Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
Oh, love isn't there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.
A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living now.
Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.
The business of being happy requires making a conscious choice. People think being happy will just happen to them someday, if only they do this or that right. But it doesn't - you have to choose it. You choose happiness, you don't wait for it to choose you.
I have nothing now but praise for my life. I'm not unhappy. I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can't stop them. They leave me and I love them more...
Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate love of reading.
Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age.