Christopher Plummer Quotes

I did not know what it was to be happy for a whole day at a time, scarcely for an hour.

To be happy is only to have freed one's soul from the unrest of unhappiness.

My earlier poems were sadder than my poems are today, perhaps because I wrote them in confusion or when I was unhappy. But I am not a melancholy person, quite the contrary, no one enjoys laughing more than I do.

I don't pretend to be happy all the time. I think to be human is to be happy and unhappy by turns. But I have a great capacity to enjoy myself, and it seems to grow as I get older.

I love music, and I love acting, so if I can just live and be able to do those two things, I can be happy, you know?

I guess happiness is not a state you want to be in all the time.

Having good health, being able to breathe and be happy, that's one of the most beautiful gifts. On top of that, I have the gift to play music and make people happy through that. I'm just telling you from my heart, I'm so in love with life.

I think people really want to be happy.

If you're happy, if you're feeling good, then nothing else matters.

Neither friends nor wealth nor learning have the power to make us glad.

I don't think anyone does anything from happiness. Happiness is such a good state, it doesn't need to be creative. You're not creative from happiness, you're just happy. You're creative when you're miserable and depressed. You find the key to transform things. Happiness does not need to transform.

I think we can choose to be happy in our lives.

My life... I'm really happy with what I've got. If I get more things, I will be happy, but if not, I won't be frustrated.

I don't think I'm alone in this: I'm obsessed with trying to not only be happy but maintain happiness, but my definition of happiness is skewed more towards ecstasy rather than contentment.

A sense of contentment is a key factor for attaining happiness

If by happiness you mean instead an ordinary contentment, then yes - I'm fairly contented. Not satisfied - contented.

If happiness is what you’re after, then you are going to be let down frequently and be unhappy much of your time. Joy, though, is something else. It’s not a choice, not a response to some result, it is a constant. Joy is “the feeling we have from doing what we are fashioned to do,” no matter the outcome.

Are you happy here?" I said at last. He considered this for a moment. "Not particularly," he said. "But you're not very happy where you are, either.

I'm still happy, I like this life.

I am happy and content because I think I am.

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

I just want to be happy, have kids, enjoy my life, help others and create some good work.

I like entertaining. I adore it. I feel I'm in the right place. Without question.

It feels so good to be happy.

Any fool can be happy. What I'm interested in is satisfaction. There's got to be more to life than just being happy. You've got to be fulfilled. You've got to be satisfied; philosophically satisfied is what I mean.