Motivational Quotes

Happiness

Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly.

- Russell, Bertrand

Best Quotes about Happiness

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

Garrison, Theodosia

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

There is no happiness; there are only moments of happiness.

Proverb, Spanish

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

Stein, Ben

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

No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.

Angelis, Barbara De

And isn't that, at it's core, what the princess fantasy is about for all of us? "Princess" is how we tell little girls that they are special, precious. "Princess" is the wish that we could protect them from pain, that they would never know sorrow, that they will live happily ever after ensconces in lace and innocence.

Peggy Orenstein

The biggest lie on the planet: When I get what I want, I will be happy.

If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy.

Knuth, Don

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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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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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Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.

Prevert, Jacques

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What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?

Smith, Adam

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

Lao-tzu

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Whoever is happy will make others happy too.

Frank, Anne

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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.

Alcott, Louisa May

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Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.

Robertson Davies

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Happiness is the harvest of a quiet eye.

O'Malley, Austin

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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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Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory.

Ziglar, Zig

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No burden is so heavy for a man to bear as a succession of happy days.

Muller, Max

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Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.

Ingersoll, Robert Green

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Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens.

Rooney, Andy

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Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.

Aurelius, Marcus

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Happiness is a journey not a destination.

Sweetland, Ben

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Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Happiness is not a horse, you cannot harness it.

Proverb, Russian

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Many people have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Keller, Helen

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Happiness is the act of being tough with ourselves and tender with others.

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If you cannot renounce the world the genius of happiness will never salute you.

Prutz

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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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Gaiety --a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.

Diderot, Denis

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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

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Happiness is never stopping to think if you are.

Sondreal, Palmer

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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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What would you call the highest happiness? Wratislaw was ask. The sense of competence, was the answer, given without hesitation.

Buchan, John

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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Addison, Joseph

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

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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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The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.

Saroyan, William

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

Lao-Tzu

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

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

Feather, William

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I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

Mill, John Stuart

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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

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Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.

Bono, Edward De

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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