Motivational Quotes

Happiness

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

- Thomas Szasz

Best Quotes about Happiness

Happiness is a journey not a destination.

Sweetland, Ben

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

Storm Jameson

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

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

Happiness is the longing for repetition.

Kundera, Milan

Happiness is a hard thing because it is achieved only by making others happy.

Cloete, Stuart

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

Goodman, Roy

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

Horace

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 that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values.

Ayn Rand

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Let no one till his death be called unhappy. Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done.

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

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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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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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Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Abraham Lincoln

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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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Unhappiness is not knowing what we want, and killing ourselves to get it.

Herold, Don

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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

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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

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Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

Robert Frost

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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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Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think.

Carnegie, Dale

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

Sokoloff, Boris

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The smallest annoyances, disturb us the most.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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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

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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 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 not pleasure, it is victory.

Ziglar, Zig

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The greatest joy of life is to love and be loved.

Clyde, R.D.

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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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When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

31.

Happiness ain't a thing in itself --it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant. And so, as soon as the novelty is over and the force of the contrast dulled, it ain't happiness any longer, and you have to get something fresh.

Twain, Mark

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Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Santayana, George

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

Anderson, Greg

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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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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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Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower, and draws all good things toward you. Allow your love to nourish yourself as well as others. Do not strain after the needs of life. It is sufficient to be quietly alert and aware of them. In this way life proceeds more naturally and effortlessly. Life is here to Enjoy!

Yogi, Maharishi Mahesh

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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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We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

Koenig, Frederick

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The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

Schopenhauer, Arthur

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Happiness comes from... some curious adjustment to life.

Walpole, Sir Hugh

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Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness should drop into their laps without any design and endeavor on their part, and that, after they have done what they please while they live, God should snatch them up to heaven when they die. But though the commandments of God be not grievous, yet it is fit to let men know that they are not thus easy.

Tillotson, John

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

Fichte, Johann G.

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Be open to your happiness and sadness as they arise.

Thomas, John M.

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Happiness is not a horse, you cannot harness it.

Proverb, Russian

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The secret of happiness is to make others believe they are the cause of it.

Al Batt

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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.

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I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged. I cannot blindly follow the crowd and accept their approach. I will not allow myself to indulge in the usual manipulating game of role creation. Fortunately for me, my self-knowledge has transcended that and I have come to understand that life is best to be lived and not to be conceptualized. I am happy because I am growing daily and I am honestly not knowing where the limit lies. To be certain, every day there can be a revelation or a new discovery. I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude.

Lee, Bruce

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When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.

Nicole Kidman