Motivational Quotes

Happiness

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

- Prazlin, Duchess

Best Quotes about Happiness

Joy comes from using your potential.

Schultz, Will

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

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

There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.

Dyer, Wayne

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

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

Christopher Morley

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

Greene, Graham

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.

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

Boone, Daniel

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Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.

Solon

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

Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier

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

Chambers, Oswald

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

Alcott, Louisa May

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Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in stranger's gardens.

Jerrold, Douglas William

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The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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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

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When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.

Nicole Kidman

18.

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

Roosevelt, Eleanor

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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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We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

24.

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

25.

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

Oliphant, Margaret

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

La Bruyere, Jean De

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The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done.

Carlyle, Thomas

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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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Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.

Jung, Carl

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

Oppenheimer, Julius Robert

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

Byron, Lord

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Happiness is the harvest of a quiet eye.

O'Malley, Austin

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

Oscar Levant

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The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.

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True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.

Montesquieu, Charles De

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It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.

Epicurus

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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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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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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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Happiness is a journey not a destination.

Sweetland, Ben

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Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.

Benjamin Franklin

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