Happiness Quotes - Page 23

• The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.

  Epictetus

  Inspirational, Happy, Philosophy

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• Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Love, Dream, Inner Peace

  Charles Caleb Colton (1832). “Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”

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• Sorrow happens, hardship happens, the hell with it, who never knew the price of happiness, will not be happy.

  Yevgeny Yevtushenko

  Sadness, Sorrow, Hardship

  Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko (1962). “Selected poems”

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• In ancient China, the Taoists taught that a constant inner smile, a smile to oneself, insured health, happiness and longevity. Why? Smiling to yourself is like basking in love: you become your own best friend. Living with an inner smile is to live in harmony with yourself.

  Mantak Chia

  Love, Inspirational, Best Friend

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• Even the most mundane objects are things of wonder, if we stop to look at them, and the fact that we are alive is the biggest wonder of all.

  David Fontana

  Looks, Alive, Facts

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• Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.

  Sigmund Freud

  Being Happy, Wisdom, Investing

  Sigmund Freud (1930). “Civilization and Its Discontents”, p.17, Courier Dover Publications

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• Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Life, Sad, Depression

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• Do you want my one-word secret of happiness? It's growth - - mental, financial you name it.

  Harold Geneen

  Names, Inner Peace, Secret

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• I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world.

  Peter Ustinov

  Music, Laughter, Joy

  Dear Me (1977) ch. 3

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• Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Happy, Joy, Lasts

  Christian Nestell Bovee (1862). “Intuitions and Summaries of Thought”, p.87

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• There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.

  Henry Ford

  Work, Inspiration, Joy

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• Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.

  Douglas Horton

  Past, Inner Peace, Shattered

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• The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted, yet everyone takes the happy person for granted. No one is careful of his feelings or tries to keep his spirits high. He seems self-sufficient; he becomes a cushion for others. And because happiness seems unforced, that person usually gets no credit.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Selfish, Discipline, Generosity

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• If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

  Epicurus

  Being Happy, Money, Philosophical

  Epicurus (2016). “Principal Doctrines”, p.14, Lulu.com

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• The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.

  Richard Bach

  Love, Good Morning, Gratitude

  "The Bridge Across Forever". Book by Richard Bach, 1984.

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• The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Motivational, Happy, Retirement

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• We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.

  Tom Waits

  Confused, Knowledge, Confusion

  Interview "All Songs Considered", NPR, May 20, 2008.

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• If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.

  Bertrand Russell

  Happy, Hippie, Numbers

  Attributed to Bertrand Russell, Think, Vol. 27 (p. 32), 1961.

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• Happiness lies in a large measure of self-forgetfulness, either in work . . . or in the love of others. ♥

  Everett Ruess

  Love, Happy, Work

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• I HAVE ALWAYS believed that each man makes his own happiness and is responsible for his own problems.

  Ray Kroc

  Men, Problem, Responsible

  Ray Kroc (2016). “Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's”, p.9, St. Martin's Griffin

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• If I didn’t think, I’d be much happier.

  Sylvia Plath

  Happy, Thinking, Novelists

  Sylvia Plath (2013). “The Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.15, Anchor

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• It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Laughter, Men, Singleness Of Purpose

  John D. Rockefeller (2015). “John D. Rockefeller on Making Money: Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth”, p.19, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• If you want to be successful, you must respect one rule. Never lie to yourself.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Lying, Integrity

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Nov 07, 2016

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• Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people brings happiness.

  Harold S. Kushner

  Running, Caring, Compassion

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• The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Laughter, Joy, Source

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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