“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, there is a rapture on the lonely shore.”
Lord Byron · Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto IV, 1818
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Happiness Quotes
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59 quotes on happiness and hope — from the classics to the everyday.
“One must maintain a little bit of summer, even in the middle of winter.”
Henry David Thoreau · Journal
“Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.”
Joseph Addison · The Spectator, 1711
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations
“However long the night, the dawn will break.”
African Proverb
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
Marcel Proust · Les Plaisirs et les Jours, 1896
“Saturday is a day for the spa. Relax, indulge, enjoy, and love yourself, too.”
Ana Monnar
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
Eleanor Roosevelt · widely attributed
“I am very lucky that I have freedom. Freedom is the greatest treasure.”
David Hockney · Interview, various sources 1990s-2000s
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.”
Maya Angelou
“We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.”
Marilyn Monroe
“A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside.”
Winnie the Pooh · Winnie-the-Pooh, A. A. Milne, 1926
“We didn't realize we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun.”
Winnie the Pooh · The House at Pooh Corner, A. A. Milne, 1928
“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.”
Winnie the Pooh · The House at Pooh Corner, A. A. Milne, 1928
“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
Winnie the Pooh · The House at Pooh Corner, A. A. Milne, 1928
“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”
Charlie (narrator) · The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky, 1999
“And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.”
Charlie (narrator) · The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky, 1999
