Happiness Quote by Jacqueline Carey

Ultimately, happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them.

— Anonymous

For who would dare to assert that eternal happiness can compensate for a single moment's human suffering

— Albert Camus

happiness depends more upon the state of mind - and body, perhaps - than upon circumstances and events.

— Flora Thompson

“Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

happiness is a duty, not only because of its effect upon us but because of its influence upon others.

— Alice Hegan Rice

Happiness is possible only when we are kind to others and contented within.

— Satish Kumar

Eventually we learn to define happiness for ourselves, on our own terms, in spite of the pain other people have caused us.

— Joseph January

It must be that there is something in the hearts of human beings, some natural fluid perhaps, that insists on happiness, even confronted with…

— Ben H. Winters

Our own happiness rests solely with ourselves. We're the only ones who can influence that outcome. Leaving it to someone else can be fatal!

— Rosa-Lee Beckwith-Powell

Happiness doesn't depend on the actual number of blessings we manage to scratch from life, only our attitude towards them....

— Anonymous

Happiness is generous. It does not subsist on destruction.

— Albert Camus

Happiness depends upon ourselves; not on others

— Anonymous