Indolence is a delightful but distressing state. We must be doing something to be happy

Quote by William Hazlett

Topics: Happiness Quotes

Beauty is the promise of happiness

Beauty is the promise of happiness

Silver horses ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes. Dawnlight smiles on you leaving, my...

Silver horses ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes. Dawnlight smiles on you leaving, my...

It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in...

It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in...

The present time is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and...

The present time is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and...

It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must...

It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must...

Attainment is followed by neglect, possession by disgust, and the malicious remark of the Greek...

Attainment is followed by neglect, possession by disgust, and the malicious remark of the Greek...

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is, with thoughts of what may...

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is, with thoughts of what may...

If a man will understand how intimately, yea, how inseparably, self-control and happiness are associated,...

If a man will understand how intimately, yea, how inseparably, self-control and happiness are associated,...

Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory.

Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory.

What is the meaning of life? To be happy and useful.

What is the meaning of life? To be happy and useful.

Happiness is never really so welcome as changelessness

Happiness is never really so welcome as changelessness

A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is...

A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is...

What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out...

What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out...

I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make...

I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make...

The Master of Life's been good to me. He has given me strength to face...

The Master of Life's been good to me. He has given me strength to face...

If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be...

If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be...

There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness...

There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness...

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.