Kathryn Stockett Quotes

Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.

People are never free of trying to be content.

I've come to believe that seeking happiness is not a frivolous pursuit. It's honorable and necessary. And most people forget even to thing about it.

I think that happiness is a great thing to strive for, but very difficult to maintain - people are always striving for something different, and something better.

Happiness must ensue. It cannot be pursued

...surely I could give him--a sort of contentment... That isn't enough to give. Not for the giver.

To me there's a difference between success and satisfaction. A lot of people have success and no satisfaction. I'm after satisfaction. I

Success for me is to feel happy - 80 percent of the time. That's been my goal in life. I think that comes from my father. He's a very optimistic, happy person. I'm not quite sure if I'll ever feel this, but I want to know how to be happy. I'm happy when I'm at work. I'm happy when I'm with my family or my dog. But there's always that feeling of, I'm not satisfied. I have that thing in my stomach where I just need to keep striving for things. In my mind, I want the fairy tale.

Because ain’t that white people for you, wondering if they are happy enough.

Even the lowliest, provided he is whole, can be happy, and in his own . way, perfect.

This is what I wanted. This guy. This life. This me. I was never getting my old life back, and I didn't care. I was happy. I was safe. I was right where I wanted to be.

Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there?

People are obsessed by happiness, but there are a lot of other invigorating experiences available.

I do not understand what the man who is happy wants in order to be happier.

Varied are the ideas of what constitutes "success," e.g. money, position, power, achievement, honours, and the like. But these are not open to every man-nor do they bring what is real success, namely, happiness.

The whole purpose of life is to make yourself happy.

You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.

Every moment of your life that is not a complete nightmare is happiness.

I'm a simple kind of guy, so I just envision myself being happy.

Money doesn't make people happy. People make people happy.

I hate to sound blase about it, but literary status is not important to me. Being happy is important to me.

Being in a relationship doesn't mean you're successful. You are successful if you are happy.

This is the only life I'm ever going to have, so shouldn't I at least try to be happy?

I want people to be happy.

I think if you make others happy you are contented.