Motivational Quotes

Happiness

It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy

- Kant, Immanuel

Best Quotes about Happiness

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.

Dumas, Alexandre

To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to feel oneself not merely an isolated individual whose day will soon be over, but part of the stream of life slowing on from the first germ to the remote and unknown future.

Russell, Bertrand

Happiness... she loves, to see men at work. She loves sweat, weariness, self sacrifice. She will be found not in places but lurking in cornfields and factories; and hovering over littered desks; she crowns the unconscious head of the busy child.

Grayson, David

People who never achieve happiness are the ones who complain whenever they're awake, and whenever they're asleep, they are thinking about what to complain about tomorrow.

Zimbler, Adam

Happiness lies first of all in health.

Curtis, George William

If you observe a really happy man you will find him building a boat, writing a symphony, educating his son, growing Double Dahlias in his garden.

Wolfe, W, Beran

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.

Smith, Logan Pearsall

Happiness consists of three things; Someone to love, work to do, and a clear conscience.

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Happy are those who dream dreams and are willing to pay the price to make them come true.

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If you're ever given the choice between happiness and intelligence choose happiness

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The hardest habit of all to break is the terrible habit of happiness.

Garrison, Theodosia

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The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

Schweitzer, Albert

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Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it.

Feather, William

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Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.

Epictetus

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Happiness is never stopping to think if you are.

Sondreal, Palmer

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Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly often attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.

Szasz, Thomas

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Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.

Jefferson, Thomas

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

George Burns

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

Camus, Albert

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

Sokoloff, Boris

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Sometimes it's hard to avoid the happiness of others.

David Assael

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To describe happiness is to diminish it.

Stendhal, Henri B.

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It is kind of happiness to know to what extent we may be unhappy.

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Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.

Storm Jameson

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Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.

Richter, Jean Paul

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It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy

Kant, Immanuel

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Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory.

Ziglar, Zig

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If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

Epicurus

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

Lao-Tzu

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

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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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Those who seek happiness miss it, and those who discuss it, lack it.

Jackson, Holbrook

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We are no longer happy as soon as we wish to be happier.

Landor, Walter Savage

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They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world. Someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.

Chalmers, Allan K.

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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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Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.

Schachtel, Rabbi H.

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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

Baruch Spinoza

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We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

Kingsley, Charles

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The best advice on the art of being happy is about as easy to follow as advice to be well when one is sick.

Swetchine, Anne Sophie

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The loss of wealth is loss of dirt, as sages in all times assert; The happy man's without a shirt.

Heywood, John

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The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.

Stein, Ben

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We cannot be contented because we are happy, and we cannot be happy because we are contented.

Landor, Walter Savage

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

Roosevelt, Eleanor

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Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Santayana, George

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a checklist of acquisition or achievement. Your qualifications are not your life.

J.K. Rowling

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True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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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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Happiness... is not a destination: it is a manner of traveling. Happiness is not an end in itself. It is a by-product of working, playing, loving and living.

Ginott, Haim