All unhappiness is caused by comparison.
Anywhere is paradise; it's up to you.
A day without laughter is a day wasted.
A smile costs nothing, but its value is priceless. It enriches the one who gives it, yet it impoverishes him not. It happens in a flash, but the memory may last for days. No one is so rich that he can get along without it. No one is so poor that he cannot afford to give it. A smile generates happiness in the home and good will in business because it says, "I like you. You pleasure me." If you meet an acquaintance or a friend who is too busy to give you a smile--leave one of yours. No one needs a smile so much as the person who has none to give.--Modesto (California) Bee Newspaper
A smile is a curve that can set a lot of things straight.
Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have.
Don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.--Richard L. Evans
Go at life with abandon; give it all you've got. And life will give all it has to you.
God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish one from the other.--Dr. Reingold Niebuhr
God made wrinkles to show where smiles have been.
Good humor isn't a trait of character, it is an art which requires practice.--David Seabury
Good morale is when your hands and feet keep working when your head says it can't be done.
Happiness doesn't come from doing what we like to do, but from liking what we have to do.
HAPPINESS
Happiness is like a crystal,
Fair and exquisite and clear.
Broken in a million pieces,
Shattered, scattered far and near.
Now and then along life's pathway,
Lo! some shining fragments fall;
But there are so many pieces
No one ever finds them all.
You may find a bit of beauty,
Or an honest share of wealth,
While another just beside you
Gathers honor, love or health.
Vain to choose or grasp unduly,
Broken is the perfect ball;
And there are so many pieces
No one ever finds them all.
Yet the wise as on they journey
Treasure every fragment clear.
Fit them as they may together,
Imagining the shattered sphere,
Learning ever to be thankful,
Though their share of it is small;
For it has so many pieces
No one ever finds them all.
--Priscilla Leonard
Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself. --Ralph Waldo Emerson
HAPPINESS IS STANDING BESIDE ME
They say happiness is a thing you can't see,
A thing you can't touch - I disagree.
Happiness is standing beside me.
Happiness is whatever you want it to be.
Happiness is a high hill;
Will I find it, Yes I will.
Happiness is a tall tree,
Can I climb it - watch and see.
They say happiness is the folly of fools,
Pity poor me, one of the fools.
Happiness is smiling upon me,
Walking my way, sharing my day.
Happiness is whatever you want it to be.
Happiness is a bright star,
Are we happy - Yes we are.
Happiness is a clear sky,
Give me wings and let me fly.
Happiness is whatever you want it to be.
--From "Scrooge"
Happiness is like jelly, you can't spread even a little bit without getting some on yourself.
Happiness is never stopping to think if you are.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a way of traveling.
Happiness is when you are doing something and you don't wish you were doing something else.
Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.-- Oscar Levant
Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.--Robert Lee Frost.
He who constantly is running after good fortune and will see nothing else, is really running away from life. For living is a balance between good and bad.
Homesteads on the cutting edge of civilization were rustic, simple, often hardscrabble farms, but old-time memories of them speak gently and lovingly of tight-knit families, the beauty of the natural surroundings, and the joy of self-reliance.
If you are all worn out, and feeling defeated, take out time to laugh.
If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.--Marie Osmond
IRISH BLESSING
May there always be work for your hands to do.
May your purse always hold a coin or two.
May the sun always shine on your window pane.
May a rainbow be certain to follow each reain.
May the hand of a friend always be near you.
May God fill your heart with glad news to cheer you.
It is not doing what you like, but liking what you do, that is the secret of happiness.
I was talking to a gal who had some real problems, and she told me her favorite scripture is, "and it came to pass", I looked at her rather quizzically, and she laughed and added "just think, all this could have come to stay".
Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.
Just think how happy you would be if you lost everything you have right now, and then got it back again.--Francis Rodman
Laughter can be heard farther than weeping.
Laughter is a tranquilizer with no ill side effects.
Laughter is the heartbeat of a home and the fuel for the warmth there.
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
Life is about 10% how you make it, and 90% how you take it.
Life is beautiful music, some high notes, some low notes, but beautiful just the same.
Measure wealth not by the things you have, but by the things you have for which you would not take money.
Much happiness is overlooked because it doesn't cost anything.
No one has ever injured his eyesight by looking on the bright side of things.
Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.
OLD BLESSING
May your joys be as bright as the morning,
Your years of happiness as numerous as the stars in the heavens.
And your sorrows but shadows that fade in the sunlight of your love.
OLD IRISH BLESSING
May the road rise to meet you;
May the wind be always at your back;
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
The rains fall soft upon your fields,
And, until we meet again,
May God hold you in the hollow of His hand.
Our happiness in life is not determined so much by what happens to us, but by our reaction to the things that happen.
Recall it as often as you wish, a happy memory never wears out.--Libbie Fudin
Sacrifice means we trade what we want at the moment for what we want most. The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want at the moment.
Satisfaction: If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want.
Spring is when you feel like whistling even when your shoe is filled with slush.
Store away memories of joys that you've had,
Remember the good times, forgetting the sad,
Live life to its fullest without a regret and each day will become your happiest yet.
Such happiness as life is capable of comes from the full participation of all our powers in the endeavor to wrest from each changing situation of experience its own full and unique meaning.-- John Dewey
THE BEAUTY OF A SMILE
A smile costs nothing, but gives much. It enriches those who receive, without making poorer
those who give. It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. No one is so
rich or mighty that he can get along without it, and no one is so poor that he cannot give it. A smile
creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in business, and is the countersign of friendship.
It brings rest to the weary, cheer to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad, and is nature's best
antidote for trouble. Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something
that is of no value to anyone until it is given away. Some people are too tired to give a smile. Give
them one of yours, as no one needs a smile so much as the person who has none to give.--THESE TIMES
The City of Happiness is found in the State of Mind.
The foolish person seeks happiness in the distance; the wise person grows it under his feet.-- James Oppenheim
The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds can change the outer aspects of their lives. --William James
The happiest life is that which constantly exercises and educates what is best in us.--Philip Hamerton.
The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. -- Mark Twain
THE OYSTER
There once was an oyster whose story I tell,
Who found that sand had got under his shell;
Just one little grain, but it gave him such pain
For oysters have feelings although they're so plain.
Now, did he berate the working of fate
Which had led him to such a deplorable state?
Did he curse out the government, call for an election,
Or cry that the sea should have given protection?
No, as he lay on the shelf, he said to himself,
"If I cannot remove it, I'll try to improve it."
So the years rolled by as the years always do,
And he came to his ultimate destiny -- stew;
And this small grain of sand which had bothered him so,
Was a beautiful pearl, all richly aglow.
Now this tale has a moral -- for isn't it grand
What an oyster can do with a morsel of sand;
What couldn't we do if we'd only begin
With all of the things that get under our skin.
The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.--C.P. Snow
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. --Emerson
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. --Joseph Addison