Disposition Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

A persuadable temper might sometimes be as much in favour of happiness as a very resolute character.

— Jane Austen

“It is generally assumed that the opposite of happiness must simply be unhappiness. However, I would assert that it is much more than that…

— Jem Friar

A lot of people end up UNHAPPY because they make permanent decisions on temporary emotions.

— Innah Delos Angeles

Through certain humors or passions, and from temper merely, a man may be completely miserable, let his outward circumstances be ever so fortunate.

— Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

There is no such thing as a perfectly happy or perfectly unhappy man in the world. One has more happiness in his life and…

— Giacomo Casanova

If you believe that a given situation should make you unhappy, then it will, and the unhappiness will then reinforce the condition.

— Seth Godin

One who, while seeking happiness, oppresses with violence other living beings who also desire happinesss, will not find happiness hereafter.

— Gautama Buddha

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Since the things we do determine the character of life, no blessed person can become unhappy. For he will never do those things which…

— Aristotle

Temporary happiness can cause a lifetime of misery.

— Sonny Long

No one can escape death and unhappiness. If people expect only happiness in life, they will be disappointed.

— Gautama Buddha

Abiding happiness is not simply a possibility, but a duty all may live above the troubles of life worry is a poison and happiness…

— Newell Dwight Hillis