Motivational Quotes

Happiness

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

Best Quotes about Happiness

I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus.

Muggeridge, Malcolm

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

Garrison, Theodosia

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

Hubbard, Elbert

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Addison, Joseph

Depend not on another, but lean instead on thyself...True happiness is born of self-reliance.

The laws of Manu

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

Landor, Walter Savage

No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.

Solon

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

Oppenheimer, Julius Robert

At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.

Jean Houston

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Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.

Prevert, Jacques

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A person is never happy till their vague strivings has itself marked out its proper limitations.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Kant, Immanuel

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Let no one till his death be called unhappy. Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done.

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

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The world's literature and folklore are full of stories that point out how futile it can be to seek happiness. Rather, happiness is a blessing that comes to you as you go along; a treasure that you incidentally find.

Binstock, Louis

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

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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

Lincoln, Abraham

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

Geneen, Harold S.

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It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow.

Cervantes, Miguel De

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But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a person and life they lead.

Camus, Albert

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There is something ridiculous and even quite indecent in an individual claiming to be happy. Still more a people or a nation making such a claim. The pursuit of happiness... is without any question the most fatuous which could possibly be undertaken. This lamentable phrase the pursuit of happiness is responsible for a good part of the ills and miseries of the modern world.

Muggeridge, Malcolm

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Happiness is not a possession to be prized. It is a quality of thought, a state of mind.

Maurier, Daphne Du

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Happiness consists in activity -- it is a running stream, not a stagnant pool.

Mason, John L.

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Happiness doesn't come from doing what we like to do but from liking what we have to do.

Peterson, Wilferd A.

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It is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.

Bentham, Jeremy

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To describe happiness is to diminish it.

Stendhal, Henri B.

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

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I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!

Louise Bogan

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Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

Russell, Bertrand

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Remember that it is nothing to do your duty, that is demanded of you and is no more meritorious than to wash your hands when they are dirty; the only thing that counts is the love of duty; when love and duty are one, then grace is in you and you will enjoy a happiness which passes all understanding.

W. Somerset Maugham

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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 is something that comes into our lives through doors we don't even remember leaving open.

Lane, Rose Wilder

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

Oliphant, Margaret

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Suspicion of happiness is in our blood.

Lucas, E. V.

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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 comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose.

Stossel, John

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Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living!

Bradley, Amanda

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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

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Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower-Author Unknown People need your love the most when they appear to deserve it the least.

Harrigan, John

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Happiness is the light on the water. The water is cold and dark and deep.

Maxwell, William

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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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If you're ever given the choice between happiness and intelligence choose happiness

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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 serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible.

Proust, Marcel

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Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.

Jefferson, Thomas

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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