Being Happy Quotes - Page 21

• Life is not always not always what one wants it to be., but to make the best of it as it is the only way of being happy.

  Lady Randolph Churchill

  Life, Want, Way

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• It is not true that if we had true faith we would not be sad. Prophets (as), and righteous people experienced a great deal of sadness. The Quran is full of stories in which the central theme is sadness. Sadness is a reality of life. The Quran is not there to eliminate sadness, but to navigate it. Sadness is one of the tests of life, just as happiness, and anger are tests.

  Nouman Ali Khan

  Sadness, Reality, People

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• As a kid, before I could play music, I remember baseball being the one thing that could always make me happy.

  Garth Brooks

  Baseball, Kids, Play

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• Success is just being happy. And I try so many different things. I do a lot of different things. Because I think God has helped me to love myself. I know who God is, and I love God.

  Herschel Walker

  Success, Don't Give Up, Thinking

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• Some people can only be happy being a star. What happens if and when the work dries up?

  Susan Hampshire

  Stars, Ifs And, People

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• Being happy in your skin that's what it's all about.

  Koo Stark

  Skins

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• I don't think there's a problem with being a teen idol, if that happens to me, I'll be happy to deal with it.

  Josh Hartnett

  Teenager, Thinking, Idols

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• Let me be content with being happy, without sighing that I am not distinguished.

  Anna Seward

  Sigh, Let Me, Distinguished

  Anna Seward (1810). “Works”, p.73

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• When she is happy, she can't stop talking, when she is sad she doesn't say a word.

  Ann Brashares

  Women, Talking, Psychology

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• There is work that is work and there is play that is play; there is play that is work and work that is play. And in only one of these lies happiness.

  Gelett Burgess

  Happiness, Fun, Lying

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• Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.

  John Dryden

  Inspirational, Life, Time

  Imitation of Horace bk. 3, ode 29, l. 65 (1685)

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• Every moment of your life, including this one, is a fresh start.

  Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber

  Opportunity, Starting Over, Fresh Start

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• What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

  John Lubbock

  Inspirational, Attitude, Eye

  Sir John Lubbock (1897). “The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In”, p.2, Library of Alexandria

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• There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Michel de Montaigne, William Hazlitt (1845). “The Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, Letters, Journey Through Germany and Italy. With Notes from All the Commentators, Biographical and Bibliographical Notices, &c. &c”, p.92

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• By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Happiness, Thinking, Complaining

  "Words of the Prophet: Forget Yourself and Serve". New Era magazine, pp. 2-5, July 2006.

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• He who is contented is rich.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy Thoughts

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• If a person's basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a painful physical experience. On the other hand, if someone is suffering from depression, anxiety, or any form of emotional distress, then even if he or she happens to be enjoying physical comforts, he will not really be able to experience the happiness that these could bring.

  Dalai Lama

  Pursuit Of Happiness, Emotional, Hands

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• A man doesn't know what happiness is until he's married. By then it's too late.

  Frank Sinatra

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.

  Luc de Clapiers

  Inspirational, Education, Learning

  "Queers in History : The Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Historical Gays". Book by Keith Stern, 2009.

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• There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Cheer, Sunshine, Effort

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• People are chasing cash, not happiness. When you chase money, you're going to lose. You're just going to. Even if you get the money, you're not going to be happy.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  People, Cash, Chasing

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  You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.

  Robin Williams

  Inspirational, Positive, Depression

  "Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing". Book by Larry Chang, 2006.

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• Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

  Stephen Covey

  Love, Inspirational, Relationship

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.267, Simon and Schuster

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• Every object, every being...is a jar full of delight.

  Rumi

  Delight, Jars, Spiritual Growth

  Rumi (2014). “'Another city'. a selectionf of poems from the Persian”, p.62, Lulu.com

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• You have to sniff out joy. Keep your nose to the joy trail.

  Buffy Sainte-Marie

  Joy, Noses, Trails

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