"A man is about as happy as..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln
A man is about as happy as he makes up his mind to be.
More by Abraham Lincoln
“Peace does not appear so distant as it did. I hope it will come soon, and come to stay; and so come as to be worth the keeping in all future time.”
“It is with your aid, as the people, that I think we shall be able to preserve - not the country, for the country will preserve itself, but the institutions of the country - those institutions which have made us free, intelligent and happy - the most free, the most intelligent, and the happiest people on the globe.”
“The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust.”
More on Happiness
“Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realised joy could be.”
“Because this age and the next ageEngender in the ditch,No man can know a happy manFrom any passing wretch,If Folly link with EleganceNo man knows which is which.”
“Women have become so highly educated... that nothing should surprise us nowadays, except happy marriages.”
More on Attitude
“Whatever one does cheerfully is good for health.”
“The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.”
“We have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for the day. Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it. Our attitude is everything.”