Happiness Quotes

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.

Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.

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

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may be.

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

Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided.

My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.

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

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.

No period of my life has been one of such unmixed happiness as the four years which have been spent within college walls.

When you're passionate about something, you want it to be all it can be. But in the endgame of life, I fundamentally believe the key to happiness is letting go of that idea of perfection.

There is even a happiness - that makes the heart afraid.

All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.

The People have a right to the Truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

Our principles are the springs of our actions. Our actions, the springs of our happiness or misery. Too much care, therefore, cannot be taken in forming our principles.

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.

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

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.

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.

I will never forget my beautiful days with you in Shanklin, they are certainly the most pleasant ones of my life. Look, I have tears in my eyes just to think about it. I am furious to be here, it is the end of happiness for a whole year.

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.

There is only one real happiness in life, and that is the happiness of creating.

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.

But if you believe in Christ and that your main goal with your life is supposed to be to honor Him and do His will, then you don't have as much pressure as someone who bases all their happiness on whether they're a movie star.

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.

In civilized life, where the happiness and indeed almost the existence of man, depends on the opinion of his fellow men. He is constantly acting a studied part.

Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.

I always had a larger view. I'm interested in real life - my family, my friends. I have tried never to define myself by my success, whatever that is. My happiness is way beyond roles and awards.