We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about

Quote by Charles Kingsley

Topics: Action Quotes, Happiness Quotes, Life Quotes

Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book.

Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book.

A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one...

A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one...

Happiness is what happens to us when we try to make someone else happy.

Happiness is what happens to us when we try to make someone else happy.

Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day.

Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day.

We ought to reverence books; to look on them as useful and mighty things. If...

We ought to reverence books; to look on them as useful and mighty things. If...

All we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

All we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of...

He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of...

Pain is no evil, unless it conquers us.

Pain is no evil, unless it conquers us.

It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly,...

It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly,...

Do noble things, not dream them all day long: And so make Life, Death, and...

Do noble things, not dream them all day long: And so make Life, Death, and...

There is a great deal of human nature in man.

There is a great deal of human nature in man.

Feelings are like chemicals, the more you analyze them the worse they smell.

Feelings are like chemicals, the more you analyze them the worse they smell.

The world goes up and the world goes down, the sunshine follows the rain; and...

The world goes up and the world goes down, the sunshine follows the rain; and...

A man may learn from his Bible to be a more thorough gentleman than if...

A man may learn from his Bible to be a more thorough gentleman than if...

Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book.

Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book.

Beauty is God's handwriting.

Beauty is God's handwriting.

There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what...

There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what...

Do noble things, not dream them all day long.

Do noble things, not dream them all day long.

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.

Have thy tools ready. God will find thee work.

Have thy tools ready. God will find thee work.