Motivational Quotes

Happiness

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

- Alcott, Louisa May

Best Quotes about Happiness

What happiness is there which is not purchased with more or less of pain?

Oliphant, Margaret

IÆve decided that the key to happiness is low expectations.

Laura Moncur

Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness, evil --or else an absolute ignorance.

Greene, Graham

The really happy person is the one who can enjoy the scenery, even when they have to take a detour.

Jeans, Sir James

For who is pleased with himself.

Johnson, Samuel

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

Josh Billings

Happiness is an agreeable sensation, arising from contemplating the misery of others.

Bierce, Ambrose

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

Aristotle

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

Feather, William

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

Immanuel Hermann Fichte

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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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Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.

Chambers, Oswald

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

Aurelius, Marcus

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Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

Dalai Lama

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It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich.

Alda, Alan

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Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

Rohn, Jim

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Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.

Waitley, Denis

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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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Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.

Epictetus

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Happiness doesn't come from doing what we like to do but from liking what we have to do.

Peterson, Wilferd A.

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Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.

Peale, Norman Vincent

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The creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it.

Chapin, Edwin Hubbel

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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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I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure.

Lawana Blackwell

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

Mason, John L.

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Most of us experience happiness when we are enjoying life and feeling free, enjoying the process and products of our creative and intellectual processes, enjoying the ecstasy of transcendent oneness with the universe.

Muriel, James

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

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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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I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!

Louise Bogan

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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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To buy happiness is to sell soul.

Horton, Doug

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It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.

Kin Hubbard

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

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

La Bruyere, Jean De