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

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

Goodman, Roy

Farms and in castles, in homes, studies, and cloisters -- where sensible people manage to live relatively lusty and decent lives, as moral as they must be, as free as they may be, and as masterly as they can be. If we only knew it, this elusive arrangement is happiness.

Erikson, Erik H.

Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.

Solon

A person is never happy till their vague strivings has itself marked out its proper limitations.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

To be happy we must not be too concerned with others.

Camus, Albert

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

We are never so happy nor so unhappy as we imagine.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living!

Bradley, Amanda

The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is love, laughter, and work.

Hubbard, Elbert

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Sir, that all who are happy, are equally happy, is not true. A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied, but not equally happy. Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousness.

Johnson, Samuel

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Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.

Eddie Cantor

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If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy.

Knuth, Don

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Happiness arises in a state of peace, not of tumult.

Ann Radcliffe

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If we cannot live so as to be happy, let us so live as to deserve happiness.

Fichte, Johann G.

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Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Mahatma Gandhi

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We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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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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The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done.

Carlyle, Thomas

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Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.

George Burns

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If you can't be happy where you are, it's a cinch you can't be happy where you ain't.

Jones, Charles ''Tremendous''

21.

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

Baruch Spinoza

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

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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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At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.

Jean Houston

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Be it jewel or toy, not the prize gives the joy, but the striving to win the prize.

Meredith, Owen

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Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world.

Beckett, Samuel

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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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What ever our wandering our happiness will always be found within a narrow compass, and in the middle of the objects more immediately within our reach.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

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Happiness is not so much in having or sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Macewan, Norman

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Happiness is the harvest of a quiet eye.

O'Malley, Austin

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Happiness is not a state to arrive at, rather, a manner of traveling.

Johnson, Samuel

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Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

33.

The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.

Russell, Bertrand

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Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization.

Sade, Marquis De

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Happiness is good for the body but sorrow strengthens the spirit.

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The really happy person is the one who can enjoy the scenery, even when they have to take a detour.

Jeans, Sir James

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Happiness is like a cat, If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you; it will never come. But if you pay not attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing against your legs and jumping into your lap.

Bennett, William John

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Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response.

Barthel, Mildred

39.

No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable.

Landon, Letitia Elizabeth

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Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

Dalai Lama

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I define joy as a sustained sense of well-being and internal peace - a connection to what matters.

Oprah Winfrey

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Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.

Rubin, Theodore I.

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Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition.

Rubinstein, Arthur

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For who is pleased with himself.

Johnson, Samuel

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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

Aurelius, Marcus

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Not only is there a right to be happy, there is a duty to be happy. So much sadness exists in the world that we are all under obligation to contribute as much joy as lies within our powers.

Bonnell, John S.

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A person will be just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Lincoln, Abraham

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Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible.

Proust, Marcel

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The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.

James Oppenheim

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