Motivational Quotes

Happiness

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

Best Quotes about Happiness

If you were happy every day of your life you wouldn't be a human being, you'd be a game show host.

Heatter, Gabriel

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

Herold, Don

I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus.

Muggeridge, Malcolm

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

Apollinaire, Guillaume

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

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.

Be it jewel or toy, not the prize gives the joy, but the striving to win the prize.

Meredith, Owen

Work and live to serve others, to leave the world a little better than you found it and garner for yourself as much peace of mind as you can. This is happiness.

Sarnoff, David

Happiness requires problems

Hollingworth, H. L.

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

Stossel, John

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Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.

Chuang Tzu

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A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

Downs, Hugh

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We wish to be happier than other people; and this is difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.

Montesquieu, Charles De

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A great obstacle to happiness is to expect too much happiness.

Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier

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

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

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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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Happy were men if they but understood There is no safety but in doing good

Fountain., John

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

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The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Mahatma Gandhi

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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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The secret of happiness and prosperity in this world, as in the world to come, lies in thinking of the welfare of others first, and not taking one's self too seriously.

Kindleberger, J.

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Success is getting and achieving what you want. Happiness is wanting and being content with what you get.

Meltzer, Bernard

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

Bono, Edward De

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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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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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Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.

Josh Billings

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All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife.

Boone, Daniel

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If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be in accordance with the highest excellence.

Aristotle

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

La Bruyere, Jean De

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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.

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

George Burns

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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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The happier the moment the shorter.

Pliny The Elder

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

Sokoloff, Boris

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The happy think a lifetime short, but to the unhappy one night can be an eternity.

Lucian

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In order for people to be happy, sometimes they have to take risks. It's true these risks can put them in danger of being hurt.

Meg Cabot

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

Alcott, Louisa May

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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 is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Happiness is not in having being; it is in doing.

Watson, Lilian Eichler

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Happiness is not a state to arrive at, rather, a manner of traveling.

Johnson, Samuel

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

Garrison, Theodosia

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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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The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do.

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Sir, that all who are happy, are equally happy, is not true. A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied, but not equally happy. Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousness.

Johnson, Samuel

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The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is love, laughter, and work.

Hubbard, Elbert