Happiness Quotes
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We’re young, we’re not monsters, no fools: we’ll conquer happiness for ourselves.
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[I]t is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible.
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I don't know what happiness is. I don't know what sweet caress is. Still, I'm always laughing like a clown.
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One day it dawned on her that life was not going to happen some time in the future. She realized that her happiness was right here and now.
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Happiness is not found, it is created. Happiness does not depend on all that we lack, but on the way in which we use all that we have.
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With all respect to Mr. Jefferson, I would put the pursuit of wisdom ahead of the pursuit of happiness.
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While I gave up God a long time ago, I never shook the habit of wanting to believe in something. So I replaced my creed of everlasting life with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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There is no key to happiness; the door is always open
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There is no light without shadow, just as there is no happiness without pain.
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I have a talent for happiness. I look with the eyes of a painter, and I see beauty.
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Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. It can be argued that peace and happiness comes from the subjective internalised perspective of realizing things could be worse and being grateful they aren't. The alternative view that peace and happiness comes from the objective external perspective of having more and better things than at present, while important for growth, can be a never-ending source of jealousy, dissatisfaction and disappointment. A balance of the two, where people are grateful for what they have while striving for more seems the best blended perspective.
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One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.
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The older you get, the more you realize that kindness is synonymous with happiness
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Whatever worldly thing we may covet-zealously striving to obtain and then retain-never seems to bring an end to our desires. Covetousness, envy, jealousy, and greed always escalate into a vicious spiral, as we seek greater and greater gratification but find less and less contentment. . . . Striving to acquire the things of the world not only does not bring lasting happiness and peace, but it drives us to seek more. When "all we've ever wanted" is grounded in the temporal trappings of this world, it is never enough!
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So this is happiness, that journeyman.
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Real happiness comes from inside. Nobody can give it to you.
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I believe that happiness consists in having a destiny in keeping with our abilities. Our desires are things of the moment, often harmful even to ourselves; but our abilities are permanent, and their demands never cease.
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Everyone needs resilience. It's a virtue essential to growth and essential to happiness.
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When humor goes, there goes civilization.
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Have you not sometimes seen happiness? Yes, the happiness of others.
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So in every individual the two trends, one towards personal happiness and the other unity with the rest of humanity, must contend with each other.
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The triumph can't be had without the struggle.
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If God contains the fullness of all good things in Himself like an inexhaustible fountain, nothing beyond Him is to be sought by those who strike after the highest good and all the elements of happiness.
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Great happiness, and mingled therefor with bitter sorrow. It is not by enthusiasm but by tactics that we defeat a foe.
