983 private quotes tagged happiness

“We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness.” — Aeschylus

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“The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions.” — George Eliot

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“It is neither wealth nor splendor but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.” — Thomas Jefferson

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“Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.” — George Bernard Shaw

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“Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.” — Victor Hugo

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“There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.” — Mark Twain

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“Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.” — William Butler Yeats

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“Happiness: a way station between too little and too much.” — Channing Pollock

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“We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.” — Samuel Johnson

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“Never mind your happiness do your duty.” — Peter Drucker

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“The groundwork of all happiness is health.” — Leigh Hunt

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“I know not why there is such a melancholy feeling attached to the remembrance of past happiness, except that we fear that the future can have nothing so bright as the past.” — Julia Ward Howe

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“Happiness lies first of all in health.” — George William Curtis

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“Independence is happiness.” — Susan B. Anthony

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“While we are focusing on fear, worry, or hate, it is not possible for us to be experiencing happiness, enthusiasm or love.” — Bo Bennett

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“There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.” — Maria Mitchell

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“What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.” — Leo Buscaglia

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“True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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“The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect.” — Thomas Huxley

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“The world is full of a lot of fear and a lot of negativity, and a lot of judgment. I just think people need to start shifting into joy and happiness. As corny as it sounds, we need to make a shift.” — Ellen DeGeneres

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“No one is in control of your happiness but you therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.” — Barbara de Angelis

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“To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her marriage: what could possibly be more prestigious?” — Christopher Hampton

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“I don't think that sin and pursuing happiness are not necessarily the same thing.” — Dan Savage

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“Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.” — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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