quotes and sayings about happiness

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. ~Lao Tzu


It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato. ~Lewis Grizzard


Dieters live life in the fasting lane. ~Author Unknown


How long a minute is, depends on which side of the bathroom door you're on. ~Zall's Second Law


The quoting of an aphorism, like the angry barking of a dog or the smell of overcooked broccoli, rarely indicates that something helpful is about to happen. ~Lemony Snicket


The good die young - because they see it's no use living if you've got to be good. ~John Barrymore


Married life teaches one invaluable lesson: to think of things far enough ahead not to say them. ~Jefferson Machamer


Skepticism is history's bedfellow. ~Edgar Saltus


If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We couldn't even eat hash with safety. ~Josh Billings, His Complete Works, 1888


Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it is, for that reason, to be of no account? ~Jean Paul Richter


Life's a waste of time, time's a waste of life so let's all get wasted and have the time of our life. ~Author Unknown


The neurotic believes that life has meaning, but that his life hasn't. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966


For all of its faults, it gives most hardworking people a chance to improve themselves economically, even as the deck is stacked in favor of the privileged few. Here are the choices most of us face in such a system: Get bitter or get busy. ~Bill O'Reilly, about capitalism


There's no waiting for friends on a powder day. ~Author Unknown


To be always ready a man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied. ~Henri Frederic Amiel


A compromise is an agreement whereby both parties get what neither of them wanted. ~Author Unknown


There was no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse. ~Quentin Crisp, The Naked Civil Servant, 1968


Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson


Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb


Help your brother's boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb