Motivational Quotes

Happiness

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.

Best Quotes about Happiness

Happiness consists in activity -- it is a running stream, not a stagnant pool.

Mason, John L.

Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed. which give happiness. Thomas Jefferson We never enjoy perfect happiness; our most fortunate successes are mingled with sadness; some anxieties always perplex the reality of our satisfaction.

James, William

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

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

James Oppenheim

That which you create in beauty and goodness and truth lives on for all time to come. Don't spend your life accumulating material objects that will only turn to dust and ashes.

Waitley, Denis

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

Diderot, Denis

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

Alcott, Louisa May

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Aristotle

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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Talk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woe.

Marden, Orison Swett

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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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He wanted to live life in such a way that if a photograph were taken at random it would be a cool photograph. Things should look right. Fun; there should be a lot of fun and no more sadness than absolutely necessary.

David Nicholls

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

Lao-tzu

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Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

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Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

Russell, Bertrand

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

Prazlin, Duchess

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We all want to be happy, and we're all going to die. You might say those are the only two unchallengeably true facts that apply to every human being on this planet.

Boyd, William

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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

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

Oppenheimer, Julius Robert

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

Muller, Max

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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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The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.

Nash, Ogden

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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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When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things -- not the great occasions -- that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.

Hope, Bob

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

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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.

Solon

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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

Addison, Joseph

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

Russell, Bertrand

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The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.

Hoffer, Eric

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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 bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.

John Berry

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

Sokoloff, Boris

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We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

Smith, Logan Pearsall

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The secret of happiness is something to do.

Burroughs, John

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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 time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.

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Happiness is a positive cash flow.

Adler, Fred

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Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.

Jonathan Haidt

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Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose.

Stossel, John

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A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug.

Billings, Josh

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

Jefferson, Thomas

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

Spencer, Herbert

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

Oscar Levant

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

Maxwell, William