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"
Quotations
Happiness
Lao Tan said, “I was letting my mind wander in the beginning of things.”
“What does this mean?” asked Confucius. Lao Tan said, “It means to attain Perfect Beauty and wander in Perfect Happiness. He who attains Perfect Beauty and wanders in Perfect Happiness may be called the Perfect Man.”
-Scriptures "Chuang Tzu 21"
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
-Ernest Hemingway
Rain clouds come floating in, not to muddy my days ahead, but to make me calm, happy and hopeful.
-Anonymous "Rajuda"
It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.
-Kin Hubbard
The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.
-Bertrand Russell
No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.
-Colette
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
-Albert Schweitzer
He who does not get fun and enjoyment out of every day... needs to reorganize his life.
-George M. Adams
If you can have everything at fifty that you wanted when you were fifteen, you're happy.
-Alfred Bester
"The Stars My Destination"
