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Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day.
Benjamin Franklin The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin · 1771-1790

Happiness Quotations

“Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day.”

Benjamin Franklin · The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, 1771-1790 · Primary source

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.”

Steve Jobs · Stanford Commencement Address, 2005 · Primary source

“Anticipation, I suppose, sometimes exceeds realization.”

Amelia Earhart · Last Flight, 1937 · Primary source

“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.”

Ernest Hemingway · A Moveable Feast, 1964 · Primary source

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”

Helen Keller · We Bereaved, 1929 · Primary source

“Most people rush after pleasure so fast that they rush right past it.”

Søren Kierkegaard · Either/Or, 1843 · Primary source

“Every day above earth is a good day.”

Ernest Hemingway · The Old Man and the Sea, 1952 · Primary source

“Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.”

Henry David Thoreau · Walden, 1849 · Primary source

“No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right.”

Helen Keller · Optimism, 1903 · Primary source

“If you stop complaining and asking for what you never will get, you will have a good life. A good life is not measured by any biblical span.”

Ernest Hemingway · For Whom the Bell Tolls, 1940 · Primary source

“The stars seemed near enough to touch and never before have I seen so many. I always believed the lure of flying is the lure of beauty, but I was sure of it that night.”

Amelia Earhart · Last Flight, 1937 · Primary source

“Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.”

Amelia Earhart · The Fun of It, 1932 · Primary source

“This is a delicious evening, when the whole body is one sense, and imbibes delight through every pore.”

Henry David Thoreau · Walden, 1849 · Primary source

“I wish we had horses to ride,” Maria said. “In my happiness I would like to be on a good horse and ride fast with thee riding fast beside me and we would ride faster and faster, galloping, and never pass my happiness.”

Ernest Hemingway · For Whom the Bell Tolls, 1940 · Primary source

“Go out into the sunlight and be happy with what you see.”

Winston Churchill · Painting as a Pastime, 1948 · Primary source

“Love the day.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Behavior, 1841 · Primary source

“This wine is too good for toast-drinking, my dear. You don’t want to mix emotions up with a wine like that. You lose the taste.”

Ernest Hemingway · The Sun Also Rises, 1926 · Primary source

“‘Tomorrow!’ What possibilities there are in that word.”

Helen Keller · We Bereaved, 1929 · Primary source

“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.”

Ernest Hemingway · A Moveable Feast, 1964 · Primary source

“Many remedies are suggested for the avoidance of worry and mental overstrain by persons who, over prolonged periods, have to bear exceptional responsibilities and discharge duties upon a very large scale. Some advise exercise, and others, repose. Some counsel travel, and others, retreat. Some praise solitude, and others, gaiety. No doubt all these may play their part according to the individual temperament. But the element which is constant and common in all of them is Change.”

Winston Churchill · Painting as a Pastime, 1948 · Primary source

“Hope makes a good breakfast. Eat plenty of it.”

Ian Fleming · From Russia, with Love, 1957 · Primary source

“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Self-Reliance, 1841 · Primary source

“To be really happy and really safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must all be real.”

Winston Churchill · Painting as a Pastime, 1948 · Primary source

“The joy of anticipation is the greatest.”

Søren Kierkegaard · No reliable source

“Adventure is worthwhile in itself.”

Amelia Earhart · No reliable source

“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · No reliable source

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · No reliable source

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Happiness

10 authors · 17 works · 54 themes · 99 tags
Authors
Amelia Earhart American aviation pioneerBenjamin Franklin American statesmanWinston Churchill British prime minister
Works
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin · 1771-1790The Sun Also Rises Ernest Hemingway · 1926For Whom the Bell Tolls Ernest Hemingway · 1940
Themes
Happiness often grows from ordinary recurring benefitsSmall daily advantages can matter more than rare strokes of fortuneFulfilment through work
Tags
RenewalContentmentHappinessPerspective
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