Motivational Quotes

Happiness

It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.

- Rockefeller, John D.

Best Quotes about Happiness

Happiness is like manna; it is to be gathered in grains, and enjoyed every day. It will not keep; it cannot be accumulated; nor have we got to go out of ourselves or into remote places to gather it, since it has rained down from a Heaven, at our very door

Edwards, Tryon

What a man really wants is creative challenge with sufficient skills to bring him within the reach of success so that he may have the expanding joy of achievement.

Nash, Fay B.

We all want to be happy, and we're all going to die. You might say those are the only two unchallengeably true facts that apply to every human being on this planet.

Boyd, William

The man who is born with a talent which he was meant to use finds his greatest happiness in using it.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

Baruch Spinoza

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.

Happiness is good for the body but sorrow strengthens the spirit.

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

Rohn, Jim

Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.

Spencer, Herbert

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

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Happiness lies first of all in health.

Curtis, George William

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

Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier

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

Christopher Morley

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

Hoffer, Eric

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Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

Democritus

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Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness should drop into their laps without any design and endeavor on their part, and that, after they have done what they please while they live, God should snatch them up to heaven when they die. But though the commandments of God be not grievous, yet it is fit to let men know that they are not thus easy.

Tillotson, John

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

Goodman, Roy

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The final moment of success is often no more thrilling than taking off a heavy backpack at the end of a long hike. If you went on the hike only to feel that pleasure, you are a fool. Yet people sometimes do just this. They work hard at a task and expect some special euphoria at the end. But when they achieve success and find only moderate and short-lived pleasure, they ask is that all there is? They devalue their accomplishments as a striving after wind. We can call this the progress principle: Pleasure comes more from making progress toward goals than from achieving them.

Jonathan Haidt

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The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is love, laughter, and work.

Hubbard, Elbert

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Unhappiness is not knowing what we want, and killing ourselves to get it.

Herold, Don

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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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No man is happy who does not think himself so.

Publilius Syrus

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Those who seek happiness miss it, and those who discuss it, lack it.

Jackson, Holbrook

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Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier.

Young, Margaret

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Happiness is a by product of an effort to make someone else happy.

Palmer, Gretta Brooker

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Enjoy your happiness while you have it, and while, you have it do not too closely scrutinize its foundation.

Farrall, Joseph

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A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

Downs, Hugh

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The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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

Solon

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

Watson, Lilian Eichler

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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 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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Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.

Chopra, Deepak

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The best advice on the art of being happy is about as easy to follow as advice to be well when one is sick.

Swetchine, Anne Sophie

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

Oliphant, Margaret

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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 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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Happiness is a by-product. You cannot pursue it by itself.

Levenson, Samuel

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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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Success is getting and achieving what you want. Happiness is wanting and being content with what you get.

Meltzer, Bernard

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The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star.

Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

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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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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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The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy; I mean that if you are happy you will be good.

Russell, Bertrand

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

Jeans, Sir James

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

Lubbock, Sir John

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There's a hope for every woe, and a balm for every pain, but the first joys of our heart come never back again!

Gilfillan, Robert

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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.