All human beings pass away. Do not let your happiness depend on something you may lose. If love is to be a blessing, not a misery, it must be for the only beloved who will never pass away.
Do it for joy and you can do it forever
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.
The object of man's desire is not to enjoy once only, and for one instant of time; but to assure for ever, the way of his future desires.
A good thing never ends.
How little of permanent happiness could belong to a couple who were only brought together because their passions were stronger than their virtue.
If you want to have sustained joy, you have to not only make sure that you think right, but you also have to make decisions now that are going to guarantee some joy in the future.
Many actions calculated to procure fame are not conducive to ultimate happiness.
The activity of happiness must occupy an entire lifetime; for one swallow does not a summer make.
Happiness for a reason is just another form of misery because the reason can be taken away from us at any time.
Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory.
Many things can make you miserable for weeks; few can bring you a whole day of happiness.
Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.
A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.
I have drunk of the wine of life at last, I have known the thing best worth knowing, I have been warmed through and through, never to grow quite cold again till the end.
The Lord's way is the only way for us to experience enduring happiness. His way brings sustained comfort to our souls and perennial peace to our homes.
I'm not dissatisfied, just not satisfied in an ultimate sense.
