“When it comes to memories, the good and the bad never balance.”

“Happiness is good health and a bad memory.”

Ingrid Bergman (1915–1982) Film actress from Sweden

“For every bad thing in life, there are more good things to tip the balance.”

Richelle Mead (1976) American writer

“Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.”

Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher

“My point is, life is about balance. The good and the bad. The highs and the lows. The pina and the colada.”

Ellen DeGeneres (1958) American stand-up comedian, television host, and actress

“You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.”

Lou Holtz (1937) American college football coach, professional football coach, television sports announcer

“Nostalgia, as always, had wiped away bad memories and magnified the good ones.”

Gabriel García Márquez book Living to Tell the Tale

“I feel bad about the whole thing but all good things must come to an end sometime. I've got many pleasant memories, especially those two Stanley Cups.”

Bernie Parent (1945) Canadian ice hockey player

“Yet is it more honourable, and just, and upright, and pleasing, to treasure in the memory good acts than bad.”

Xenophon book Anabasis

“Kids are like heroin, a little heroin addiction. When it’s bad, you’ve never been so miserable, but when it’s good you’ve never been so high.”

Dan Savage (1964) American sex advice columnist and gay rights campaigner