Happy Or Not Quotes

It's an illusion to believe that you can be happy when no one else is. Or that other people will not be affected by your unhappiness. — John Brockman

Happy is measuring your life against the options and not wanting to change it. It's getting the best of a series of bargains, bad or otherwise. — Chaz Brenchley

Fake flattery or not, his words spiked my system with happy. Behold, the power of a guy paying attention to a girl. — Jenny B. Jones

Not everything has a happy ending, and not everything has an ending. Some things just kind of dribble away or cut off abruptly. — Susanna Kaysen

Men's minds do not die with their bodies but are made more happy or miserable after this life according to their actions. — Benjamin Franklin

It is not what happens to me in life that defines how happy or sad I am but what I believe about it. — Bebhinn Ramsay

A society deadened by a smothering network of laws while finding release in moral chaos is not likely to be either happy or stable. — Robert Bork

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy. — Aristotle.

Want, or desire, arises when you are not happy. Have you seen this? When you are very happy then there is contentment. Contentment means no want. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

You're paid a lot and you're not happy, so the first thing you do is buy stuff that you don't want or need - for which you need more money. — Douglas Adams

Terrible or not, difficult or not, the only thing that is beautiful, noble, religious, and mystical is to be happy. — Arnaud Desjardins

the best predictor of whether we are happy or not is our social relationships. — Meik Wiking

Pleasure can impact your happiness for better or worse, but it is not happiness. — James Randall Robison

I measure my success by how happy I am, not how big the business is or how much money I've made. — Gary Vaynerchuk

Ask us not whether we are right or wrong, happy or sad, sane or mad. — Yone Noguchi

The skills of becoming happy turn out to be almost entirely different from the skills of not being sad, not being anxious, or not being angry. — Martin E.P. Seligman

Whether histories have a happy ending or not depends on when the chronicler ends the tale. — Linda Gordon

Happiness is not giddiness or some overly inflated sense of being. — Asa Don Brown

Whether or not this story has a happy ending depends, of course, on who is reading it. Whether you are a wolf or a girl. — Kelly Link

Abundant living is realizing that life is a privilege whether it's adhering to our scripts or not. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Babies don't know anything but nipples and lullabies. they splash out looks of wonder on anybody whether they merit it or not. — Daniel Woodrell

Who cares who comes out of the closet or not, so long as you're happy? — Christopher Atkins

Don't equate the presence of God with a good mood or a pleasant temperament. God is near whether you are happy or not. — Max Lucado

It's not right to believe that the only way you're gonna get a job and the only way you're gonna get a man or be happy is by being so skinny. — Maria Conchita Alonso

Being joyous or happy is not something you should feel guilty about. — Stephen Richards

My job is not to solve people's problems or make them happy, but to help them see the grace operating in their lives. — Eugene H. Peterson

Misery is not given by anyone or anything in life. It is your own mind which makes you miserable or happy and uplifted. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Make people happy and there will not be half the quarreling, or a tenth part of the wickedness there now is. — Lydia M. Child

I can be happy with who I am, not what I should be, or what I might have been, or what someone tells me I must be. — Janet Jackson

Being happy with less is what makes a great human being, not a big house with marble floors, or everyone knowing who you are. — Yanni

The secret of a happy life is to do work you enjoy and then you'll be too busy to know whether you're happy or not. — George Bernard Shaw

Being an unhappy person does not mean you must be sad or dark. You can be interested instead of happy. You can be fascinated instead of happy. — Augusten Burroughs

We are very happy. Or, no. We are not happy, exactly. But we love each other very much, and this charges our lives with shape and light. — Anne Enright

A happy person is not without sorrow or grief. Happiness is the acceptance of pain, not the lack of it. — Vironika Tugaleva

If you're having a not so good day, all you have to do is read or watch something with an happy ending. — Karlene Pitters

Life goes on.. no matter you are happy or not.. no matter you want someone to be happy or not. — Vikrmn

For me it's the same thing if the fans boo or not, because my role is the villain. I'm happy when you clap me though. — Alberto Del Rio

To bear a child or to get married is not the primary goal for a lady who wants to become successful in life — Sunday Adelaja

As long as you're not hurting anyone or anything, including your future self, do only that which makes you happy. — Kamand Kojouri

One should not be happy or distressed over desirables and undesirables, knowing that such feelings are just created by the mind. — A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Today, you're halfway to 100! Here's to optimism, whether it is realistic or not. Happy 50th birthday! — T. S. Eliot

Love is not about sex, going on fancy dates, or showing off. It's about being with a person who makes you happy in a way nobody else can. — John Spence

Web projects aren't done until I'm happy, or someone changes the password to the server. A formal release does not stop me from working on it more. — Chris Milk

I love music so much. I've got something going all the time. I've gotta be singing. I've gotta be creating music, or I'm not happy. — Ashley Monroe

Because in some other universe, you are me, I am you, and we are perfectly happy together. Or perhaps not ... and just like this ... — Abhimanyu Jha

Greece is not a country of happy mediums: everything there seems to be either wonderful or horrible ... — Nancy Mitford

Am I happy or unhappy? It's not a very important question. — Albert Camus

God's wisdom is not, and never was, pledged to keep a fallen world happy, or to make ungodliness comfortable. — J.I. Packer

Was I happy? Or was I just not aware? — Philip Seymour Hoffman

Not every one of us are born or made free of our own prisons to the extent of ourselves. — M.F. Moonzajer

I do not want horses or diamonds - I am happy in possessing you. — Clara Schumann

Your task is not to judge or punish. Karma will take care of that. Your task is to love. — Brian Weiss

I am not angry or sad or happy to see you. I could not give a shit. You don't even ripple. — Gillian Flynn

Most people do not read books on relationships if they feel their relationships are healthy, happy, or easy. — Van Moody

Whether we're happy with our circumstances or not, giving God praise is so important. — Joyce Meyer

It was a lifetime occupation that kept us too busy to stop and ask if we were happy or not — Ossie Davis

Whether the people are happy or not in their lives, they have learned to keep steadily moving, moving all the time. — Chang-rae Lee

Everyone's life matters and everyone deserves to be happy but not everyone is in a place where they think, or even believe, happiness is possible. — Cheryl B. Evans

You have a choice whether you want to be happy or not. I choose to be happy. — Vanessa Hudgens

Care not who is richer or more learned than thou, if none be more generous and loving. — John Lancaster Spalding

If you're an artist, the problem is to make a picture work whether you are happy or not. — Willem De Kooning

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not. — George Bernard Shaw

Relationships based on selfish reasons will not give you love, fulfillment or inner-happiness. — Hina Hashmi

I played with the Lust-Cats once in Denver. I've seen Happy Jawbone a bunch of times, but I can't remember if I played those shows or not. — King Tuff

People fucking love their own opinions and are all too happy to throw 'em at you, whether you ask or not. You have to be happy with yourself. — Kylie Scott

Sometimes we get so used to not really feeling anything, just going with the flow, that we forget how it feels to be really happy or sad. — Lindsey Kelk

I'd love to win a Grammy! Not ambitious or anything. And just having a really lovely bunch of kids and a happy family life, would be good for me. — Bat For Lashes

Reality has a long history of not altering itself to make us happy or comfortable. — Philip Gulley

Superpowers or not, a person should be allowed to be simply happy, without feeling like they need to strip off their skin. — Kelly Thompson

ALWAYS BE HAPPY IS NOT IMPORTANT , WHAT IMPORTANT IS TO FIGHT THE STATE OF MIND WHICH MAKES US HAPPY OR UNHAPPY !! — Tushar Upreti

We are often miserable at our desk or typewriters, but not happy away from them. — Mary Roberts Rinehart

Envy the fire, for it is either going or not. Fires do not feel happy, sad, angry. They burn, or they do not burn. — Robert Jackson Bennett

But whether he was happy or not was hard to say. Probably he was neither, just as a plant is neither. — Nathanael West

Stay close 2 those who r by ur side in happy times, because they do not harbor jealousy or envy in their hearts, only joy 2 c u happy ... — Paulo Coelho

I'm inspired by that rawness in very direct communication. My work is not meant to keep people happy or give them an escape. — Jenny Hval

Do not worry about the past or the future. This moment needs your attention, for this is where your life exists. — Leon Brown

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble about whether he's happy or not. — George Bernard Shaw

I know for a fact that I am not as fulfilled, happy or passionate about life if I have not spent time helping others. — Rachele Brooke Smith

Happy, not from anything that happens. Warm, not from fire or a hot bath. Light, I register zero on a scale. — Rumi

If you think someone or something other than yourself is responsible for your happiness or success, I'd guess you're not that happy or successful. — Rob Liano

They grew fat and happy
the horses, not the children, or Marlena for that matter. — Sara Gruen

Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. — Groucho Marx

And they lived ever after, whether they were happy about it or not. — Allyse Near

One doesn't know if one had a happy childhood or not. I don't really know what it means. — John Malkovich

The happiest people are not the ones with the best or the most things, but those who most appreciate what they have. — Oliver Gaspirtz

I'm happy that I have a look, but I don't over-analyse whether or not it's beautiful or ugly. — Sophie Ellis-Bextor

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things — Thabang Gideon Magaola

A real education takes place, not in the lecture hall or library, but in the rooms of friends, with earnest frolic and happy disputation. — Stephen Fry

Suddenly I'm happy there in the fuzziness of sleep, and maybe this is what happiness is - not a dream or a promise - just living for the moment. — Delphine De Vigan

Don't waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window- or break down a door. — Brooke Shields

I don't know what's worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you've always wanted to be, and feel alone. — Daniel Keyes

When most people are happy, it's not really fun until you can share it with someone, especially someone you love, a mate or a friend. — Ken Wilber

I don't know if you're being smart or not, but I know that being smart doesn't always lead to being happy. And I'd rather be happy than anything else — Ryan Winfield

If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not tell them to him. — William Penn

To be happy means to be free, not from pain or fear, but from care or anxiety. — W. H. Auden

Do not wait for the future to be happy. You are happy now, or you are not. — Alan Cohen

The masses are not happy enough to want more out of life and not unhappy enough to reject their way of living or want a better life. — Gudjon Bergmann

It's very funny. People do not want to achieve liberation or be happy. This is the basic guideline they teach you in Spiritual Training School. — Frederick Lenz

Happiness does not completely depend on comforts or opulence. Even a pauper can be happier than a prince. — Ogwo David Emenike

Happiness begins with you. Not with your relationship, your friends, or your job. but with you. — Mandy Hale