983 private quotes tagged happiness

“Happiness is a by-product. You cannot pursue it by itself.” — Sam Levenson

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“The world is full of a lot of fear and a lot of negativity, and a lot of judgment. I just think people need to start shifting into joy and happiness. As corny as it sounds, we need to make a shift.” — Ellen DeGeneres

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“Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.” — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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“I don't think that sin and pursuing happiness are not necessarily the same thing.” — Dan Savage

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“The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.” — William Morris

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“I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true.” — Audrey Hepburn

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“The slave may be happy, but happiness is not enough.” — Herbert Read

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“To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her marriage: what could possibly be more prestigious?” — Christopher Hampton

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“You always hear the phrase, money doesn't buy you happiness. But I always in the back of my mind figured a lot of money will buy you a little bit of happiness. But it's not really true. I got a new car because the old one's lease expired.” — Sergey Brin

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“I used to wonder if it was God's plan that I should be alone for so much of my life. But I found peace. I found happiness within people and the world.” — Lana Del Rey

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“Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.” — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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“One's happiness depends less on what he knows than on what he feels.” — Liberty Hyde Bailey

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“The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.” — Chuck Palahniuk

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“Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.” — Joseph Addison

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“Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.” — William James

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“Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness.” — Bryant H. McGill

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“A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.” — Søren Kierkegaard

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“The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.” — F. H. Bradley

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“There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.” — Chanakya

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“Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.” — Pearl S. Buck

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“I start to think there really is no cure for depression, that happiness is an ongoing battle, and I wonder if it isn't one I'll have to fight for as long as I live. I wonder if it's worth it.” — Elizabeth Wurtzel

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“My idea of perfect happiness is a healthy family, peace between nations, and all the critics die.” — David Mamet

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“If you have easy self-contentment, you might have a very, very cheap source of happiness.” — Leon Kass

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“How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success.” — William Ellery Channing

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“Happiness is a very small desk and a very big wastebasket.” — Robert Orben

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