Happiness
Happiness is often the result of being too busy to be miserable anonymous
The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one has to do Sir James M. Barrie
It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is Erasmus
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony Mahatma Gandhi
It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself Thomas Paine
Happy is the man who ventures boldly to defend what he holds dear Ovid
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do Freya Stark
Happiness is not a horse, you cannot harness it Chinese proverb
Happiness is something you get as a by-product in the process of making something else Aldous Huxley
If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time Edith Wharton
Happiness must not be sought for; when what disturbs passes away, happiness comes of itself The Gospel According To Zen
Happiness is like a cat. If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you. It will never come. But if you pay no attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing against your legs and jumping into your lap. William Bennett
It is the very pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness Viktor Frankel
Happiness and beauty are by-products. Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty. George Bernard Shaw
The principles we live by, in business and in social life, are the most important part of happiness Harry Harrison
One must never look for happiness: one meets it by the way Isabelle Eberhardt
Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us on a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. Follow some other object, and very possibly we may find that we have caught happiness without dreaming of it. Nathaniel Hawthorne
They seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if they had surprised a butterfly in the winter woods Edith Wharton
Happiness comes most to persons who seek it least, and think least about it. It is not an object to be sought, it is a state to be induced. It must follow and not lead. It must overtake you, and not you overtake it. John Burroughs
If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her nose all the time Josh Billings
Happiness is experienced when your life gives you what you are willing to accept Ken Keyes, Jr.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness George Santayana
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action William James
To attain happiness in another world we need only to believe something; to secure it in this world, we must do something Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Happiness comes from…some curious adjustment to life Hugh Walpole
Life is not always what one wants it to be, but to make the best of it as it is, is the only way of being happy Jennie Jerome Churchill
The busiest man is the happiest man Sir Theodore Martin
The happiest people are those who are too busy to notice whether they are or not William Feather
When we…devote ourselves to the strict and unsparing performance of duty, then happiness comes of itself Wilhelm von Humboldt
He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper; but he is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstances David Hume
Happy is he who learns to bear what he cannot change! J.C.F. von Schiller
To fill the hour, and leave no crevice…that is happiness Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happiness is action David Thomas
Happiness…can exist only in acceptance Denis De Rougemont
But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? Albert Camus
That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own esteem Samuel Johnson
Happiness lies in the fulfillment of the spirit through the body Cyrol Connolly
True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one's self. But the point is not only to get out, you must stay out. And to stay out, you must have some absorbing errand. Henry James
True happiness…is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose Helen Keller
Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is at their heels Bertolt Brecht
Happiness walks on busy feet Kitte Turmell
Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled Dr. Benjamin Spock
The formula for complete happiness is to be very busy A. Edward Newton
Happiness is the natural flower of duty Phillips Brooks
The only way to happiness is never to give happiness a thought Elton Trueblood
Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product Eleanor Roosevelt
Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions Aristotle
If you observe a really happy man, you will find…that he is happy in the course of living life twenty-four crowded hours of each day W. Beran Wolfe
To be busy is man's only happiness Mark Twain
Our actions are the springs of our happiness or misery Philip Skelton
The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose William Cowper
Deliberately to pursue happiness is not the surest way of achieving it. Seek it for its own sake and I doubt whether you will find it. Robert J. McCracken
We must be doing something to be happy William Hazlitt
A man's happiness: to do the things proper to a man Marcus Aurelius
Seek to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you James Freeman Clarke
Happiness is never stopping to think if you are Palmer Sondreal
Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it William Feather
Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness Chuang-Tse
Happiness is a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you Nathaniel Hawthorne
Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness Lao-tzu
Happiness is not in our circumstances, but in ourselves. It is not something we see, like a rainbow, or feel, like the heat of a fire. Happiness is something we are. John B. Sheerin
I don't think that…one gets a flash of happiness once, and never again; it is there within you, and it will come as certainly as death Isak Dinesen
If you pursue happiness you'll never find it C.P. Snow
The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so William Ralph Inge
A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature Marcus Annaeus Seneca
Those who seek happiness miss it, and those who discuss it, lack it Holbrook Jackson
Most true happiness comes from one's inner life, from the disposition of the mind and soul. Admittedly, a good inner life is difficult to achieve, especially in these trying times. It takes reflection and contemplation and self-discipline. W.L. Shirer
To live happily is an inward power of the soul Marcus Aurelius
It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first. The very condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside self Hugh Black
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere Agnes Repplier
True happiness…arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions. Joseph Addison
What can be added to the happiness of man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience? Adam Smith
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed Storm Jameson
If a man has important work, and enough leisure and income to enable him to do it properly, he is in possession of as much happiness as is good for any of the children of Adam R.H. Tawney
The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love and something to hope for Joseph Addison
Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation and freedom in all just pursuits Thomas Jefferson
If thou workest at that which is before thee…expecting nothing, fearing nothing, but satisfied with the present activity according to Nature, and with heroic truth in every word and sound which thou utterest, thou wilt live happy. And there is no man who is able to prevent this. Marcus Aurelius
I believe the recipe for happiness to be just enough money to pay the monthly bills you acquire, a little surplus to give you confidence, a little too much work each day, enthusiasm for your work, a substantial share of good health, a couple of real friends and a wife and children to share life's beauty with you J. Kenfield Morley
To make a man happy, fill his hands with work, his heart with affection, his mind with purpose, his memory with useful knowledge, his future with hope, and his stomach with food Frederick E. Crane
The secret of happiness...is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm, always lucid, always willing "to be joined to the universe without being more conscious of it than an idiot," to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore Cyril Connolly
Some pursue happiness, others create it anonymous
Man is the artificer of his own happiness Henry David Thoreau
Like swimming, riding, writing or playing golf, happiness can be learned Dr. Boris Sokoloff
To be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others bespeaks a more lamentable poverty than that of him who begs his daily bread Charles Caleb Colton
The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depend upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily Plato
It is not the level of prosperity that makes for happiness but the kinship of heart to heart and the way we look at the world. Both attitudes are within our power, so that a man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy, and no one can stop him Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Being happy is something you have to learn. I often surprise myself by saying, "Wow, this is it. I guess I'm happy. I've got a home that I love. A career that I love. I'm even feeling more and more at peace with myself." If there's something else to happiness, let me know. I'm ambitious for that, too. Harrison Ford
Happiness, happiness...the flavor is with you - with you alone, and you can make it as intoxicating as you please Joseph Conrad
The U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. Benjamin Franklin
I'm happier...I guess I made up my mind to be that way Merle Haggard
Happiness belongs to those who are sufficient unto themselves. For all external sources of happiness and pleasure are, by their very nature, highly uncertain, precarious, ephemeral and subject to chance. Arthur Schopenhauer
The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things Epictetus
When I have been unhappy, I have heard an opera...and it seemed the shrieking of winds; when I am happy, a sparrow's chirp is delicious to me. But it is not the chirp that makes me happy, but I that make it sweet. John Ruskin
One is happy as a result of one's own efforts - once one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness - simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self-denial to a point, love of work, and, above all, a clear conscience. George Sand
False happiness is like false money; it passes for a long time as well as the true, and serves some ordinary occasions; but when it is brought to the touch, we find the lightness and alloy, and feel the loss. Alexander Pope
Few are they who have never had the chance to achieve happiness…and fewer those who have taken that chance André Maurois
Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth William Blake
Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit Hosea Ballou
Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be taken in small doses Russell Baker
Don't mistake pleasures for happiness. They are a different breed of dog. Josh Billings
Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think Alexander Pope
False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared. Charles de Montesquieu
Different men seek...happiness in different ways and by different means Aristotle
We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same Anne Frank
Happiness...leads none of us by the same route Charles Caleb Colton
Happiness, to some, is elation; to others it is mere stagnation Amy Lowell
The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings Robert Louis Stevenson
Even the lowliest, provided he is whole, can be happy, and in his own way, perfect Johann von Goethe
All men have happiness as their object; there are no exceptions. However different the means they employ, they aim at the same end. Blaise Pascal
Make us happy and you make us good Robert Browning
The pursuit of happiness...is the greatest feat man has to accomplish Robert Henri
Everyone, without exception, is searching for happiness Blaise Pascal
The right to happiness is fundamental Anna Pavlova
If you want to die happily, learn to live; if you would live happily, learn to die Celio Calcagnini
There is no duty so much underrated as the duty of being happy Robert Louis Stevenson
Not only is there a right to be happy, there is a duty to be happy. So much sadness exists in the world that we are all under obligation to contribute as much joy as lies within our powers. John Sutherland Bonell
Happiness hates the timid! Eugene O'Neill
Happiness comes more from loving than being loved; and often when our affection seems wounded it is only our vanity bleeding. To love, and to be hurt often, and to love again - this is the brave and happy life. J.E. Buchrose
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence Aristotle
Men are made for happiness, and anyone who is completely happy has a right to say to himself: "I am doing God's will on earth." Anton Chekhov
Happiness is the only sanction in life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lementable experiment George Santayana
When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse. Sophocles
Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead Scottish proverb
One is never as happy or as unhappy as he thinks La Rochefoucauld
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will Epictetus
Even if we can't be happy, we must always be cheerful Irving Kristol
It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed Kin Hubbard
The sole cause of man's unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his room Blaise Pascal
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be Abraham Lincoln
Hold him alone truly fortunate who has ended his life in happy well-being Aeschylus
To find out what one is fitted to do and to secure an opportunity to do it is the key to happiness John Dewey
Happiness sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open John Barrymore
No man is happy who does not think himself so Marcus Aurelius
Happiness is at once the best, the noblest and the pleasantest of things Aristotle
Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length Robert Frost
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved Victor Hugo
The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little soon forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment, and the countless infinitesimals of pleasurable and genial feeling Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Oh, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes William Shakespeare
What is given by the gods more desireable than a happy hour? Catallus
Happiness depends upon ourselves Aristotle