Happiness

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

Guillaume Apollinaire 

Happiness. Something we all experience and we all want to have. And, even better for me, there are loads of quotes on it. So, being this a very popular subject quote wise, I've decided to write about it and share some of my favourite happiness quotes. 

But first a dictionary definition 

Happiness (n) state of well-being characterised by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy 

Happiness (n) emotions experience when in a state of well-being

           

Not 

Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.

Ambrose Bierce

Happiness is all around us, associated with the colour yellow and something my teacher said is not to be associated with Christmas. <--- I disagree with the last one!

But now, as Christmas comes closer, the weather and temperature turn colder, sometimes happiness is all we need. So time for some quotes. My top ten Happiness quotes are;

A lifetime of Happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth

George Bernard Shaw 

To be happy for an hour, get drunk; to be happy for a year, fall in love; to be happy for a life, take up gardening 

Chinese proverb

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy 

Guillaume Apollinaire 

Happiness in nothing more than good health and a bad memory 

Albert Schweitzer 

Happiness depends upon ourselves 

Aristotle 

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet 

James Oppenheim 

What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realised it sooner

Colette

Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness.

Richard Bach

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.

George Bernard Shaw

So, what makes you happy?