Motivational Quotes

Happiness

We are never so happy nor so unhappy as we imagine.

- La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

Best Quotes about Happiness

They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world. Someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.

Chalmers, Allan K.

The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.

Nash, Ogden

To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to feel oneself not merely an isolated individual whose day will soon be over, but part of the stream of life slowing on from the first germ to the remote and unknown future.

Russell, Bertrand

What makes people happy is activity; changing evil itself into good by power, working in a God like manner.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Billings, Josh

Man is the artificer of his own happiness.

Henry David Thoreau

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

It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy

Kant, Immanuel

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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We cannot be contented because we are happy, and we cannot be happy because we are contented.

Landor, Walter Savage

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

Lao-tzu

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

Stossel, John

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Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.

Fielding, Henry

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We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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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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Where there is joy there is creation. Where there is no joy there is no creation: know the nature of joy.

Upanishads, Veda

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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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Personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a checklist of acquisition or achievement. Your qualifications are not your life.

J.K. Rowling

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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 in having being; it is in doing.

Watson, Lilian Eichler

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A person will be just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Lincoln, Abraham

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Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age.

Christopher Morley

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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

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Gaiety --a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.

Diderot, Denis

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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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Happiness is a journey not a destination.

Sweetland, Ben

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

Ayn Rand

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If you pursue happiness you never find it.

Snow, C(harles) P(ercy)

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

William Cowper

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Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who feels that in some paramount affairs he failed to take up the challenge of life.

Bennett, Arnold

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Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response.

Barthel, Mildred

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Happy are those who dream dreams and are willing to pay the price to make them come true.

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After what we can say you can be sure the happy heart will make the happy day.

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Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

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True happiness is the full use of your powers along lines of excellence in a life affording scope.

Kennedy, John F.

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

Muller, Max

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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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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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If you want happiness for an hour -- take a nap. If you want happiness for a day -- go fishing. If you want happiness for a month -- get married. If you want happiness for a year -- inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime -- help someone else.

Proverb, Chinese

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Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible.

Proust, Marcel

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In order to have great happiness, you have to have great pain and unhappiness-otherwise how would you know when you're happy?

Caron, Leslie

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Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.

Jefferson, Thomas

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This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.