Happy is said to be the family which can eat onions together. They are, for the time being, separate, from the world, and have a harmony of aspiration. 663
I am the baby in the family, and I always will be. I am actually very happy to have that position. But I still get teased. I don’t mind that. 683
He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy. 763
The key to sitcom success is miserable people. If you see a happy couple, it’s just gone, like when Sam and Diane got together on Cheers. 894
That should be the measure of success for everyone. It’s not money, it’s not fame, it’s not celebrity; my index of success is happiness. 666
I don’t think success arrives and you’re suddenly happy. It’s not like that. If people think that they’ll be very disappointed. 690
Success is always something completely different to people. I feel like I’ve succeeded, if I’m doing something that makes me happy and I’m not lying to anybody. I’m not doing that now, so I feel really good about myself. 2.53K
I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact, I consider it integral to our success mechanism. Becoming attached to what we desire is what causes the trouble. If you must have it in order to be happy, then you are denying the happiness of the here and now. 2.33K
Major success feels a bit like a coronation. Like I’d become a king. I was one of the most famous people in the world, loved and hated in equal measure. I couldn’t see anything bad with it. It made me a happy person. 788
It sounds cliche, but success is your friends, your family, what you do, and if you’re happy when you wake up. 2.55K
As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy. 2.53K
People need to realise what real happiness and success is, because success as an actor is fleeting. You can be up there one day and gone the next. 2.04K
No one is guaranteed happiness. You can pursue it, but if you happen to find success along the way on that road to happiness, Conservatives believe you should not be demonized or penalized for it. 2.38K
It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him. 772
Success is always something completely different to people. I feel like I’ve succeeded, if I’m doing something that makes me happy and I’m not lying to anybody. 693
You’ve got to ask! Asking is, in my opinion, the world’s most powerful – and neglected – secret to success and happiness. 723
When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away. 676
Ray Bradbury is, for many reasons, the most influential writer in my life. Throughout our long friendship, Ray supplied not only his terrific stories but a grand model of what a writer could be, should be, and yet rarely is: brilliant and charming and accessible, willing to tolerate and to teach, happy to inspire but also to be inspired. 741
