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Happiness Quotes

"Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon."

"Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon."

Billy Wilder, American Director

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"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 butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."

Nathaniel Hawthorne, American Novelist

Happiness, May, Will

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"All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin."

"All who joy would win must share it. Happiness was born a Twin."

Lord Byron, British Poet

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"Try to put your happiness before anyone else's, because you may never have done so in your entire life, if you really think about it, if you are really honest with yourself."

"Try to put your happiness before anyone else's, because you may never have done so in your entire life, if you really think about it, if you are really honest with yourself."

Margaret Cho, American Comedian

Happiness, Life, May

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"Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of human life."

"Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of human life."

Alexander Smith, Scottish Poet

Happiness, Life, Misery, Trifles

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"Happiness is brief It will not stay. God batters at its sails."

"Happiness is brief It will not stay. God batters at its sails."

Euripides, Greek Poet

Happiness, Life, God, Spiritual

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"Unhappiness is the resultant of what you desire and happiness of what you don't."

"Unhappiness is the resultant of what you desire and happiness of what you don't."

Amit Abraham, Indian Motivational Speaker

Happiness, Desire, Contentment, Unhappiness

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"I felt so damn happy all of a sudden, the way old Phoebe kept going around and around. I was damn near bawling, I felt so damn happy, if you want to know the truth."

"I felt so damn happy all of a sudden, the way old Phoebe kept going around and around. I was damn near bawling, I felt so damn happy, if you want to know the truth."

J. D. Salinger, American Novelist

Happiness, Emotion, Youth, Joy

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"Happiness has to do with reason, and only reason earns it."

"Happiness has to do with reason, and only reason earns it."

Ursula K. Le Guin, American Writer

Happiness, Reason, Mind, Emotion

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"Independence is happiness."

"Independence is happiness."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

Happiness, Independence

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"The cause of justice is the cause of humanity. Its advocates should overflow with universal good will. We should love this cause, for it conduces to the general happiness of mankind."

"The cause of justice is the cause of humanity. Its advocates should overflow with universal good will. We should love this cause, for it conduces to the general happiness of mankind."

William Godwin, English Writer

Happiness, Love, Cause, Humanity

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"Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulders..."

"Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulders..."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Happiness, Attention, Pursuit, Peace

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"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."

"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."

Soren Kierkegaard, Danish Philosopher

Happiness, Being, Lies, Man

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"There isn't a single definition of happiness to suit everyone's requirements, but you know it when you feel it."

"There isn't a single definition of happiness to suit everyone's requirements, but you know it when you feel it."

Mensah Oteh, Nigerian Author

Happiness, Emotion, Life, Feeling

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"Fame is indeed beautiful and benign and gentle and satisfying, but happiness is something at once tender and brilliant beyond all things."

"Fame is indeed beautiful and benign and gentle and satisfying, but happiness is something at once tender and brilliant beyond all things."

Mary MacLane, Canadian Writer

Happiness, Fame

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"To be happy, find out what is making you unhappy and change that. Reverse, RE-CHOICE and REJOICE!"

"To be happy, find out what is making you unhappy and change that. Reverse, RE-CHOICE and REJOICE!"

R.V.M., Indian Author

Happiness, Change, Choice, Joy

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"Try to make at least one person happy every day. If you cannot do a kind deed, speak a kind word. If you cannot speak a kind word, think a kind thought. Count up, if you can, the treasure of happiness that you would dispense in a week, in a year, in a lifetime!"

"Try to make at least one person happy every day. If you cannot do a kind deed, speak a kind word. If you cannot speak a kind word, think a kind thought. Count up, if you can, the treasure of happiness that you would dispense in a week, in a year, in a lifetime!"

Lawrence G. Lovasik, American Clergyman

Happiness, Thought, Day, Deed

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"You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all."

"You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all."

Horace, Roman Poet

Happiness, Man, Mind, World

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"To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to have deserved it."

"To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to have deserved it."

Victor Hugo, French Author

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"Happy is an adult word. You don't have to ask a child about happy, you see it. They are or they are not. Adults talk about being happy because largely they are not. Talking about it is the same as trying to catch the wind. Much easier to let it blow all over you."

"Happy is an adult word. You don't have to ask a child about happy, you see it. They are or they are not. Adults talk about being happy because largely they are not. Talking about it is the same as trying to catch the wind. Much easier to let it blow all over you."

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

Happiness, Childhood, Truth, Reality

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"Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them."

"Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them."

Steve Maraboli, American Author

Happiness, Problems, Ability, Coping

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"Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance."

"Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance."

Jane Austen, British Writer

Happiness, Marriage, Chance

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"Happiness, as is evident, depends partly upon external circumstances and partly upon oneself."

"Happiness, as is evident, depends partly upon external circumstances and partly upon oneself."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

Happiness, Self, Choice, Joy

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"The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are but different means chosen to arrive at it."

"The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are but different means chosen to arrive at it."

Hannah Arendt, German Historian

Happiness, Men, Desire, End

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"All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast."

"All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast."

John Gunther, American Journalist

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"The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mode of happiness, but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed by the change; happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up."

"The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mode of happiness, but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed by the change; happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up."

Charles Morgan, British Novelist

Happiness, Art, Change, Being

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"I visited those friends who'd just had a baby, and she was washing dishes and he was cleaning the house, and I burst with happiness. And in their minds, they were in this terrible domestic rut."

"I visited those friends who'd just had a baby, and she was washing dishes and he was cleaning the house, and I burst with happiness. And in their minds, they were in this terrible domestic rut."

Josh Lucas, American Actor

Happiness, Baby, Friends

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"I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy."

"I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy."

John Burroughs, American Author

Happiness, Work, Open

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"Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness."

"Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Happiness, Curiosity, Secrets

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"I guess happiness is not a state you want to be in all the time."

"I guess happiness is not a state you want to be in all the time."

John Belushi, American Comedian

Happiness, Time, State, Want

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"Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates."

"Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates."

Dag Hammarskjold, Swedish Diplomat

Happiness, Maturity, Play

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"Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all."

"Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all."

Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American Writer

Happiness, Humor, Courage, Strength

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"To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness."

"To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness."

J. B. Priestley, British Writer

Happiness, Delight

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"There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved."

"There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved."

George Sand, French Novelist

Happiness, Love, Life

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"Feminism's agenda is basic: It asks that women not be forced to choose between public justice and private happiness."

"Feminism's agenda is basic: It asks that women not be forced to choose between public justice and private happiness."

Susan Faludi, American Writer

Happiness, Women, Feminism, Justice

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"The life and liberty and property and happiness of the common man throughout the world are at the absolute mercy of a few persons whom he has never seen, involved in complicated quarrels that he has never heard of."

"The life and liberty and property and happiness of the common man throughout the world are at the absolute mercy of a few persons whom he has never seen, involved in complicated quarrels that he has never heard of."

Gilbert Murray, British Diplomat

Happiness, Life, Liberty, Man

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"I have a theory that the secret of marital happiness is simple: drink in different pubs to your other half."

"I have a theory that the secret of marital happiness is simple: drink in different pubs to your other half."

Jilly Cooper, British Author

Happiness, Theory

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"You believe happiness to be derived from the place in which once you have been happy, but in truth it is centered in ourselves."

"You believe happiness to be derived from the place in which once you have been happy, but in truth it is centered in ourselves."

Franz Schubert, Austrian Composer

Happiness, Truth

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"Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy."

"Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy."

Benjamin Franklin, American Politician

Happiness, God, Proof, Wine

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"The day of individual happiness has passed."

"The day of individual happiness has passed."

Adolf Hitler, German Criminal

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"Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit, to become delightful happiness must be tainted with poison."

"Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit, to become delightful happiness must be tainted with poison."

Georges Bataille, French Writer

Happiness, Pleasure, Poison

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"Happiness doesn't depend on how much you have to enjoy, but how much you enjoy what you have."

"Happiness doesn't depend on how much you have to enjoy, but how much you enjoy what you have."

Tom Wilson, American Cartoonist

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"No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities."

"No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities."

Christian Nestell Bovee, American Author

Happiness, Delusion, Man

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"Happiness does not consist in self-love."

"Happiness does not consist in self-love."

Joseph Butler, English Clergyman

Happiness, Self

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"Happiness is the absence of suffering. I think it's an interesting way of looking at it. I think the absence of suffering exists very rarely in the world we live in."

"Happiness is the absence of suffering. I think it's an interesting way of looking at it. I think the absence of suffering exists very rarely in the world we live in."

Julie Christie, British Actress

Happiness, Absence, Suffering, World

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"An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves."

"An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves."

Lydia M. Child, American Activist

Happiness, Effort

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"So many people have said that to me, that what they really like about Alex is what she brings out in Marissa, and what this situation brings out in her, a hint of happiness and another side to her character."

"So many people have said that to me, that what they really like about Alex is what she brings out in Marissa, and what this situation brings out in her, a hint of happiness and another side to her character."

Olivia Wilde, American Actress

Happiness, People, Character

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"The most simple things can bring the most happiness."

"The most simple things can bring the most happiness."

Izabella Scorupco, Polish Actress

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"Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table. It is essential for physical and mental health and for happiness."

"Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table. It is essential for physical and mental health and for happiness."

Louise Hart, American Psychologist

Happiness, Health, Mental health, Self

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"Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever."

"Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever."

John Ruskin, English Writer

Happiness, Love, Hope, Man

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