Happiness Quote by Will Smith

It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life,…

— Chris Gardner

“America has always been torn between the ideal and the real, between noble goals and inevitable compromises. So was Jefferson. In his head and…

— Jon Meacham

“In politics and in his personal life, Thomas Jefferson was a complicated man, but in one thing he was consistent: the wanted the best…

— Thomas J. Craughwell

“I am convinced our own happiness requires that we should continue to mix with the world, and to keep pace with it as it…

— Thomas Jefferson art of the power

I thought originally when I was in school and I wanted to be a poet, I knew that poets seemed to be miserable.

— Billy Collins

I have defined poetry as a 'passionate pursuit of the Real.

— Czeslaw Milosz

America remained a land of promise for lovers of freedom. Even Byron, at a moment when he was disgusted with Napoleon for not committing…

— Bertrand Russell

“Thomas stood in the manacles, vibrating , overwhelmed with words he couldn't say. Didn't know if he knew how to say them, because they…

— Joey W. Hill

Thomas Davis was a great man where poetry is concerned, and a better than Thomas Moore. All over Ireland his poetry is, and he…

— Lady Gregory

The poet and the politician have this in common: their greatness depends on the courage with which they face the challenges of life.

— Anonymous

Both the poet and scholar are trying to learn something. The poem for me is a pursuit. Some of the answers are within. Some…

— Gregory Pardlo

“When our founders spoke of the “pursuit of happiness,” they did not mean long vacations or the piling up of things. Happiness was in…

— David McCullough