#pines

Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower. ↗

— John Harrigan

#happiness #held #seed #shared

Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#greatest #greatest happiness #happiness #life #loved

Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others! ↗

— William Hazlitt

#common #even #friendship #hands #happiness

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will. ↗

— Epictetus

#about #beyond #cease #only #our

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service. ↗

— Henry Ford

#attained #by-product #comes #directly #happiness

I'm so alive. As I stand facing the beauty of the never-ending Pacific Ocean, a late afternoon breeze blows down from the hills behind. As always, it is a beautiful day. The sun is making its final descent. The magic is about to begin. The skies are ready to burn with brilliance, as it turns from a soft blue to a bright orange. Looking towards the West, I stare in awe at the hypnotic power of the waves. A giant curl begins to take form, then breaks with a thundering clap as it crashes on the shore. ↗

— Dave Pelzer

#happiness #magic #optimism #seashore #beauty

As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relinquishing of labour. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#compatible #diminished #ever #happiness #hardly

Happiness is perfume, you can't pour it on somebody else without getting a few drops on yourself. ↗

— James Van Der Zee

#else #few #getting #happiness #perfume

There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#english #except #happiness #love #novel

Leibniz dedicated his life to efforts to educate people to understand that true happiness is found by locating their identity in benefitting mankind and their posterity. ↗

— Robert Trout

#educate #efforts #found #happiness #his