Quotes about happiness
248 quotes from 159 people
There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes.
C. S. Lewis1898–1963The Last Battle
Robert Frost1874–1963A Witness Tree (1942), Title of poemHappiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.
The surest way of spoiling a pleasure is to start examining your satisfaction.
C. S. Lewis1898–1963Surprised by JoyHappiness is a Swedish sunset; it is there for all, but most of us look the other way and lose it.
Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.
There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.
Happiness is the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.
John F. Kennedy1917–1963“Remarks to Student Participants in the White House Seminar in Government (334)” (27 August 1963)We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.1809–1894A Mortal Antipathy (1885)Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age.
