“The noblest art is that of making others happy”
Die erhabenste Kunst ist die, andere glücklich zu machen.
P.T. Barnum (1810–1891) American showman and businessman
Englische Zitate über glück
Beste englische zitate über glück
“Smile doesn't mean that someone is happy. Sometimes it just means that you're strong.”
Ein Lächeln bedeutet nicht, dass jemand glücklich ist. Manchmal bedeutet es nur, dass er stark ist.
Zayn Malik (1993) British singer
“There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.”
Es gibt nur eine Glückseligkeit im Leben: zu lieben und geliebt zu werden.
George Sand (1804–1876) French novelist and memoirist; pseudonym of Lucile Aurore Dupin
“Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.”
Nicht aus jeder Handlung erwächst Glück, aber es gibt kein Glück, ohne zu handeln.
William James (1842–1910) American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist
“There are no mistakes, only happy accidents.”
Es gibt keine Fehler, nur glückliche Unfälle.
Bob Ross (1942–1995) American painter, art instructor, and television host
“I wish I could throw off the thoughts which poison my happiness.”
Ich wünschte, ich könnte die Gedanken loswerden, die mein Glück verderben.
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) Polish composer
As quoted in Chopin.
Variant translation: I wish I could throw off the thoughts which poison my happiness. And yet I take a kind of pleasure in indulging them.
Variante: I wish I could throw off the thoughts that poison my happiness, and yet I love to indulge in them;
Quelle: Chopin's Letters
“Whoever is happy will make others happy too.”
Nur wer glücklich ist, kann glücklich machen.
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“Action may not always bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.”
Die Tat bringt nicht immer Glück, aber es ist kein Glück ohne Taten.
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister
Books, Coningsby (1844), Lothair (1870)
Variante: Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
“There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.”
Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist
“Happiness is a good flow of life.”
Glück ist ein guter Fluss des Lebens.
Zeno of Citium (-334–-263 BC) ancient Greek philosopher
As quoted by Stobaeus, ii. 77.
“Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on someone without getting some on yourself.”
Glück ist ein Parfüm, das du nicht auf andere sprühen kannst, ohne selbst ein paar Tropfen abzubekommen.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Variante: Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.
Variante: Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
“We don’t even ask happiness, just a little less pain.”
Wir bitten nicht um Glück, nur ein bisschen weniger Schmerz.
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Variante: We don't even ask for happiness, just a little less pain.
Quelle: From a letter to William Packard from 1985 (published in Reach for the Sun - the 3rd volume of Bukowski correspondence)
Kontext: Sex, love, duty, God, family are not to be bargained with against happiness, and we don’t even ask happiness, just a little less pain.
“Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing more.”
Glück besteht darin, genügend Schlaf zu bekommen. Nur das, nichts mehr.
Robert A. Heinlein buch Starship Troopers
Quelle: Starship Troopers
“No medicine cures what happiness cannot.”
Keine Medizin heilt, was Glück nicht kann.
Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) Colombian writer
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
Wenn sich eine Tür schließt, öffnet sich eine andere; aber wir sehen meist so lange mit Bedauern auf die geschlossene Tür, dass wir die, die sich für uns geöffnet hat, nicht sehen.
Helen Keller (1880–1968) American author and political activist
We Bereaved (1929)
“It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.”
Es ist sehr einfach, glücklich zu sein, aber es ist sehr schwierig, einfach zu sein.
Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) Bengali polymath
Ariana Grande (1993) American singer-songwriter
Twitter statement on the Manchester terrorist attack https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/868164986887176192 (26 May 2017)
“Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.”
Viktor E. Frankl buch … trotzdem Ja zum Leben sagen
Man's Search for Meaning
Variante: But happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”
Glück ist der Sinn und Zweck des Lebens, sein Ziel und das Ende der menschlichen Existenz.
Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy
“The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.”
Henny Youngman (1906–1998) American comedian
"Forbes" - Vol. 166, Page 156, de Bertie Charles Forbes - Forbes Inc., 2000
“You have to change your life if you’re not happy, and wake up if things aren’t going the way you want.”
Du musst dein Leben ändern, wenn du nicht glücklich bist, und aufwachen, wenn die Dinge nicht so laufen, wie du es haben willst.
Keanu Reeves (1964) Canadian actor, director, producer and musician
“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”
Glück bei intelligenten Menschen ist das Unüblichste, mit dem ich je begegnet bin.
Ernest Hemingway buch The Garden of Eden
Marita in Ch. 11
Quelle: The Garden of Eden (1986)
“The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.”
Die Kraft, Schönheit in den einfachsten Dingen zu finden, macht das Zuhause glücklich und das Leben liebenswert.
Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) American novelist
Variante: The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
“We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.”
Wir alle leben mit dem Ziel, glücklich zu sein; unsere Leben sind alle verschieden und doch gleich.
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1938), XLV Prophecies
“Happiness is the readiness to be happy.”
James Richardson (1950) American poet
Aphorism #33
Interglacial (2004)
“I'll have to calm down a bit. Or else I'll burst with happiness”
Ich muss mich ein bisschen beruhigen. Sonst platze ich vor Glück.
Tove Jansson buch Moominsummer Madness
Quelle: Moominsummer Madness
“Happiness can exist only in acceptance.”
Glück kann nur in der Annahme bestehen.
George Orwell (1903–1950) English author and journalist
“One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is to have a happy childhood.”
Eines der glücklichsten Dinge, die dir im Leben passieren können, ist eine glückliche Kindheit.
Agatha Christie (1890–1976) English mystery and detective writer
“No burden is so heavy for a man to bear as a succession of happy days.”
Max Planck (1858–1947) German theoretical physicist
Max Müller, as quoted in Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern English and Foreign Sources (1899) by James Wood
Misattributed
“Happiness is not pleasure — it is victory.”
Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) American motivational speaker
See You at the Top (2000)
Max Planck (1858–1947) German theoretical physicist
Where Is Science Going? (1932)
Quelle: Where is Science Going?
“A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.”
Ein Kind kann einem Erwachsenen drei Dinge beibringen: ohne Grund glücklich zu sein, immer mit etwas beschäftigt zu sein und zu wissen, wie man mit aller Kraft das verlangt, was er will.
Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist
“If people can just love each other a little bit, they can be so happy.”
Emile Zola buch Germinal
Quelle: Germinal