Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run to weeds. (Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward)

Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run to weeds.

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward

Related topics

character happiness moment run thing weeds

Related quotes

Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability. View quote
Gabriel García Márquez
The only thing that could spoil a day was people. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself. View quote
Ernest Hemingway
I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do. View quote
Georgia O'Keeffe
I don't agree with all-male leaderships. Men cannot be left to run things on their own. I think it's a thoroughly bad thing to have men-only leadership. View quote
Harriet Harman
It's a terrible thing to be alone - yes it is - it is - but don't lower your mask until you have another mask prepared beneath - as terrible as you like - but a mask. View quote
Katherine Mansfield