Motivational Quotes

Happiness

Happiness is a journey not a destination.

- Sweetland, Ben

Best Quotes about Happiness

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

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

No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.

Angelis, Barbara De

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

Christopher Morley

A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can stop him.

Solzhenitsyn, Alexander

Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.

Dumas, Alexandre

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

Lao-Tzu

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

Carnegie, Dale

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

Camus, Albert

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

Camus, Albert

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If you deliberately plan on being less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life.

Maslow, Abraham H.

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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 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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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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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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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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It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in the happiness of pursuit.

Waitley, Denis

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

Hoffer, Eric

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The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.

C. P. Snow

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We are no longer happy as soon as we wish to be happier.

Landor, Walter Savage

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

Nash, Ogden

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Happiness is never stopping to think if you are.

Sondreal, Palmer

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The world will never be long without some good reason to hate the unhappy; their real faults are immediately detected, and if those are not sufficient to sink them into infamy, an additional weight of calumny will be super added.

Johnson, Samuel

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

Addison, Joseph

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

Byron, Lord

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

Mill, John Stuart

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

Boone, Daniel

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

Prevert, Jacques

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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 a journey not a destination.

Sweetland, Ben

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Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.

Josh Billings

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Very little is needed to make a happy life.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

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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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Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization.

Sade, Marquis De

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Happiness is a sort of action.

Aristotle

37.

The secret of happiness is something to do.

Burroughs, John

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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

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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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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.

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

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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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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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Talk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woe.

Marden, Orison Swett

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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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Be open to your happiness and sadness as they arise.

Thomas, John M.

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Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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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

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Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed. which give happiness. Thomas Jefferson We never enjoy perfect happiness; our most fortunate successes are mingled with sadness; some anxieties always perplex the reality of our satisfaction.

James, William

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

Rockefeller, John D.