983 private quotes tagged happiness

“I'm an inherently happy person. It comes from the inside, which means you can achieve happiness under any circumstance.” — Patrick Duffy

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“Happiness was not made to be boasted, but enjoyed. Therefore tho others count me miserable, I will not believe them if I know and feel myself to be happy nor fear them.” — Thomas Traherne

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“To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a physician, is the most necessary point of present wisdom: an important imagination, and the way to happiness.” — Thomas Traherne

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“But it is my happiness to be half Welsh, and that the better half.” — Richard Cobden

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“I have a theory that the secret of marital happiness is simple: drink in different pubs to your other half.” — Jilly Cooper

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“Eternal principles that govern happiness apply equally to all.” — Russell M. Nelson

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“The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives.” — Gertrude Jekyll

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“An order of government, established by such an all-wise, powerful being, must be good and perfect, and must be calculated to promote the permanent peace, happiness, and well-being of all his subjects.” — Orson Pratt

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“Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family.” — James K. Polk

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“Every age has its happiness and troubles.” — Jeanne Calment

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“Our nation was founded on the principals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” — Leonard Boswell

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“The United States are a political state, or organized society, whose end is government, for the security, welfare, and happiness of all who live under its protection.” — William H. Seward

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“Leibniz dedicated his life to efforts to educate people to understand that true happiness is found by locating their identity in benefitting mankind and their posterity.” — Robert Trout

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“There is no such thing as the pursuit of happiness, but there is the discovery of joy.” — Joyce Grenfell

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“So many people have said that to me, that what they really like about Alex is what she brings out in Marissa, and what this situation brings out in her, a hint of happiness and another side to her character.” — Olivia Wilde

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“Success can create more madness than happiness.” — Billy Ocean

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“I always had a larger view. I'm interested in real life - my family, my friends. I have tried never to define myself by my success, whatever that is. My happiness is way beyond roles and awards.” — Amy Adams

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“Before the boat docked, however, he confessed because he was contemplating running for president, he couldn't separate from his wife. I believed him when he told me he faced a difficult choice between pursuing personal happiness and his political destiny.” — Donna Rice

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“I always looked for a man to rescue me and bring me happiness. I bought into that myth, of course, and looked for my own Prince Charming.” — Linda Evans

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“For all its terrible faults, in one sense America is still the last, best hope of mankind, because it spells out so vividly the kind of happiness that most people actually want, regardless of what they are told they ought to want.” — Ferdinand Mount

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“There is no dramatic difference in happiness on the part of people who are wealthy.” — Deborah Norville

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“I have kids and I want to have a long life and there are certain things that are conducive to that and certain things that aren't. I've opted for the road of happiness and long life.” — Ethan Suplee

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“Character is power it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness.” — John Howe

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“The sexes were made for each other, and only in the wise and loving union of the two is the fullness of health and duty and happiness to be expected.” — William Hall

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“Virtue is simply happiness, and happiness is a by-product of function. You are happy when you are functioning.” — William Burroughs

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