Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.
Benjamin DisraeliRead
Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Happiness requires action, though action itself may not always lead to happiness.
This quote by Benjamin Disraeli highlights the vital relationship between action and happiness. It suggests that while engaging in activity or taking steps towards goals may not guarantee happiness, it is impossible to experience true happiness without being active and involved in life. The essence lies in the necessity of trying and engaging with the world around us, as inaction often leads to a lack of fulfillment and joy.
Themes
HappinessActionInvolvementEngagementEffort
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about pursuing dreams and taking action to achieve goals.
More from Benjamin Disraeli
All quotes βBut what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day.
Benjamin DisraeliRead
Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
Benjamin DisraeliRead
Yes, I am a Jew and when the ancestors of the right honorable gentleman were brutal savages in an unknown island, mine were priests in the temple of Solomon.
Benjamin DisraeliRead
The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.
Benjamin DisraeliRead
The profound thinker always suspects that he is superficial.
Benjamin DisraeliRead
Similar quotes
...the face has limited space. My mother used to say, if you fill your face with laughing, there will be no more room for crying.
Rohinton MistryRead
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
William ShakespeareRead
Happiness and success in life are not the result of what we have, but rather of how we live. What we do with the things we have makes the biggest difference in the quality of life.
Tony RobbinsRead
Everyone who has observed human behavior for more than thirty continuous seconds seems to have noticed that people are strongly, perhaps even primarily, perhaps even single-mindedly, motivated to feel happy.
Daniel GilbertRead
We have to recognize that we can help increase happiness of other people by reaching out, and building connections. People have done that for me in my life. There have been many times that my family and friends have reached out to help support me and contributed to my emotional wellbeing, and ultimately to my health.
Vivek MurthyRead
If you can just appreciate each thing, one by one, then you will have pure gratitude. Even though you observe just one flower, that one flower includes everything
Shunryu SuzukiRead