Happy Times Quotes - Page 2

• Running around when I was a kid was a really happy time; a time when getting home for dinner or for sleep were my only responsibilities.

  Josh Hartnett

  Running, Home, Sleep

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. November 10, 2007.

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• In 21 years there are a lot of ups and downs. There are melancholy times. There are sad times. There are happy times. There are unsure times. There are life lessons.

  Kenny Chesney

  Life Lesson, Years, Lessons

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

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• You can be sad recalling sad times, but if you really want to be sad, recall happy times.

  Robert Breault

  Memories, Want, Sad Times

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• If it is true that there is no greater sorrow than to remember a happy time in a state of misery, it is just as true that calling up a moment of anguish in a tranquil mood, seated quietly at one's desk, is a source of profound satisfaction.

  Primo Levi

  Profound, Sorrow, Calling

  Primo Levi (1984). “The periodic table”, Schocken

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• Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people-- people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.

  E. B. White

  Book, People, Alive

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• ... Nessun maggior dolore Che ricordarsi del tempo felice Nella miseria. (There is no greater pain than to remember a happy time when one is in misery.)

  Dante Alighieri

  Pain, Misery, Remember

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• I've spent a lot of very happy times in Edinburgh as a result of playing virtually every festival since 1996. It's also a beautiful city in its own right, is walkable, within sight of the sea and mountains - and was too far north for the Luftwaffe to have done any damage, hence the spectacularly beautiful architecture.

  Marcus Brigstocke

  Beautiful, Sight, Sea

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• At first, it feels as if she has vanished forever, and all traces are destroyed. But later, when the pain of loss doesn't overwhelm all your other feelings, every time you think of her, or hear her voice in your head, or remember a happy time together, you realize she's still a part of you and will never be totally gone.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Pain, Loss, Thinking

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• One of the best ways to make yourself happy in the present is to recall happy times from the past. Photos are a great memory-prompt, and because we tend to take photos of happy occasions, they weight our memories to the good.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Memories, Past, Weight

  "7 Reasons Why Photographs Can Boost Your Happiness" by Gretchen Rubin, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 3, 2013.

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• Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.

  Brian Wilson

  Summer, Beach, Fun

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• I still believe in liberalism today as much as I ever did, but, oh, there was a happy time when I believed in liberals.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Believe, Today, Liberalism

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• People's lives change. To keep all your old friends is like keeping all your old clothes -- pretty soon your closet is so jammed and everything so crushed you can't find anything to wear. Help these friends when they need you; bless the years and happy times when you meant a lot to each other, but try not to have the guilts if new people mean more to you now.

  Helen Gurley Brown

  Friendship, Life Changing, Mean

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• When I got to the library I came to a standstill, - ah, the dear room, what happy times I have spent in it rummaging amongst the books, making plans for my garden, building castles in the air, writing, dreaming, doing nothing.

  Elizabeth von Arnim

  Dream, Book, Writing

  Elizabeth Von Arnim (2006). “Elizabeth and Her German Garden”, p.82, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

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• When you are happy time appears shorter, when you are sad time appears longer. And in meditation we transcend time!

  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

  Meditation, Sad Times, End Times

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• I don't feel the slightest interest in the next world; I think it's here. And I think anything good that you're going to do, you should do for other people here and not so you can try to have a happy time in the next world.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Thinking, People, Trying

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• Is childhood ever long enough, or a happy time, or even a beautiful summer day? All of these carry the seeds of the same fierce mystery that we call death.

  Eugene Kennedy

  Beautiful, Death, Summer

  Eugene Kennedy (1987). “On Being a Friend”, Ballantine Books

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• If the sun is shining, stand in it- yes, yes, yes. Happy times are great, but happy times pass- they have to- because time passes. The pursuit of happiness is more elusive; it is life-long, and it is not goal-centred. What you are pursuing is meaning- a meaningful life... There are times when it will go so wrong that you will be barely alive, and times when you realise that being barely alive, on your own terms, is better than living a bloated half-life on someone else's terms.

  Jeanette Winterson

  Meaningful, Pursuit Of Happiness, Long

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• The destiny of mankind is arranged for happy moments every life has such but not for happy times.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Happiness, Destiny, Joy

  Friedrich Nietzsche (2012). “Human, All-Too-Human: Parts One and Two”, p.198, Courier Corporation

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• Back to him she would never go, but in her lonely life still lived the sweet memory of that happy time when she believed in him and he was all in all to her.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Lonely, Sweet, Memories

  Louisa May Alcott (1997). “A Long Fatal Love Chase”, Thorndike Pr

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• My chest tightens: seeing him so upset breaks my own heart. 'Don't you ever wish you could make that bit go away?" I say, feeling angry at the past. 'That you could erase those painful memories, forget they every happened, just remember the happy times you had together?' 'You must never say that,' he reprimands sternly. 'But why not?' I look at him in surprise. 'Because it's the bad memories that makes you appreciate the good ones. Don't ever wish them away. it's like your nan always used to say, "You need both the sun and the rain to make a rainbow".

  Alexandra Potter

  Memories, Rain, Heart

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• A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort. A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, in a book, you may have your question answered. Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people - people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.

  E. B. White

  Inspiring, Encouragement, Book

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• The more transparent you are about, you know, the not so happy times, or the happy times, or the things that you're embarrassed or ashamed of or proud of, it's all in Kicker, and all in my music. I'm just inspired by life in general and what it's bringing to me.

  Zella Day

  Kickers, Proud, Inspired

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• You know, this technology that we have, and the Internet and Twitter and Facebook - I get so many of those emails that talk about hard times that kids have gone through, how books have helped them, but also happy times.

  Lauren Myracle

  Book, Kids, Technology

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• Your ship was spotted off the coast this morning, slipping silently through the fog... coming around the cape she appeared in a shaft of sunlight... and what a sight to see! Glimmering as much as the ocean herself. Massive and beautiful beyond belief! Laden with treasures, happy times, friends, love, and laughter. Quick, you must PREPARE for her docking... you MUST make space in your life for her gifts... otherwise, just as quickly, she'll quietly slip back out to sea.

  Mike Dooley

  Beautiful, Morning, Laughter

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• When you are not separate from the creative process, time ceases to exist. You might start to feel tired and suddenly realize that much time has passed. It isn't necessarily a happy time - and may be very difficult to start if it is a job or an obligation. But if' you start with all the concrete needs and proceed in a thorough way - the creative process will take over and you will forget whether it is work or play. Working in the here and now is one of the most uncontaminated ways to work.

  Corita Kent

  Jobs, Tired, Play

  Corita Kent, Corita (1992). “Learning by Heart”, Bantam

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