Motivational Quotes

Happiness

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

- Billings, Josh

Best Quotes about Happiness

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

Hesse, Hermann

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

The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.

Russell, Bertrand

The thing that counts most in the pursuit of happiness is choosing the right companion.

No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.

Solon

Happiness lies first of all in health.

Curtis, George William

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

If frugality were established in the state, and if our expenses were laid out to meet needs rather than superfluities of life, there might be fewer wants, and even fewer pleasures, but infinitely more happiness.

Goldsmith, Oliver

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

Oscar Levant

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

Meredith, Owen

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For who is pleased with himself.

Johnson, Samuel

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IÆve decided that the key to happiness is low expectations.

Laura Moncur

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

Sokoloff, Boris

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We are made happy when reason can discover no occasion for it. The memory of some past moments is more persuasive than the experience of present ones. There have been visions of such breadth and brightness that these motes were invisible in their light.

Thoreau, Henry David

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Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

Baruch Spinoza

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Do you want my one-word secret of happiness -- It's growth -- mental, financial, you name it.

Geneen, Harold S.

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Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory.

Ziglar, Zig

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The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.

Stein, Ben

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

Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier

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The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.

Saroyan, William

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Happiness... is not a destination: it is a manner of traveling. Happiness is not an end in itself. It is a by-product of working, playing, loving and living.

Ginott, Haim

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I define joy as a sustained sense of well-being and internal peace - a connection to what matters.

Oprah Winfrey

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Happiness seems made to be shared.

Corneille, Pierre

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Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.

Eddie Cantor

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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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Not what you have, but what you see; Not what you see, but what you choose; Not what seems fair, but what is true; Not what you dream, but what you do; Not what you take, but what you give; Not as you pray, but as you live. These are the things that mar or bless The sum of human happiness.

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

Feather, William

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To have joy one must share it. Happiness was born a twin.

Byron, Lord

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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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Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product.

Roosevelt, Eleanor

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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

William Cowper

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

Aurelius, Marcus

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The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.

Barrie, Sir James M.

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

Goodman, Roy

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

Bono, Edward De

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

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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

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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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Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition.

Rubinstein, Arthur

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The loss of wealth is loss of dirt, as sages in all times assert; The happy man's without a shirt.

Heywood, 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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The smallest annoyances, disturb us the most.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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Happiness is perfume, you can't pour it on somebody else without getting a few drops on yourself

Zee, James Van Der

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We are no longer happy as soon as we wish to be happier.

Landor, Walter Savage

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Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin.