983 private quotes tagged happiness

“Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society.” — Henry St. John

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“I admit I can't shake the idea that there is virtue in suffering, that there is a sort of psychic economy, whereby if you embrace success, happiness and comfort, these things have to be paid for.” — Hugh Laurie

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“I can't believe it's been four years now, and from watching that pilot, we really all looked like babies. It's unbelievable just how far everything has come. I'm happier now than I've ever been on the show and in my life. I really owe so much of my happiness to 'Glee.'” — Lea Michele

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“It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch.” — Thor Heyerdahl

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“There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness.” — Liberty Hyde Bailey

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“I think the key to happiness is allowing ourselves to not feel bad or guilty for feeling it, and letting it be contagious. And to not be dependent on other people to create your own happiness.” — Brittany Murphy

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“Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun.” — Robert Burton

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“One thing I've been happy as peach pie about - because I'm all about the children and the happiness of a woman because that makes the happiness of the home - is that nannies, day cares and babysitters are all collapsing, which is forcing moms and dads to raise their children at home.” — Laura Schlessinger

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“My parents- they've been my biggest influences and supporters since day one. They teach me every day that happiness comes from within and not from something outside of your heart.” — Shawn Johnson

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“When you're in love, you're so happy that you want to tell people about it. But now I have to censor myself. You need to protect the happiness you have.” — Emily Blunt

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“The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star.” — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

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“For me, love is happiness and inspiration.” — Leona Lewis

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“People are chasing cash, not happiness. When you chase money, you're going to lose. You're just going to. Even if you get the money, you're not going to be happy.” — Gary Vaynerchuk

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“I guess happiness is not a state you want to be in all the time.” — John Belushi

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“Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit, to become delightful happiness must be tainted with poison.” — Georges Bataille

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“And perfect happiness? Man, that's a... the pool is about 92 degrees, the Jacuzzi is about 102 and an avocado farm.” — Jamie Foxx

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“There is an old saying that money can't buy happiness. If it could, I would buy myself four hits every game.” — Pete Rose

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“It was physically difficult, adjusting to wheelchair life, but I remember a great relief and happiness that I was finally getting somewhere, finding musicians to work with that were sympathetic.” — Robert Wyatt

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“I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves.” — Wilhelm von Humboldt

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“If someday they say of me that in my work I have contributed something to the welfare and happiness of my fellow man, I shall be satisfied.” — George Westinghouse

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“I think a child may be the only thing that could give me true happiness.” — Nicki Minaj

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

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“I think the secret to happiness is having a Teflon soul. Whatever comes your way, you either let it slide or you cook with it.” — Diane Lane

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“I am deeply convinced that happiness does not exist in this world.” — Taylor Caldwell

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“I'm passionate about everything, like my family and friends. Anybody I am talkin' to is gonna be bona fide real. There is no substitution for happiness. Period.” — Suge Knight

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