Motivational Quotes

Happiness

We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

- Cicero, Marcus T.

Best Quotes about Happiness

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.

Jefferson, Thomas

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

Buchan, John

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

The world will never be long without some good reason to hate the unhappy; their real faults are immediately detected, and if those are not sufficient to sink them into infamy, an additional weight of calumny will be super added.

Johnson, Samuel

Happiness is activity.

Aristotle

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

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

Anderson, Greg

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

Jean Houston

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

Camus, Albert

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Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meandering, but leads none of us by the same route

Colton, Charles Caleb

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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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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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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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In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it.

Kafka, Franz

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The world's literature and folklore are full of stories that point out how futile it can be to seek happiness. Rather, happiness is a blessing that comes to you as you go along; a treasure that you incidentally find.

Binstock, Louis

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Happiness is a positive cash flow.

Adler, Fred

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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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Life at its noblest leaves mere happiness far behind; and indeed cannot endure it. Happiness is not the object of life: life has no object: it is an end in itself; and courage consists in the readiness to sacrifice happiness for an intenser quality of life.

Shaw, George Bernard

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Happiness is a journey not a destination.

Sweetland, Ben

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

Bono, Edward De

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To be happy is not the purpose of our being rather it is to deserve happiness.

Fichte, Johann G.

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What a man really wants is creative challenge with sufficient skills to bring him within the reach of success so that he may have the expanding joy of achievement.

Nash, Fay B.

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All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.

La Bruyere, Jean De

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Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Santayana, George

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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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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

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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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Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty and your animal spirits.

Hazlitt, William

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There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.

Dyer, Wayne

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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

Wilde, Oscar

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I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves.

Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von

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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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My happiness derives from knowing the people I love are happy.

Ketchel, Holly

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

Russell, Bertrand

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Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower-Author Unknown People need your love the most when they appear to deserve it the least.

Harrigan, John

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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 comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose.

Stossel, John

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It is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.

Bentham, Jeremy

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Remember that it is nothing to do your duty, that is demanded of you and is no more meritorious than to wash your hands when they are dirty; the only thing that counts is the love of duty; when love and duty are one, then grace is in you and you will enjoy a happiness which passes all understanding.

W. Somerset Maugham

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Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

Apollinaire, Guillaume

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In order to be truly happy, you must live along with, and you must stand for something larger than yourself.

Oprah Winfrey

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

Schachtel, Rabbi H.

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You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.

Horace

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

Ann Radcliffe

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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 a how, not a what: a talent, not an object

Hesse, Hermann

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

Dumas, Alexandre