Happier Life Quotes

• Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

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• Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

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  The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome), André Dacier, Thomas Gataker (1701). “The Emperor-Marcus Antonius: his conversation with himself. together with the preliminary discourse of the learned Gataker”

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• Take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Happiness, Care, Virtue

  Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome), André Dacier, Thomas Gataker, Cebes (of Thebes.) (1708). “The Emperor Marcus Antoninus His Conversation with Himself: Together with the Preliminary Discourse of the Learned Gataker ; as Also the Emperor's Life”, p.193

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• I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.

  Groucho Marx

  Happiness, Happy, Positive Thinking

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• Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

  Gautama Buddha

  Happiness, Happy, Buddhist

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• Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

  "Humor, Play, & Laughter : Stress-proofing Life with Your Kids" by Joseph A. Michelli, (p. 88), 1998.

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  Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.

  Andy Rooney

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

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  I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.

  Groucho Marx

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

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  If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  Dalai Lama, Victor Chan (2012). “The Wisdom of Compassion: Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights”, p.11, Random House

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  Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

  John Lennon

  Inspirational, Life, Friendship

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• Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness

  Nhat Hanh

  Happiness, Letting Go, Anger

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2015). “The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation”, p.78, Harmony

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• The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Life, Happiness, Happy

  Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome), André Dacier, Thomas Gataker, Cebes (of Thebes.) (1726). “The Emperor Marcus Antoninus: His Conversation with Himself. Together with the Preliminary Discourse of the Learned Gataker”, p.155

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• If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Einstein: A Centenary Volume". Book by A.P. French, p. 32, 1980.

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  Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

  Nhat Hanh

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

  "3 Things You Can Do to Improve Your Mood in 2 Minutes" by Daniela Tempesta, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 18, 2013.

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• Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Happiness, Being Happy, Self Esteem

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• Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

  Robert Frost

  Life, Happiness, Yoga

  Title of poem (1942)

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• But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

  Albert Camus

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  Albert Camus (2012). “Lyrical and Critical Essays”, p.101, Vintage

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• Beingness, doingness and havingness are like a triangle where each side supports the others. They are not in conflict with each other. They all exist simultaneously. Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: They try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so that they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.

  Shakti Gawain

  Happy, Pursuit Of Happiness, Careers

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• The surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Joy Happiness, Way, Sharing Happiness

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• Victory is not the absence of problems, it is the presence of power.

  Joyce Meyer

  Happiness, Happy, Forward In Life

  Joyce Meyer (1999). “Life in the Word Journal”, Harrison House

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• With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

  William Shakespeare

  Birthday, Happiness, Being Happy

  1596-7 Graziano toAntonio.TheMerchant ofVenice, act1, sc.1, l.79-80.

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• I'd far rather be happy than right any day.

  Douglas Adams

  Inspirational, Happiness, Being Happy

  Douglas Adams (2010). “The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.173, Del Rey

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• Sometimes when we're feeling sad, it's important just to feel the sadness. Like a snake shedding its skin, old feelings of remorse and regret and hurt and anger often have to come up in order to be released. On the other side we're a better person, capable of a happier life...who we are when we're no longer burdened by the buried feelings that weighed us down, or the self - defeating patterns that the pain produced.

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspirational, Life, Hurt

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Apr 24, 2013

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