So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed? By Hunter S. Thompson Quick View Author All Quotes, Hunter S. Thompson Tag: #gonzo, #happiness, 3risk
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not. By Seneca Quick View Author All Quotes, Seneca Tag: #attitude, #gratitude, #happiness, #satisfaction
It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it. By Dale Carnegie Quick View Author All Quotes, Dale Carnegie Tag: #attitude, #contentment, #happiness, #inspirational, #life
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. By J.R.R. Tolkien Quick View Author All Quotes, J.R.R. Tolkien Tag: #food, #happiness
All happiness depends on courage and work. By Honoré de Balzac Quick View Author All Quotes, Honoré de Balzac Tag: #courage, #happiness, #work
The Seven Social Sins are: Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce without morality. Science without humanity. Worship without sacrifice. Politics without principle. From a sermon given by Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925. By Frederick Lewis Donaldson Quick View Author All Quotes, Frederick Lewis Donaldson Tag: #character, #commerce, #conscience, #happiness, #humanity, #knowledge, #misattributed-to-gandhi, #money, #morality, #pleasure, #politics, #principle, #sacrifice, #science, #sin, #sins, #wealth, #work, #worship
The Paradoxical Commandments People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway. The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds. Think big anyway. People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs. Fight for a few underdogs anyway. What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway. People really need help but may attack you if you do help them. Help people anyway. Give the world the best you have and you’ll get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you have anyway. By Kent M. Keith Quick View Author All Quotes, Kent M. Keith Tag: #forgiveness, #goodness, #happiness, #honesty, #kindness, #misattributed-to-mother-teresa
Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life. By John Lubbock Quick View Author All Quotes, John Lubbock Tag: #education, #enlightenment, #happiness, #learning, #life, #nature-art, #pleasure, #purity, #science, #training