#pines

A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness. ↗

— Stendhal

#appointment #happiness #never #should #unforeseen

Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#alas #contentment #grandeur #happiness #height

If we did not look to marriage as the principal source of happiness, fewer marriages would end in tears. ↗

— Anthony Storr

#end #fewer #happiness #look #marriage

Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose. ↗

— John Stossel

#happiness #meaningful #our #purpose #skills

Happiness consumes itself like a flame. It cannot burn for ever, it must go out, and the presentiment of its end destroys it at its very peak. ↗

— August Strindberg

#cannot #consumes #destroys #end #ever

You're my present and my future, Sadie. I will use whatever power I have to make you happy." - Jax Stone, #Breathe ↗

— Abbi Glines

#love #love

The Divine of the Lord in heaven is love, for the reason that love is receptive of all things of heaven, such as peace, intelligence, wisdom and happiness. ↗

— Emanuel Swedenborg

#divine #happiness #heaven #intelligence #lord

How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy. ↗

— Paul Sweeney

#fail #fortune #good #good fortune #happiness

The pursuit of happiness is in our Constitution. We're all entitled to have the best we can. ↗

— Loretta Swit

#constitution #entitled #happiness #our #pursuit

To me, the most important thing is happiness. ↗

— Sheryl Swoopes

#important #important thing #me #most #the most important