Quotes about happiness
248 quotes from 159 people
- MBMarguerite Gardiner Blessington1789–1849Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington, Desultory Thoughts and Reflections (1839), p. 90
James Brown1933–2006Brown, J. & Tucker, B.B. (1986). James Brown: The Godfather of Soul. Macmillan: New York.There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness.
John Buchan1875–1940Pilgrim’s Way (1940), p. 117- GBGeorge Washington Burnap1802–1859Often credited to Joseph Addison
Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.
Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious,
O’er a’ the ills o’ life victorious.
Richard Francis Burton1821–1890Journal Entry (2 December 1856)There ‘s not a joy the world can give like that it takes away.
Lord Byron1788–1824Stanzas for Music (March 1815), reported in Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
John Calvin1509–1564Sermon Number 10 on I Corinthians, 698. As quoted in John Calvin: A Sixteenth-Century Portrait (1989) by William J. Bouwsma, pp. 134–135.Find a place where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
Joseph Campbell1904–1987A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living (1991), p. 152
