#happines

The value of taking risks through all stages of life is constant...it's the excuses that change. ↗

— Rik Leaf

#life #pursuing-happiness #risk-taking #change

And this is not the happiness of a magazine writer who sends in his gay little philosophy of life to the editor for the one paragraph spread in front of the magazine: This is a serious happiness full of doubts and strengths. I wonder if happiness is possible. It is a state of mind, but I'd hate to be a bore all my life, if only because of those I love around me. Happiness can change into unhappiness just for the sake of change. ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#life #change

Happiness is a very small desk and a very big wastebasket. ↗

— Robert Orben

#desk #happiness #small #very #wastebasket

Although one may fail to find happiness in theatrical life, one never wishes to give it up after having once tasted its fruits. ↗

— Anna Pavlova

#although #fail #find #fruits #give

The right to happiness is fundamental. ↗

— Anna Pavlova

#fundamental #right

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#by-product #goal

The tragedy of this world is that no one is happy, whether stuck in a time of pain or joy. ↗

— Alan Lightman

#human-nature #tragedy #dreams

We hear of the wealth of nations, of the powers of production, of the demand and supply of markets, and we forget that these words mean no more, if they mean any thing, then the happiness, and the labor, and the necessities of men. ↗

— Francis Wright

#demand #forget #happiness #hear #labor

Be happy -- if you're not even happy, what's so good about surviving? ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#happiness #life #optimism #struggle #survival

The value of a moment is immeasurable. The power of just ONE moment can propel you to success and happiness or chain you to failure and misery. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#doing-your-best #failure #happiness #inspirational #life