Charles Caleb Colton 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.

Just because you're born in a privileged family and have money doesn't mean you're happy. Happiness you can't buy. Happiness is something you need to work for.

I wish people could achieve what they think would bring them happiness in order for them to realize that that's not really what happiness is.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

Money will never make you happy and happy will never make you money.

People look to time in expectation that it will eventually make them happy, but you cannot find true happiness by looking toward the future.

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

Happy is harder than money. Anybody who thinks money will make you happy hasn't got money.

Of many, imagined blessings it may be doubted whether he that wants or possesses them had more reason to be satisfied with his lot.

So, have we solved the secret of happiness? "I believe so," he said Are you going to tell me? "Yes.Ready?" Ready. "Be satisfied." That's it? "Be greatful." That's it? "For what you have.For the love you receive.And for what God has given you." That's it? He looked me in the eye.Then he sighed deeply. "That's it.

When you start noticing even a small portion of all there is to be grateful for, you'll find there is no room for lack, hurt, or want. The attitude of gratitude: the great, full feeling.

True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.

Without gratitude and appreciation for what you already have, you’ll never know true fulfillment.

Contentment is a wealth that is never exhausted

Happiness is not the acquisition of anything; it's the understanding of something.

Success may be the ability to be happy with whatever we're stuck with.

Never will I pursue happiness, because it is not a goal, just a by-product, and there is no happiness in having or in getting, only in giving.

That happy state of mind, so rarely possessed, in which we can say, "I have enough," is the highest attainment of philosophy.

Few things are necessary to make the wise man happy while no amount of material wealth would satisfy a fool. I am not a fool.

Joy is a deeply felt contentment that transcends difficult circumstances and derives maximum enjoyment from every good experience.

We need to develop a sense of sufficiency to be happy.

The great Western disease is, ‘I'll be happy when... When I get the money. When I get a BMW. When I get this job. When I get the relationship,’ Well, the reality is, you never get to when. The only way to find happiness is to understand that happiness is not out there. It's in here. And happiness is not next week. It's now.

Happiness is impossible, and even inconceivable, to a mind without scope and without pause, a mind driven by craving, pleasure, or fear. To be happy, you must be reasonable, or you must be tamed. You must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world and what things in it can really serve you. To be happy, you must be wise.

Happiness has nothing to do with what you have or don't have. Happiness is related to what you are. However many things you may collect, perhaps they may increase your worries, your troubles, but happiness will not increase because of them. Certainly unhappiness will increase with them, but they have no relation to an increase in your happiness.

To be content means that you realize you contain what you seek.