983 private quotes tagged happiness

“The gratification of desire is not happiness.” — Daisaku Ikeda

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“America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered.” — Louis D. Brandeis

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“There is no happiness for people at the expense of other people.” — Anwar Sadat

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“All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.” — John Gunther

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“The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth.” — Malcolm Muggeridge

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“There is a set of religious, or rather moral, writings which teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery in this world. A very wholesome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but one objection, namely, that it is not true.” — Francois Fenelon

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“Getting married, for me, was the best thing I ever did. I was suddenly beset with an immense sense of release, that we have something more important than our separate selves, and that is the marriage. There's immense happiness that can come from working towards that.” — Nick Cave

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“Life finds its purpose and fulfillment in the expansion of happiness.” — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

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“The purpose of human life and the sense of happiness is to give the maximum what the man is able to give.” — Alexander Alekhine

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“When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.” — Arthur Ashe

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“A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.” — Sydney Smith

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“The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness.” — Milan Kundera

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“The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.” — Carrie P. Snow

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“I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact, I consider it integral to our success mechanism. Becoming attached to what we desire is what causes the trouble. If you must have it in order to be happy, then you are denying the happiness of the here and now.” — Peter McWilliams

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“You know, I think we Indians are afraid to show and celebrate our happiness, lest things change around. But I feel that it's okay to be sad and okay to show when you are happy.” — Shahrukh Khan

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“I don't really care how I am remembered as long as I bring happiness and joy to people.” — Eddie Albert

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“Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.” — Margaret Lee Runbeck

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“How can you tell somebody whose is pursuing happiness that they're somehow not American when that was the very first promise that America made?” — Dan Savage

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“I believe that my clothes can give people a better image of themselves - that it can increase their feelings of confidence and happiness.” — Giorgio Armani

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“The Dalai Lama. He is a very wise man of great inner peace who believes that happiness is the purpose of our lives. Through his teachings and leadership, he continues to make this world a better place in which to live.” — Sidney Sheldon

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“It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't necessarily prove that you loved him.” — Marguerite Duras

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“So, my happiness doesn't come from money or fame. My happiness comes from seeing life without struggle.” — Nicki Minaj

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“I've gotten to a point, where I realize that happiness doesn't come from the outside.” — Ricky Williams

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“It is work, work that one delights in, that is the surest guarantor of happiness. But even here it is a work that has to be earned by labor in one's earlier years. One should labor so hard in youth that everything one does subsequently is easy by comparison.” — Ashley Montagu

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“Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness.” — Maurice Maeterlinck

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