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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“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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“Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.” — Plato

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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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“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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“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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“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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“Independence is happiness.” — Susan B. Anthony

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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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“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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“You always hear the phrase, money doesn't buy you happiness. But I always in the back of my mind figured a lot of money will buy you a little bit of happiness. But it's not really true. I got a new car because the old one's lease expired.” — Sergey Brin

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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 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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“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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“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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“My idea of perfect happiness is a healthy family, peace between nations, and all the critics die.” — David Mamet

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“The slave may be happy, but happiness is not enough.” — Herbert Read

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“I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true.” — Audrey Hepburn

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“Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness.” — Bryant H. McGill

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