
-Khalil Gibran
