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Happiness Quotes


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


"To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea."


"Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself."


"Relaxation is the beginning of creativity."


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


"I don't think that sin and pursuing happiness are not necessarily the same thing."



"Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude."


"Could a government dare to set out with happiness as its goal? Now that there are accepted scientific proofs, it would be easy to audit the progress of national happiness annually, just as we monitor money and GDP."


"Happiness will come from materialism, not from meaning."


"Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness."


"Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty."


"Every single day, no matter who you meet in the day - friends, family, work colleagues, strangers - give joy to them. Give a smile or a compliment or kind words or kind actions, but give joy! Do your best to make sure that every single person you meet has a better day because they saw you."


"See to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you."


"If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem."


"Let happiness bloomIn the freshness of your mind,In the gentle wind of your thoughts.On the ground of kindness and compassion."


"In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness - otherwise how would you know when you're happy?"


"If I have to apply five turns to the screw each day for the happiness of Argentina, I will do it."


"Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted."


"It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him."


"To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness."


"Humour sustains us during failure; more so after success, when we're prone to fail that much more, daring abyss, pumped up with success."


"Unquestionably, it is possible to do without happiness; it is done involuntarily by nineteen-twentieths of mankind."


"So, after awhile, you can only get so much happiness from a guy who's drunk come up and tell you you're great."



"A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness."


"To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him."


"If someone has a really great boyfriend or career, I think, it's cool that happens."


"The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number."


"It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere."
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