Happiness Quotes - Page 17

• The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?

  Henry David Thoreau

  Friendship, Real Friends, No Friends

  Henry David Thoreau (2006). “Thoreau and the Art of Life: Precepts and Principles”, p.9, Heron Dance Press

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• Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness.

  Carl Jung

  Sad, Happy, Patience

  "The Art of Living". Interview with Gordon Young in 1960. "C.G. Jung Speaking". Book edited by William McGuire and R.F.C. Hull, archive.org. 1977.

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• In spite of everything life is not without hope.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Love, Life, Spite

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• Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.

  Aristotle

  Beach, Ocean, Positivity

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• Yesterday, happiness came in suddenly, as it used to, and remained for a moment in the great, dark, silent drawing room.

  Julien Green

  Dark, Drawing, Yesterday

  Julien Green (1964). “Diary, 1928-1957”, London, Collins

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• A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Inspiring, Happy

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• Man is the artificer of his own happiness.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Laughter, Men, Joy

  Henry David Thoreau, Bob Blaisdell (2011). “Thoreau: A Book of Quotations”, p.33, Courier Corporation

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• Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.

  Bertrand Russell

  Love, Marriage, Being Happy

  Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 12

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• Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2003). “The Power of Positive Thinking: 10 Traits for Maximum Results”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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• The very purpose of our life is to seek happiness.

  Dalai Lama

  Spiritual, Purpose, Life Is

  Dalai Lama (2009). “The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living”, p.28, Penguin

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• For most people to be happy, there has to be a person, place, or thing involved in their happiness. In true happiness, there are no things involved. It's a natural state. You will abide in that state forever.

  Robert Adams

  Inspirational, Happy, People

  "The Ultimate Happiness". Inner Directions Journal Interview, ru.scribd.com. 1995.

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• The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.

  Ayn Rand

  Life, Humor, Deep Thought

  Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.99, Penguin

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• True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

  Joseph Addison

  Self, Talking, Next

  Joseph Addison (1721). “Remarks on several parts of Italy , &c in the years 1701, 1702, 1703. The Tatler. By Isaac Bickerstaffe, esq. The Spectator, no.1-89”, p.442

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• A joy that's shared is a joy made double.

  John Ray

  Joy, Inner Peace, Christmas Love

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• If you observe a really happy man you will find him building a boat, writing a symphony, educating his son, growing Double Dahlias in his garden.

  David W. Wolfe

  Happy, Writing, Son

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• My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.

  Ayn Rand

  Mean, Goal, Purpose

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Anthem”, p.46, Xist Publishing

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• If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Nice, Optimistic Life, Crowning Glory

  Kurt Vonnegut (2008). “Armageddon in Retrospect”, p.18, Penguin

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• Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.

  Saint Augustine

  Happy, Determination, Men

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• Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.

  Aldous Huxley

  Conscious, Pursuit, Activity

  Aldous Huxley, Robert S. Baker, James Sexton (2002). “Complete Essays: 1956-1963, and supplement, 1920-1948”, Ivan R. Dee Publisher

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  Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Birthday, Happy

  Mother Teresa (1995). “A Simple Path-Open Market”

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• Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.

  Pearl S. Buck

  Happy, Cheer, Inspirational Life

  "To My Daughters, With Love". Book by Pearl S. Buck, 1967.

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• My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.

  William Shakespeare

  Happy, Kings, Crowns

  William Shakespeare (1866). “The Works of William Shakespeare”, p.539

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• Our minds are as different as our faces. We are all traveling to one destination: happiness, but few are going by the same road.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Inspirational, Motivation, Mind

  Charles Caleb Colton (1849). “Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words: Address--to Those who Think”, p.67

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• Real elation is when you feel you could touch a star without standing on tiptoe.

  Doug Larson

  Being Happy, Stars, Real

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• I look on that man as happy, who, when there is question of success, looks into his work for a reply.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Success, Laughter, Work

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.1068, Library of America

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