983 private quotes tagged happiness

“Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.” — Dag Hammarskjold

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

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“Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with others than to fight our own nature.” — Dennis Prager

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“Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.” — Henri Matisse

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“There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.” — Freya Stark

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

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“But happiness is no respecter of persons.” — Stephen Fry

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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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“Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.” — Irving Babbitt

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“I always seem to have a vague feeling that he is a Satan among musicians, a fallen angel in the darkness who is perpetually seeking to fight his way back to happiness.” — Havelock Ellis

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“The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.” — Jeremy Bentham

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“Try to make at least one person happy every day. If you cannot do a kind deed, speak a kind word. If you cannot speak a kind word, think a kind thought. Count up, if you can, the treasure of happiness that you would dispense in a week, in a year, in a lifetime!” — Lawrence G. Lovasik

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“Money, if it does not bring you happiness, will at least help you be miserable in comfort.” — Helen Gurley Brown

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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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“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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“Happiness isn't happiness unless there's a violin-playing goat.” — Julia Roberts

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“What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?” — Adam Smith

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“I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor.” — Pierre Corneille

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“When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away.” — Anna Pavlova

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“Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity.” — Jose Marti

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“Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.” — Billy Wilder

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“I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus.” — Malcolm Muggeridge

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“If you are kept in ignorance of the true way and permit yourself to rely upon and be guided by the opinion of imperfect man, you can never gain the riches that will bring you peace and lasting happiness.” — Joseph Franklin Rutherford

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“Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.” — Zoe Saldana

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“Power, after love, is the first source of happiness.” — Stendhal

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