Jonathan Swift Quotes

A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection and judgment, when the picture of one's life, or of human life, as it truly has been or is, satisfies the will, and is gladly accepted.

I like my life. It's good.

I can only say that whatever my life and work have been, I'm not envious of anyone-and this is my biggest satisfaction.

You find happiness where you find it.

I'm very content with my life. I mean, who wouldn't be?

I'm pleased with my life, with the journey.

We all have direct experience with things that do or don't make us happy, we all have friends, therapists, cabdrivers, and talk-show hosts who tell us about things that will or won't make us happy, and yet, despite all this practice and all this coaching, our search for happiness often culminates in a stinky mess. We expect the next car, the next house, or the next promotion to make us happy even though the last ones didn't and even though others keep telling us that the next ones won't.

Being content is perhaps no less easy than playing the violin well: and requires no less practice.

Whose happiness is so firmly established that he has no quarrel from any side with his estate of life?

I think instead [of happiness] we should be working for contentment... an inner sense of fulfillment that's relatively independent of external circumstances.

Forget purpose. It’s okay to be happy without one. The quest for a single purpose has ruined many lives.

I've pursued dreams and achieved them, but I don't think anybody should think their life is incomplete if they don't follow some dream. Happiness doesn't come from achievements, or money, or any sort of treasure. Happiness is a frame of mind, not a destination. It's appreciating what you've got and building relationships with those around you.

Few things are needful to make the wise man happy, but nothing satisfies the fool; - and this is the reason why so many of mankind are miserable.

How many of us are happy to be exactly where we are at any moment?...only the completely happy think that they are in the correct place.

I'm happy in my life.

I am what I am, I'm doing very well in my life, and I'm thankful to God for that.

Nobody really turns out too happy in any of my stuff. It's really strange, because I'm actually a pretty happy person. I'm not walking around giggling or anything like that, but I've got this feeling that everything is okay with my life.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

No man is a failure who is enjoying life.

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

All I want is to live a peaceful life, to regain my life and be happy.

I'm more liberated and happy than I've been my whole life. I'm just happy.

I don't feel there's any kind of pain in my life.

I look back on my life like a good day's work, it was done and I am satisfied with it.

I wouldn't trade my life for anybody's.