The word ‘happiness’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.
-Carl Gustav Jung
Quotations
Happiness
Happiness isn’t something that depends on our surroundings… It’s something we make inside ourselves.
-Cornelia "Corrie" Ten Boom
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
No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
-Colette
Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.
-George Bernard Shaw
Don't put off happiness you can have today. Tomorrow is a hope, not a promise.
-Debra Anastasia
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
-Khalil Gibran
I'm not happy but I'm not unhappy about it.
-Alan Bennett
"The History Boys"
For those who are poor in happiness, each time is a first time; happiness never becomes a habit.
-Marilyn Manson
"My Story"
Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.
-Andy Rooney
