Motivational Quotes

Happiness

The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, Let no one be called happy till his death; to which I would add, Let no one, till his death be called unhappy.

- Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

Best Quotes about Happiness

Let no one till his death be called unhappy. Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done.

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.

Waitley, Denis

There's a hope for every woe, and a balm for every pain, but the first joys of our heart come never back again!

Gilfillan, Robert

Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product.

Roosevelt, Eleanor

All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife.

Boone, Daniel

This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.

Chuck Sigars

A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity.

Jefferson, Thomas

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.

Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart

The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star.

Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

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Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier.

Young, Margaret

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Happiness is the light on the water. The water is cold and dark and deep.

Maxwell, William

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Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead.

Proverb, Scottish

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Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.

Goodman, Roy

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Happiness is a positive cash flow.

Adler, Fred

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It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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The man who is born with a talent which he was meant to use finds his greatest happiness in using it.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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I'm fulfilled in what I do... I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes -- the finer things of life -- would make you happy. My concept of happiness is to be filled in a spiritual sense.

King, Coretta Scott

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The journey to happiness involves finding the courage to go down into ourselves and take responsibility for what's there: all of it.

Rohr, Richard

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The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a life time.

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But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a person and life they lead.

Camus, Albert

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Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.

Oscar Levant

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Our happiness in this world depends on the affections we are able to inspire.

Prazlin, Duchess

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Happiness is a by product of an effort to make someone else happy.

Palmer, Gretta Brooker

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Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response.

Barthel, Mildred

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Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake.

Walters, J. Donald

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But the whim we have of happiness is somewhat thus. By certain valuations, and averages, of our own striking, we come upon some sort of average terrestrial lot; this we fancy belongs to us by nature, and of indefeasible rights. It is simple payment of our wages, of our deserts; requires neither thanks nor complaint. Foolish soul! What act of legislature was there that thou shouldst be happy? A little while ago thou hadst no right to be at all.

Carlyle, Thomas

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What makes people happy is activity; changing evil itself into good by power, working in a God like manner.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness

Orwell, George

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Human happiness seems to consist in three ingredients; action, pleasure and indolence. And though these ingredients ought to be mixed in different proportions, according to the disposition of the person, yet no one ingredient can be entirely wanting without destroying in some measure the relish of the whole composition. composition.

Hume, David

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It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in the happiness of pursuit.

Waitley, Denis

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Like swimming, riding, writing, or playing golf, happiness can be learned.

Sokoloff, Boris

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Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.

Chambers, Oswald

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It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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He felt the loyalty we feel to unhappiness -- the sense that is where we really belong.

Greene, Graham

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Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness.

Lao-Tzu

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Happiness is not a horse, you cannot harness it.

Proverb, Russian

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There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.

Sivananda, Sri Swami

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Depend not on another, but lean instead on thyself...True happiness is born of self-reliance.

The laws of Manu

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Very little is needed to make a happy life.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

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Suspicion of happiness is in our blood.

Lucas, E. V.

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The happier the moment the shorter.

Pliny The Elder

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Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values.

Ayn Rand

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Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Abraham Lincoln

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False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.

Montesquieu, Charles De

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Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.

Spencer, Herbert

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Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower, and draws all good things toward you. Allow your love to nourish yourself as well as others. Do not strain after the needs of life. It is sufficient to be quietly alert and aware of them. In this way life proceeds more naturally and effortlessly. Life is here to Enjoy!

Yogi, Maharishi Mahesh

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In order for people to be happy, sometimes they have to take risks. It's true these risks can put them in danger of being hurt.

Meg Cabot

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No man should desire to be happy who is not at the same time holy. He should spend his efforts in seeking to know and do the will of God, leaving to Christ the matter of how happy he should be.

Tozer, A. W.

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Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention.

Anderson, Greg

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Whoever is happy will make others happy too.

Frank, Anne