Happiness Quote by Amos Oz

I believe that happiness consists in having a destiny in keeping with our abilities. Our desires are things of the moment, often harmful even…

— Madame de Stael

There is no such thing as real happiness in life. The justest definition that was ever given of it was "a tranquil acquiescence under…

— Laurence Sterne

I've had happy moments in my life, but I don't think that happiness-- being happy-- is a perpetual state that anyone can be in.…

— Grace Kelly

Happiness is such a fleeting point of view - there's no such thing as continual happiness.

— Indira Gandhi

Happiness does not exist as an isolated quality, nor does it conform to a single fixed pattern. Happiness is something that breathes and lives…

— Daisaku Ikeda

When I look at what the world does and where people nowadays believe they can find happiness, I am not sure that that is…

— Zhuangzi

To be truthful i am not entirely sure what people mean when they talk of happiness. There are moments of joy and laughter, the…

— David Gemmell

The thing about happiness, though, is that it never lasts.

— Michelle Hodkin

I've been thinking about happiness-how wrong it is ever to expect it to last or there to be a time of happiness. It's not…

— May Sarton

Happiness is something that you can definitely achieve. At first, it will just come for a moment or two. Then it will come for…

— Frederick Lenz

I cannot tell if what the world considers ‘happiness’ is happiness or not. All I know is that when I consider the way they…

— Anonymous

I think that happiness has been elusive for me my entire life.

— Cord Jefferson