Hugh Walpole Quotes

Know your own happiness.

What I learned was to live in my heart and to do what will make my happy, and that was not selfishness. It didn't matter what job I took, my mother's answer was, "Do what will make you happy." It brought attention to my own feelings, and the realization that I never knew what the future would bring so to keep an optimistic view of it, because who knows what today's events will bring.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

Happiness is an inside job.

A lot of people say there is no happiness in this life and certainly there's no permanent happiness. But self-sufficiency creates happiness.

Contentment with life is not a feeling, but it is a decision we must make.

Sometimes I think it's easier to think about being happier, for what ever that means to you then worrying about what is happiness and what would life be if I finally achieved this ultimate happiness?

The quality of your life is determined by the focus of your attention.

A sense of contentment is a key factor for attaining happiness

Happiness is the highest form of wisdom.

How we feel about ourselves, the joy we get from living, ultimately depends directly on how the mind filters and interprets everyday experiences. Whether we are happy depends on inner harmony, not on the controls we are able to exert over the great forces of the universe.

Positivity is an inside job that makes the outside look a lot better.

And when all is said and done, there is no greater success in the world than just being happy.

I am content in my later years. I have kept my good humor and take neither myself nor the next person seriously.

The only failure is not knowing how to be happy."---My Story

You won't be happy anywhere until you're happy somewhere.

It is not events and the things one sees and enjoys that produce happiness, but a state of mind which can endow events with its own quality, and we must hope for the duration of this state rather than the recurrence of pleasurable events.

Happiness isn't something that depends on our surroundings... It's something we make inside ourselves.

The only reason they come to see me is that I know that life is great, and they know I know it.

Happiness comes from... some curious adjustment to life.

Happiness, contentment, the health and growth of the soul, depend, as men have proved over and over again, upon some simple issue, some single turning of the soul.

Look for joy in your life; it's not always easy to find.

There are times in my life when I haven't been happy. Sometimes it's not even physical, it's something else. The key is identifying why you're unhappy and doing whatever you can to fix it in a healthy way.

I've realised I can be happy.