Attitude Quote by Jane Austen

“If one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better; we find…

— Jane Austen

If we allow expectations to determine the happiness we feel in regards to a certain situation, the chances that we will be satisfied are…

— Senora Roy

“If one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better.”

— Jane Austen

Happiness often comes when least expected.

— François Lelord

It is a great obstacle to happiness to expect too much.

— Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

We live in this world of great promise, where everything seems to offer an unchanging final happiness, if we can only get enough of…

— Sharon Salzberg

Sometimes the key to happiness is just expecting a little bit less

— Jodi Picoult

The biggest disappointments in our lives are often the result of misplaced expectations. This is especially true when it comes to our relationships and…

— Melchor Lim

There is an illusion that has much to do with... most of our unhappiness.... We expect too much.

— Joseph P. Farrell

“if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find…

— Jane Austen

any pursuit of happiness contrary to the common good is doomed to failure.

— Alice Hegan Rice

So often, happiness is the extent to which we balance our grandiose expectations with reality.

— Cathy Guisewite