Jun 18, 2011

HAPPINESS....DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND DEFINITIONS


Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn, or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude. Denis Waltley

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping. Dale Carnegie

One of the most powerful happiness builders is gratitude. Practice being grateful daily.  Unknown

Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. Robert Heinlein

Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it.  Bernard Meltzer

I've learned .... That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.  Andy Rooney

Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation. Unknown

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.  Jackson Brown, Jr.

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.  Albert Pike

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.  Buddha

The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes. Psalm 19:8

Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness. Tolstoy

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.  Unknown

Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it.  Don Herold

True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.   Seneca

Happiness is not always about getting what you want, but also loving what you have.   Bill Watterson

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.  Herman Cain

The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.  Thich Nhat Hanh

When it comes to life, the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.  GK Chesterton

Happiness…is not a destination: it is a manner of traveling. Happiness is not an end in itself. It is a by-product of working, playing, loving and living. Haim Ginott

If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never truly be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.   Lao Tzu

It is your right to be happy. This is what you were made for. And if you will not resist, happiness will find a way to pour from your heart and fill your days. 
Hugh Prather

Deviation from nature is deviation from happiness.  Samuel Johnson. 

To the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. Ecclesiastes 2:26

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions. Alfred Lord Tennyson.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. Mahatma Gandhi

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does. James Barrie, Sr.

Happiness is a how, not a what; a talent, not an object. Hermann Hesse

Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don´t even remember leaving open. Rose Lane.

It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation, that gives happiness.  Thomas Jefferson.

Where fear is, happiness is not. Seneca.

Success is getting what you want. HAPPINESS is liking what you get. Unknown

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.  Aeschylus

It's up to us to determine our happiness. No one else is in charge. No one else is to blame. No one else gets the credit. Our happiness is tied to our willingness to be responsible for our own moods. That’s a certainty — one of few in this life.   Karen Casey

Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16