Happiness quotes
A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer of the man with his surroundings.
A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.
All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
All who would win joy, must share it; happiness was born a twin.
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
Beauty is the promise of happiness.
But happiness is no respecter of persons.
Different men seek ... happiness in different ways and by different means.
Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.
Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
Grief and sadness knits two hearts in closer bonds that happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger than common joys.
Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
Happiness can exist only in acceptance.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude
Happiness for a reason is just another form of misery because the reason can be taken away from us at any time.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized.
Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.
Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.
Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.
Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity.
Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.
Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.
I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, we all are seeking something better in life. So, I think, the very motion of our life is towards happiness
I finally understood what true love meant...love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.
I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
I will not be afraid because I understand... And understanding is happiness.
It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.
It is very queer that the unhappiness of the world is so often brought on by small men.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.
Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.
No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.
One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.
Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.
Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.
Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think
Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now
The day of individual happiness has passed
The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion
The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful.
The happiness of society is the end of government.
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .
The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the interests of the governed, not for the governors.
The trouble is that people seem to expect happiness in life. I can't imagine why; but they do. They are unhappy before they marry, and they imagine to themselves that the reason of their unhappiness will be removed when they are married. When it isn't they blame the other person, which is clearly absurd. I believe that is what generally starts the trouble.
The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.
There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.
Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.
Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
True happiness...is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.
You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.
Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.