Quotes of: Happy-person Keyword

Madame de Rosemonde: I'm sorry to say this, but, those who are most worthy of love are never made happy by it. Madame Marie de Tourvel: But, why? Why should that be? Madame de Rosemonde: Do you still think men love the way we do? No... men enjoy the ...

Dangerous Liaisons

... people universally tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will maybe descend upon you like fine weather if you're fortunate enough. But that's not how happiness works. Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You...

Eat, Pray, Love

Poor but happy is not a phrase invented by a poor person.

Mason Cooley

Be generous with your time and energy. The harder it is to give, the more the other person deserves it.

The Happiness Code: Ten keys to being the best you can be

When you believe in yourself it is easier not to take criticism, knock-backs and disappointments personally

The Happiness Code: Ten keys to being the best you can be

Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.

Life's Little Instruction Book: 511 Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life

There are a lot of personal things that take place when becoming governor and I am happy to work with him should he ask. I will give him the best advice I can give.

Scott McCallum

The only person who can say they're happy getting old is someone who isn't actually old yet. Every day, I get less and less happy about that idea.

Nick Cave

Friends have suggested that I am the least qualified person to talk about happiness, because I am often down, and sometimes profoundly depressed. But I think that's where my qualification comes from. Because to know happiness, it helps to know unhapp...

Alastair Campbell

The first person who ever told me that happiness was work was this manic-depressive artist I knew when I was in my 20s. I was like, 'What are you talking about? Happiness just happens. That's even the root of that word. How could it be work?'

Ariel Gore

If the movie is good then great, but if it's not then God, I feel so bad for that person with their face fifty feet tall, all blown up. Some people would be happy with that, that as long as their face was out there they're stoked about it. I'm not li...

Kristen Stewart

You should learn to be happy with what you have. Besides, the fact that I'm not a huge star has allowed me to pick and choose the roles I want to do, not the ones some person sitting in a studio office thinks I should do.

Aidan Quinn

I am a happy person and I choose to be a positive person. I think some people think my life has been tragic and there have been these horrible dramas but things really have been, and are, fine.

Patsy Kensit

One day of happiness is worth more than a lifetime of sorrow .... Under ordinary circumstances, jealousy is a suspicion to the person who excites it and degrading to the person who indulges it.

Victor Hugo

Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.

Henry Fielding

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

When you feel overwhelmed, you’re trying too hard. That kind of energy does not help the other person and it does not help you. You should not be too eager to help right away. There are two things: to be and to do. Don’t think too much about to d...

Thich Nhat Hanh

Whever I came into the room, she'd light up, so happy to see me. No one ever in the course of my entire life was ever as happy to see me as she was. Looking back, now, I realize that you only ever need one person who lights up that way when you enter...

Don't Sing at the Table: Life Lessons from My Grandmothers

The most important and most significant good quality in our human life is gratitude. Unfortunately, that good quality we somehow manage not to express either in our thoughts or in our actions. Right from the beginning of our life, we have somehow lea...

The Jewels of Happiness: Inspiration and Wisdom to Guide Your Life-Journey

I've come to the point where I never feel the need to stop and evaluate whether or not I am happy. I'm just 'being', and without question, by default, it works.

Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality

Nobody from your past should be held responsible for your future. The only person accountable for your future is you.

The Happiness Code: Ten keys to being the best you can be