Happiness...... is like a Perfume

Celebrities, Ancient and modern, Speak about Happiness ~

Happiness is like a perfume, you can't spread it around without pouring a few drops on yourself ~ James Van Der Zee ~

Happiness depends upon ourselves. ~ Aristotle

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. ~ St. Augustine

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them. ~ Albert Camus ~

What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of needs which have been dammed up to a high degree. ~ Sigmund Freud

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. ~ Helen Keller

it is better to be happy for a moment and be burned up with beauty than to live a long time and be bored all the while ~ Don Marquis

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one--keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy. ~ Mark Twain

Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world. ~ Epictetus ~

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires. ~ Epicurus ~

Happy were men if they but understood There is no safety but in doing good ~ John Fountain. ~

There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means -- either may do -- the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier. ~ Benjamin Franklin ~

Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness, evil --or else an absolute ignorance. ~ Graham Greene ~

Happiness requires problems… ~ H. L. Hollingworth ~

Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved. ~ Victor Hugo ~

I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged. I cannot blindly follow the crowd and accept their approach. I will not allow myself to indulge in the usual manipulating game of role creation. Fortunately for me, my self-knowledge has transcended that and I have come to understand that life is best to be lived and not to be conceptualized. I am happy because I am growing daily and I am honestly not knowing where the limit lies. To be certain, every day there can be a revelation or a new discovery. I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude. ~ Bruce Lee ~

Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness ~ George Orwell ~

If you want to be happy for a year, plant a garden; If you want to be happy for life, plant a tree. ~ English Proverb ~

Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt ~

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

If you pursue happiness you never find it. ~ C(harles) P(ercy) Snow ~

Like swimming, riding, writing, or playing golf, happiness can be learned. ~ Boris Sokoloff ~

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. ~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon ~

Next to temperance, a quiet conscience, a cheerful mind and active habits, I place early rising as a means of health and happiness. ~ Benjamin Franklin ~

The thing that counts most in the pursuit of happiness is choosing the right companion. ~ Source Unknown ~

Happiness is not in having been; it is in doing. ~ Lilian Eichler Watson ~

If you observe a really happy man you will find him building a boat, writing a symphony, educating his son, growing Double Dahlias in his garden. ~ W Wolfe ~