● The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and some thing to hope for. Joseph Addison
活得快樂的最重要因素,是人生有事幹,有人可去愛,生命有盼望。
● Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. Abraham Lincoln
一個人打算要有多快樂,他就有多快樂。
● Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response. Mildred Barthel
快樂,是意識上的抉擇,而非直覺的反應。
● Happiness is not an end in itself. It is a by product of working, playing, loving and living. Haim Ginott
快樂是無法直接獲取的,乃要藉著工作、遊戲和愛的 生活生發出來。
● Happiness is not a reward — it is a consequence.Suffering is not a punishment — it is a result. Robert Green Ingersoll
快樂不是一種報酬,而是自然的結果。受苦不是一種懲罰,乃是必然的代價。
● We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. Frederick Koenig
我們往往忘記,快樂不在於得到我們所沒有的,乃在於知道,我們擁有什麼,並且樂在其中。
● Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself. Og Mandino
快樂就像香水,你灑給別人,自己總會沾到幾滴。
● Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind. Daphne du Maurier
快樂並非一件可標價的物品,而是一種高超的情操與心境。
● You have filled my heart with greater joy than when their grain and new wine abound.
你使我心裡快樂,勝過那豐收五穀新酒的人。 詩4:7
● But I trust in your unfailing love, my heart rejoices in your salvation.
但我倚靠你的慈愛,我的心因你的救恩快樂。 詩13:5
● Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop for eternal life. So that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.
收割的人得工價,積蓄五穀到永生。叫撒種的和收割的一同快樂。 約4:36
● Out of the most severe trail, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity.
就是他們在患難中受大試煉的時候,仍有滿足的快樂,在極窮之間,還格外顯出他們樂捐的厚恩。 林後8:2
● But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.
倒要歡喜,因為你們是與基督一同受苦,使你們在祂榮耀顯現的時候,也可以歡喜快樂。 彼前4:13