The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. -Marcus Aurelius

Be happy. It’s one way of being wise. -Sidonie Gabrielle

Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness. -Ayn Rand

Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one’s values -Ayn Rand

A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time. -Homer, The Odyssey

Life is a challenge” he once told me, “and only those who rise to the challenge truly know what it means to live. -Darren Shan, Vampire Mountain

Life is both pain and pleasure. If this is the price you must pay for the hours you enjoy, is it too much? -Christopher Paolini, Eldest

I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever. -Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. Follow some other object, and very possibly we may find that we have caught happiness without dreaming of it. -Nathaniel Hawthorne

Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. -Nathaniel Hawthorne