Octave Mirbeau Quotes

Why do people spend their time being sad when they could be happy?

Nothing that has happened has made me feel gloomy or remain depressed. I love my life.

Have the will to be well, to be happy, and to live in joy.

Life was meant to be happy.

I need you to be happy. I need one of us to be happy.

It's easy to be miserable. Being happy is tougher - and cooler.

Sitting around miserable all day won't make you any happier.

You need a reason to be sad. You don't need a reason to be happy.

No one's really happy anyway, it's not human.

When you're happy at home, it spills out into every other area of your life.

It is not a sin to be happy, it is not a virtue to be miserable.

Happiness based on reasons is actually another form of misery.

It looks as if I were meant to be alone, and that any hope of happiness is not meant. Am I too old to acquire the knack for happiness?

Nobody wants to live with a person who'll never be happy.

I'm so lucky to be crazy happy in my life. And I think it's not so much that I'm happier now than ever; it's that I'm more content. I'm in the harbor of my life.

Money will never make you happy if you are an unhappy person.

Positive emotional energy is the key to health, happiness and wellbeing. The more positive you are, the better your life will be in every area.

Men die and they are not happy.

The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish, and spirits must flow. There must be courage. There are no easy ruts to get into which lead to happiness.

And I believe happiness is the exact opposite of sadness, bitterness, and hatred: happiness should remain unexamined as long as possible.

I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.

Usually we try to figure out what we think would make us happy, and then try to make those things happen. But happiness isn't circumstance-de pendent. There are people who have every reason in the world to be happy who aren't. There are people with genuine problems who are. The key to happiness is the decision to be happy.

Enjoy your life and put a smile on your face, no matter how hard it may seem.

I have committed the worst of sins one can commit... I have not been happy.

She thinks that happiness is a mat that sits on her doorway.