Joy Happiness Quotes

• Happy people plan actions, they don't plan results.

  Denis Waitley

  Life, Motivational, Happiness

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• Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Life, Happiness, Depression

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• It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

  Agnes Repplier

  Happiness, Happy, Women

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• It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.

  Dale Carnegie

  Life, Motivational, Positive

  Dale Carnegie (2010). “How To Win Friends and Influence People”, p.67, Simon and Schuster

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• The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

  Bertrand Russell

  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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  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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• I think happiness is what makes you pretty. Period. Happy people are beautiful. They become like a mirror and they reflect that happiness.

  Drew Barrymore

  Happiness, Beauty, Beautiful

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• The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  "Partying for the Planet and Dancing With God (at Burning Man)" by Leah Lamb, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 24, 2012.

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

  Marcus Aurelius

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

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• True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Happiness, Being Happy, Creativity

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• To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

  Bertrand Russell (2015). “The Conquest of Happiness”, p.15, Lulu Press, Inc

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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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• The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mode of happiness, but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed by the change; happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up.

  Charles Morgan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.

  Ashley Montagu

  Happiness, Happy, Being Happy

  Ashley Montagu (1967). “The American Way of Life”

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• Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don't even remember leaving open.

  Rose Wilder Lane

  Happiness, Happy, Gratitude

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  Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.4990, Delphi Classics

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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 not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.

  Daphne du Maurier

  Happiness, Positivity, Inner Peace

  Daphne Du Maurier (2012). “Daphne du Maurier Omnibus 4: Rebecca; My Cousin Rachel”, p.11, Hachette UK

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• To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.

  Albert Camus

  Happiness, Happy, Laughter

  "The Fall". Book by Albert Camus, 1956.

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• Whoever is happy will make others happy.

  Anne Frank

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  Anne Frank (1952). “The diary of a young girl”

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• All we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

  Charles Kingsley

  Happiness, Running, Reality

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• Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.

  Maxim Gorky

  Inspirational, Happiness, Success

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  Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

  Marcel Proust

  Friendship, Happiness, Happy

  Marcel Proust (1957). “Pleasures and days: and other writings”

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• Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.

  Jacques Prevert

  Positive, Happiness, Happy

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