Happiness Quotes
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Happiness and sadness are just two eternal truths like day and night. A man of superior intellect is never affected by these emotions. They are not base emotions at all but a reflection of our thoughts, a reaction to our perspective on things we see, hear and do. Equanimity is not only desirable in a warrior, but a must. Without it, you are as good as dead in the battlefield.
Anand Neelakantan
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Interest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous.
Georgia O'Keeffe
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I used to believe the purpose in life is to find happiness. I don’t believe that anymore. I believe we are all given gifts from our Father, and that our purpose is to offer them to Him. He knows how He wants us to use them.
Francine Rivers
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As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relinquishing of labour.
Anthony Trollope
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The power of procreation is not an incidental part of the plan; it is the plan of happiness.
Boyd K. Packer
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There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.
George Sand
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Man's happiness really lies in contentment.
Mahatma Gandhi
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All equally see in the convulsion in America an era in the history of the world, out of which must come in the end a general recognition of the right of mankind to the produce of their labor and the pursuit of happiness.
Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
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Wickedness never did, never does, never will bring us happiness.
Ezra Taft Benson
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Wisdom can boast no higher attainment than happiness.
Ann Radcliffe
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Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Melody Beattie
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Our impulses are our birthright. To alter personality would be unjust, almost criminal, for the impulses that make a fool or worse of us in certain circumstances may be necessary for our happiness.
Gertrude Atherton
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Smile ..... Expand HappinesS.
Enrique Rocha
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I learned that money's not happiness. The more famous I am and the more money I make, the closer I stay to my family and friends that I've known since junior high school. True happiness to me is the connection with fellow human beings I've known for a long time.
Dat Phan
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Happiness worth having is the warm glow that comes from investing ourselves in the world around us, come what may. It cannot be passively consumed or gulped down like a sugary drink. Happiness must be created by own ingenuity.
Nick Baylis
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You can make yourself happy or miserable - it's the same amount of effort.
Ray Bradbury
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Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a pure mind, happiness will follow you, as a shadow clings to a form.
Gautama Buddha
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I don't feel any vulgar gratitude to you[for helping me]. I almost feel as if You ought to be grateful to ME, for giving you the opportunity of enjoying the luxury of generosity. . . I may have come into the world expressly for the purpose of increasing your stock of happiness. I may have been born to be a benefactor to you, by giving you an opportunity of assisting me.
Charles Dickens
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There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.
William Shakespeare
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Never blame anyone in life. The good people give you happiness. The worst people give you a lesson. The best people give you memories.
Ziad K. Abdelnour
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You reach peaks only to see there's another greater peak beyond it. Suddenly that one looks like it'd have a much better view. It's an endless cycle of going toward things that you think will provide you happiness. At the end of the day, right now, right here, wherever you are, you can make a choice to be present and happy and fulfilled.
Eric Lange
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Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.
Gautama Buddha
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Each state of life has its special duties; by their accomplishments one may find happiness.
Nicholas of Flue
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If you were to give me forty such men, I never could be so happy as you. Till I have your disposition, your goodness, I never can have your happiness. No, no, let me shift for myself; and, perhaps, if I have very good luck, I may meet with another Mr. Collins in time.
Jane Austen