Short-Lived Happiness Quotes

He who laughs on Friday will weep on Sunday.

When ice appears out of doors, and boys seize it up while it is solid, at first they experience new pleasures. But in the end their pride will not agree to let it go, but their acquisition is not good for them if it stays in their hands. In the same way an identical desire drives lovers to act and not to act.

Time never stood still for me. It went too fast; that was the bad thing about it!

Your high points and your low points. High points don't last that long, it's a high and it happens. It's great at the moment but you really can't live on it.

The good times of today, are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.

The problem with paradise is that it's temporary: You don't belong here and the neighbors are nobody you care to know, so it's only blissful for a week or so.

They tell me a revival is only temporary; so is a bath, but it does you good.

You cannot achieve happiness. Happiness happens and is a transitory stage. Imagine how happy I felt when I got relief from bladder pressure. How long did that happiness last?

To be quite honest, the joyful relief of the publication of my book was short-lived.

We know that happiness is short-lived, that we fail to cherish it when it is within our grasp and value it only when it has vanished forever.

Handfuls of frosty water can make almost anyone smile, but it cannot make them forget.