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Happiness Quotes

"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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"One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child."

"One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child."

Maria Montessori, Italian Educator

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"The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing."

"The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing."

Walter Benjamin, German Critic

Happiness, Beauty, Idea

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"It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will."

"It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will."

L. M. Montgomery, Canadian Author

Happiness, Enjoyment, Perspective, Mindset, Choice

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"I want fame more than I can tell. But more than I want fame I want happiness."

"I want fame more than I can tell. But more than I want fame I want happiness."

Mary MacLane, Canadian Writer

Happiness, Fame, Want

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"90%, 100% are going there to hear the singing. The story is another thing. Nobody's interested in the story. Happiness is happiness."

"90%, 100% are going there to hear the singing. The story is another thing. Nobody's interested in the story. Happiness is happiness."

Cab Calloway, American Musician

Happiness, Singing

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"Feeling sorry for ourselves is the most useless waste of energy on the planet. It does absolutely no good. We can't let our circumstances or what others do or don't do control us. We can decide to be happy regardless."

"Feeling sorry for ourselves is the most useless waste of energy on the planet. It does absolutely no good. We can't let our circumstances or what others do or don't do control us. We can decide to be happy regardless."

Joyce Meyer, American Author

Happiness, Energy, Waste, Circumstance, Control

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"Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best."

"Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best."

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton, British Novelist

Happiness, Virtue, Rest

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"Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops."

"Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Happiness, Feet

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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."

"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."

Marquis de Sade, French Novelist

Happiness, Virtue, Choice, Lies

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"Those who seek happiness miss it, and those who discuss it, lack it."

"Those who seek happiness miss it, and those who discuss it, lack it."

Holbrook Jackson, English Writer

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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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"I come before you to declare that my sex are entitled to the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

"I come before you to declare that my sex are entitled to the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

Victoria Woodhull, American Activist

Happiness, Life, Sex, Liberty

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"For all its terrible faults, in one sense America is still the last, best hope of mankind, because it spells out so vividly the kind of happiness that most people actually want, regardless of what they are told they ought to want."

"For all its terrible faults, in one sense America is still the last, best hope of mankind, because it spells out so vividly the kind of happiness that most people actually want, regardless of what they are told they ought to want."

Ferdinand Mount, British Writer

Happiness, People, Hope, America

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"There is happiness in duty, although it may not seem so."

"There is happiness in duty, although it may not seem so."

Jose Marti, Cuban Activist

Happiness, Duty, May

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"Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory."

"Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory."

Norman Vincent Peale, American Clergyman

Happiness, Life, Victory, Fighting

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"Happiness comes from... some curious adjustment to life."

"Happiness comes from... some curious adjustment to life."

Hugh Walpole, New Zealander Writer

Happiness, Life, Newzealander

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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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"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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"The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery."

"The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery."

Frederick Douglass, American Author

Happiness, Man, Misery

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

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

Ogden Nash, American Poet

Happiness, Control

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"There are enough blessings for everyone. You need to reach out for yours."

"There are enough blessings for everyone. You need to reach out for yours."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Happiness, Blessings, Reach, Gratitude

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"Is happiness a sort of blissful state of mind or just a kind of surreal propensity? It may be hard to recognize its very nature, if we remain guilelessly confined in a state of woeful unawareness or in a no-man's-land of emotions. In their dogged and obstinate quest for the zenith of happiness, many forget to take pleasure in the small things of everyday and, thus, become disgruntled and depressed instead, which leads them to a mire of gloom. ['C'est quand le bonheur ']"

"Is happiness a sort of blissful state of mind or just a kind of surreal propensity? It may be hard to recognize its very nature, if we remain guilelessly confined in a state of woeful unawareness or in a no-man's-land of emotions. In their dogged and obstinate quest for the zenith of happiness, many forget to take pleasure in the small things of everyday and, thus, become disgruntled and depressed instead, which leads them to a mire of gloom. ['C'est quand le bonheur ']"

Erik Pevernagie, Belgian Author

Happiness, Awareness, Quest, Emotion

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"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 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."

James Allen, British Author

Happiness, Health, Being, Man

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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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"When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you."

"When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you."

Arthur Ashe, American Athlete

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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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"There is a set of religious, or rather moral, writings which teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery in this world. A very wholesome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but one objection, namely, that it is not true."

"There is a set of religious, or rather moral, writings which teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery in this world. A very wholesome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but one objection, namely, that it is not true."

Francois Fenelon, French Clergyman

Happiness, Virtue, Doctrine, Misery

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

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

Daphne du Maurier, English Novelist

Happiness, Quality, Thought, Mind

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"Death for the Christian is the doorway to heaven's glory. Because of Christ's resurrection we can joyously say with Paul, “Where, O death, is your victory?” [1 Corinthians 15:55 NIV]."

"Death for the Christian is the doorway to heaven's glory. Because of Christ's resurrection we can joyously say with Paul, “Where, O death, is your victory?” [1 Corinthians 15:55 NIV]."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Happiness, Christian, Cheerfulness, Doorway

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"Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste."

"Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste."

Logan P. Smith, American Writer

Happiness, Taste, Wine

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"Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections."

"Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections."

Joseph Butler, English Clergyman

Happiness, Nature, Enjoyment, Satisfaction

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"I am deeply convinced that happiness does not exist in this world."

"I am deeply convinced that happiness does not exist in this world."

Taylor Caldwell, American Author

Happiness, World

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"Being rich and famous isn't all happiness and at times the pressures have got to me."

"Being rich and famous isn't all happiness and at times the pressures have got to me."

Annni-Frid Lyngstad, Swedish Singer

Happiness, Being, Famous

8

"All people desire what they believe will make them happy. If a person is not full of desire for God, we can only conclude that he is engaged with another happiness."

"All people desire what they believe will make them happy. If a person is not full of desire for God, we can only conclude that he is engaged with another happiness."

William Law, English Clergyman

Happiness, God, People, Desire

8

"We're constantly striving for success, fame and comfort when all we really need to be happy is someone or some thing to be enthusiastic about."

"We're constantly striving for success, fame and comfort when all we really need to be happy is someone or some thing to be enthusiastic about."

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., American Author

Happiness, Success, Comfort, Fame

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"Happiness is like a cloud, if you stare at it long enough, it evaporates."

"Happiness is like a cloud, if you stare at it long enough, it evaporates."

Sarah McLachlan, Canadian Musician

8

"There is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving."

"There is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving."

Henry Drummond, Scottish Writer

Happiness, Giving

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"Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so."

"Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so."

Robert Green Ingersoll, American Lawyer

Happiness, Time, Now

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"Happiness has a bad rap. People say it shouldn't be your goal in life. Oh, yes it should."

"Happiness has a bad rap. People say it shouldn't be your goal in life. Oh, yes it should."

Richard Dreyfuss, American Actor

Happiness, Life, People, Goal

8

"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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"Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse."

"Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse."

Adam Smith, Scottish Economist

8

"It's obvious, but perhaps worth saying, that happiness has virtually nothing to do with the state of your intellect."

"It's obvious, but perhaps worth saying, that happiness has virtually nothing to do with the state of your intellect."

Daniel Keys Moran, American Writer

Happiness, Intellect, Nothing, Obvious

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"Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day."

"Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day."

Benjamin Franklin, American Politician

Happiness, Day, Fortune

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"The greatest happiness comes from being vitally interested in something that excites all your energies."

"The greatest happiness comes from being vitally interested in something that excites all your energies."

Walter Annenberg, American Businessman

Happiness, Being

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"Happiness does not consist in self-love."

"Happiness does not consist in self-love."

Joseph Butler, English Clergyman

Happiness, Self

8

"Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours."

"Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours."

Dale Carnegie, American Writer

Happiness, Work, Thought, Heart

8

"Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens."

"Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens."

Douglas William Jerrold, English Dramatist

Happiness, Gardens, Strangers

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"It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is."

"It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is."

Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch Philosopher

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