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Happiness Quotes


"It's good to follow the path of personal happiness to some extent. People tend to get upset however when you drive a steamroller down it."


"It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness."


"You've got to ask! Asking is, in my opinion, the world's most powerful - and neglected - secret to success and happiness."


"Happiness, or misery, is in the mind. It is the mind that lives."


"We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another in an endless series."


"I start to think there really is no cure for depression, that happiness is an ongoing battle, and I wonder if it isn't one I'll have to fight for as long as I live. I wonder if it's worth it."


"Let us look around with a compassionate heart to feel and see the deepest joy of life."



"True happiness is devoid of any illusion."


"Happiness is a state of mind, a choice, a way of living; it is not something to be achieved, it is something to be experienced."


"The heart knows all the sacredness of happiness."


"Happiness is realizing that nothing is too important."


"If you have life, smile and pursue life! Don't keep your smile; keep smiling! We only need just one great thing in life, and that is life! All else are mere wants to gratify and beautify life. The real beauty of life is in having life and knowing what real life is all about!"


"Our happiness should not depend on external things, it is the expression of internal attitudes."


"Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing."


"Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product."


"The happiness which is lacking makes one think even the happiness one has unbearable."


"Our thoughts and our happiness are inseparable. Our happiness depends on our thoughts."


"The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness."


"Happiness is the longing for repetition."


"We travel to see beautiful places and to meet great souls."


"The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us."


"Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy."


"The secret of happiness is unconditional acceptance."


"Happiness is a real, objective phenomenon, scientifically verifiable. That means people and whole societies can now be measured over time and compared accurately with one another. Causes and cures for unhappiness can be quantified."


"Happiness is a hard master, particularly other people's happiness."


"Without prosperity the fullness of human happiness is not possible."


"We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are."


"Happiness consists in activity. It is a running steam, not a stagnant pool."


"You know the passage where Scarlett voices her happiness that her mother is dead, so that she can't see what a bad girl Scarlett has become? Well, that's me."


"I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true."


"Your blessings far outnumber your bitterness."
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