The only real happiness a ballplayer has is when he is playing a ball game and accomplishes something he didn't think he could do.
Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections.
Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.
Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.
Happiness is no respecter of persons.
The music is the message, the message is the music. So that's my little ministry that the Big Man upstairs gave to me - a little ministry called love and happiness.
An institution or reform movement that is not selfish, must originate in the recognition of some evil that is adding to the sum of human suffering, or diminishing the sum of happiness.
My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory; for if it be a sin to covet glory I am the most offending soul alive.
I had to try and find a way to express happiness without sounding corny.
The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.
I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.
I wanted to understand pain and the human condition, which is full of pain and regret and sadness - and some happiness, if you're lucky.
It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.
You have to be sincere in your feelings. And fear is one of those, sometimes; doubt is one of those; jealousy, anger - all your emotions are not going to be considered the strong emotions; all of them are not going to be love, happiness, joy.
Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race.
Happiness is like a cat, If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you; it will never come. But if you pay not attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing against your legs and jumping into your lap.
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness.
There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.
The truth is that relative income is not directly related to happiness. Nonpartisan social-survey data clearly show that the big driver of happiness is earned success: a person's belief that he has created value in his life or the life of others.
The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.
Fashion is all about happiness. It's fun. It's important. But it's not medicine.
For me, happiness is doing my best and trying to be helpful.
There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
Although the skills aren't hard to learn, finding the happiness and finding the satisfaction and finding fulfillment in continuously serving somebody else something good to eat, is what makes a really good restaurant.
Such happiness as life is capable of comes from the full participation of all our powers in the endeavor to wrest from each changing situations of experience its own full and unique meaning.
Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.
Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.
You've got to ask! Asking is, in my opinion, the world's most powerful - and neglected - secret to success and happiness.
Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.
You know, I think we Indians are afraid to show and celebrate our happiness, lest things change around. But I feel that it's okay to be sad and okay to show when you are happy.
Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.
I try to find happiness in almost anything... watching videos about new exercises, like ones you can do on a flight when you clench your buttocks.
Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower.
Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.
