983 private quotes tagged happiness

“Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.” — Andre Maurois

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“Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.” — George Santayana

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“I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the happiness of his fellow men.” — Thomas Huxley

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“Completeness? Happiness? These words don't come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture what motherhood means to me, particularly given my medical history.” — Anita Baker

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“Happiness is within. It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. Happiness comes when you believe that you have done something truly meaningful.” — Martin Yan

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“Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice.” — Michael Novak

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“One's work usually occupies more than half of one's waking life. Choosing work that does not bring happiness will lead to a life that is mostly disappointing.” — Bo Bennett

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“Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.” — George Santayana

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“Happiness is being on the beam with life - to feel the pull of life.” — Agnes Martin

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“Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table. It is essential for physical and mental health and for happiness.” — Louise Hart

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“Happiness is inward, and not outward and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.” — Henry Van Dyke

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“Happiness isn't getting what you want, it's wanting what you got.” — Garth Brooks

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“One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.” — Rita Mae Brown

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“False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.” — Charles de Montesquieu

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“There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all.” — Ogden Nash

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“If you have not taken the time to define what happiness means to you, what have your spent your whole life pursuing?” — Bo Bennett

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“The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances.” — Martha Washington

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“Although the skills aren't hard to learn, finding the happiness and finding the satisfaction and finding fulfillment in continuously serving somebody else something good to eat, is what makes a really good restaurant.” — Mario Batali

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“Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else.” — Alphonse Karr

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“Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.” — Jean de la Bruyere

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“Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.” — Harold Kushner

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“Genuine happiness can only be achieved when we transform our way of life from the unthinking pursuit of pleasure to one committed to enriching our inner lives, when we focus on 'being more' rather than simply having more.” — Daisaku Ikeda

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“My whole thing is to agree to disagree and to have respect because nothing can really be changed and you wouldn't want to ruin their happiness - even if that happiness is ignorance.” — Katy Perry

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“The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.” — Eric Hoffer

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“Little islands of human happiness, peace, and prosperity are so exceptional at this point in history that I'm not even sure we can draw lessons from them.” — P. J. O'Rourke

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