“ Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble about whether he's happy or not. George Bernard Shaw
“ I visited those friends who'd just had a baby, and she was washing dishes and he was cleaning the house, and I burst with happiness. And in their minds, they were in this terrible domestic rut. Josh Lucas
“ Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean… Norman Lear
“ The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I lived there, that they do not want to be happy they want to be right. Quentin Crisp
“ For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are devoted to the physical and spiritual nourishment of its inhabita… Jimmy Carter
“ Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful. Irving Babbitt
“ I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not life, but a way of wasting some force, an enervation. Morality is the weakness of the brain. Arthur Rimbaud
“ Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table. It is essential for physical and mental health and for happiness. Louise Hart
“ I am about to be married, and am of course in all the misery of a man in pursuit of happiness. Lord Byron
“ To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost. Gustave Flaubert
“ Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war. William S. Burroughs
“ Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy. Wayne Gretzky
“ Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race. Bertrand Russell
“ Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service. Henry Ford
