Motivational Quotes

Happiness

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

- James Oppenheim

Best Quotes about Happiness

The great end of all human industry is the attainment of happiness. For this were arts invented, sciences cultivated, laws ordained, and societies modeled, by the most profound wisdom of patriots and legislators. Even the lonely savage, who lies exposed to the inclemency of the elements and the fury of wild beasts, forgets not, for a moment, this grand object of his being.

Hume, David

The smallest annoyances, disturb us the most.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

Mill, John Stuart

If you want to be happy for a year, plant a garden; If you want to be happy for life, plant a tree.

Proverb, English

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 journey to happiness involves finding the courage to go down into ourselves and take responsibility for what's there: all of it.

Rohr, Richard

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

Carnegie, Dale

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

Lao-Tzu

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

Goodman, Roy

10.

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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Happiness is unrepentant pleasure.

Socrates

12.

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

15.

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

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One feels inclined to say that the intention that man should be happy is not included in the plan of Creation.

Freud, Sigmund

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

Muller, Max

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No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable.

Landon, Letitia Elizabeth

22.

The really happy man never laughs -- seldom -- though he may smile. He does not need to laugh, for laughter, like weeping is a relief of mental tension -- and the happy are not over strung.

Aveling, Prof. F. A. P.

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The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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

Mahatma Gandhi

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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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Happiness consists of three things; Someone to love, work to do, and a clear conscience.

28.

When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can have no vocation but to awaken that light on the faces surrounding him; and you are torn by the thought of the unhappiness and night you cast, by the mere fact of living, in the hearts you encounter.

Camus, Albert

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

Apollinaire, Guillaume

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

Hoffer, Eric

31.

Happiness requires problems

Hollingworth, H. L.

32.

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

Fountain., John

33.

Happiness lies first of all in health.

Curtis, George William

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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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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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Human happiness seems to consist in three ingredients; action, pleasure and indolence. And though these ingredients ought to be mixed in different proportions, according to the disposition of the person, yet no one ingredient can be entirely wanting without destroying in some measure the relish of the whole composition. composition.

Hume, David

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We take greater pains to persuade others we are happy than in trying to think so ourselves.

Confucius

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

Watson, Lilian Eichler

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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

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Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.

Horton, Doug

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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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Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Santayana, George

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Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be taken in small doses.

Baker, Russell (Wayne)

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

Bierce, Ambrose

45.

There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.

Sivananda, Sri Swami

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To be happy we must not be too concerned with others.

Camus, Albert

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

Garrison, Theodosia

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

Prazlin, Duchess

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He felt the loyalty we feel to unhappiness -- the sense that is where we really belong.

Greene, Graham

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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.