Robert Burns on happiness
Robert Burns86 quotes“Again rejoicing Nature sees Her robe assume its vernal hues Her leafy locks wave in the breeze, All freshly steep’d in the morning dews.”
More from Robert Burns
Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns Nature’s law, That man was made to mourn. Man’s inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn! O Death, the poor man’s dearest friend, The kindest and the best!
Robert BurnsRobert Burns Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns Nae man can tether time or tide.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns To see her is to love her, And love but her forever; For nature made her what she is, And never made anither!
Robert BurnsRobert Burns Here’s to us, who’s like us Damn few, and they’re all dead.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns But facts are chiels that winna ding, An’ downa be disputed.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns Dare to be honest and fear no labor.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom’s root.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns The upright, honest-hearted man Who strives to do the best he can, Need never fear the church’s ban Or hell’s damnation.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns Anticipation forward points the view.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white-then melts for ever.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns If there’s another world, he lives in bliss; if there is none, he made the best of this.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns Painters and poets have liberty to lie.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns
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We were dirt poor but we had each other. We didn’t need much to have a lot.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov One quick sip of your memory I let it slip, and I go on without you.
Emma SchippersEmma Schippers If the scars on my heart were visible to the naked eye, maybe you’d think twice about inflicting more.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney I am getting better at forgetting you. I am slowly but steadily learning the art of forgetting you.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia Paper and pen petrify me, for they pierce right through me, drawing deep blue blood, leaving me utterly cold.
Shreya JoshiShreya Joshi Spend time with people who get excited over even the smallest victories you earn.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis I wonder if you were the poison or the antidote.
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More on happiness
Happiness can be found neither in ourselves nor in external things, but in God and in ourselves as united to him.
Blaise PascalBlaise Pascal I’ve had happy moments in my life, but I don’t think that happiness– being happy– is a perpetual state that anyone can be in. Life isn’t that way.
Grace KellyGrace Kelly Loving yourself has nothing to do with being selfish, self-centered or self-engrossed. It means that you accept yourself for what you are. Loving yourself means that you accept responsibility for your own development, growth and happiness.
Iyanla VanzantIyanla Vanzant Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a goal and an essential part of my life – a kind of destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running wherever they are.
Princess DianaPrincess Diana Happiness isn’t something that depends on our surroundings, It’s something we make inside ourselves.
Corrie ten BoomCorrie ten Boom When you are happy you can forgive a great deal.
Princess DianaPrincess Diana That Book, the Bible, accounts for the supremacy of England. England has become great & happy by the knowledge of the true God through Jesus Christ.
Queen VictoriaQueen Victoria I believe that we’re as happy in life as we make up our minds to be.
Lucille BallLucille Ball
