Smiley Blanton

Action may not bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.

My number one daily habit is to give myself permission to be happy. It’s physical and mental; it’s my diet, physical activity, and emotional state. That’s all tied together.

It isn’t necessary to be rich and famous to be happy, it’s only necessary to be rich.

Happiness is not a goal…it’s a by-product of a life well lived.

A lifetime of happiness? No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth.

The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions.

Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.

You don’t stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won’t have to haunt for happiness

I’ve found happiness in my work, but not in my private life. I had to take from my private life to make my public life successful. I had to make a lot of sacrifices. I was happy in Cardiff. I had a great time. Every Thursday there was a factory club; darts, dancing. I was happy until success entered my life, and then it was all downhill. Success spoilt me. It took away my happiness. My success became a barrier with my family. They couldn’t relate to me, and I couldn’t relate to them.

When I hold you in my arms and I feel my finger on your trigger I know no one can do me no harm because happiness is a warm gun.

It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.

Happiness is unrepentant pleasure.

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.