Orson Welles Quotes

Happiness depends on what happens; joy does not.

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

I suppose happiness is something one enjoys, but I suspect that happiness is not a state but rather a transition.

The standard of success in life isn't the things. It isn't the money or the stuff. It is absolutely the amount of joy that you feel.

happiness has always seemed to me a great achievement.

Happiness is a hardy annual.

I suspect that happiness is not a state but rather a transition.

The absence of feeling bad isn't enough to make you happy; you must strive to find sources of feeling good

Happiness: being able to forget or, to express in a more learned fashion.

It's more important to be happy than well-dressed.

I am never unhappy, you can achieve that as well.

If happiness were easy, everybody would feel it all the time, and it wouldn't seem like such an elusive prize.

Happiness is the most important thing.

Be happy. If you're successful but unhappy, that's emptiness.

Joy is not a thing, it is in us.

We call "happiness" a certain set of circumstances that makes joy possible. But we call joy that state of mind and emotions that needs nothing to feel happy.

Happiness isn't a thing. You can't go out and get it like a cup of tea. It's the way you feel about things.

Happiness. We're tearing our hair out to try to find a definition of it, for heaven's sake. Is it joy? People will tell you that it isn't, that joy is a fleeting emotion, a moment of happiness, which is always welcome, mind you. And then what about pleasure, huh? Oh, yes, that's easy, everybody knows what that is, but there again it doesn't last. But is happiness not the sum total of lots of small joys and pleasures, huh?

though pleasure may be purchasable, happiness cannot be bought for a price.

I am happy and content because I think I am.

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

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.

I'm not an overly happy person. There are times when I'm happy, and that's usually in my private life.

Being happy never goes out of style.

When you are happy from inside, it will reflect on your face.