Trying To Be Happy Quotes

• The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

  Mark Twain

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Mark Twain (2016). “The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain”, p.116, Chartwell

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• If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.

  Edith Wharton

  Happiness, Happy, Women

  "Ethan Frome".

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• We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Happiness, Believe, Make Others Happy

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• Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body

  George Carlin

  Happiness, Fun, Over You

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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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• Don't care about all the pain in front of me, cause I'm just trying to be happy.

  Leona Lewis

  Pain, Trying, Care

  Song: Happy

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• Just try to be happy. Unhappiness starts with wanting to be happier.

  Sam Levenson

  Being Happy, Cynical, Trying

  Sam Levenson (2016). “You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson”, p.83, Open Road Media

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• To live a life that is wrong for you is a form of dying. There are people who have lives that look perfect. They try to be happy, they believe they should be happy, they are trying to like it, but if it's off course from their north star, they aren't satisfied.

  Martha Beck

  Stars, Believe, People

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• The only reason why you are unhappy is because you are trying to be happy.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Happiness, Spiritual, Humanity

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• Trying to be happy in this world is greatest illusion.

  Radhanath Swami

  Trying, World, Illusion

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• Trying to be happy without a sense of God’s presence is like trying to have a bright day without the sun.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Trying, Sun, Bright Days

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• So, you're telling me that no matter what, you can't be happy? Well, darling, it's no wonder you're miserable. It's what you want...So then try (to be happy).

  Elizabeth Scott

  Trying, Want, Matter

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• I have given up trying to be happy. It is no use an leads to nothing.

  Anna Held

  Trying, Use, Given

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• I will always try to be happy. I don’t think people really understand the value of happiness until they know what it’s like to be in that very, very dark place. It’s not romantic. Not even a little.

  Sarah Silverman

  Dark, Thinking, People

  Sarah Silverman (2010). “The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee”, p.155, Faber & Faber

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• We ask for happiness but what we get is unhappiness. We all put our efforts into trying to be happy but we make a fundamental mistake: happiness is not related to the effort, happiness is related to not asking for it.

  Rajneesh

  Happiness, Mistake, Effort

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• We should try to be happy, just to set an example

  Jacques Prevert

  Trying, Example, Should

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• Oh, most unhappy man,' he cried, 'try to be happy! You have red hair like your sister.' My red hair, like red flames, shall burn up the world,' said Gregory.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Men, Hair, Flames

  Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.275, Simon and Schuster

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• It's good to be happy and tell us how cool your life is and how awesome you are on social media. It inspires other people to be happy, too. But a lot of times, people are trying to be happy in the wrong ways - with money or with different things that are not true happiness. It's leading people down a rabbit hole that actually doesn't exist. So people think like, "Yo, once I get this money and these cars and stuff, I'ma be so happy." But that's not true. And I feel like that's why it's very important to educate people on different things while you are actually on social media.

  Jaden Smith

  Thinking, Media, Car

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• On the one hand, we all want to be happy. On the other hand, we all know the things that make us happy. But we don't do those things. Why? Simple. We are too busy. Too busy doing what? Too busy trying to be happy. This is the paradox of happiness that has bewitched our age.

  Matthew Kelly

  Simple, Hands, Catholic

  Matthew Kelly (2015). “The Rhythm of Life: Living Everyday With Passion and Purpose”, p.22, BookBaby

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• Giving up control and just trying to be happy at the moment has proven to be the best thing for me.

  Taya Kyle

  Giving Up, Trying, Moments

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• Being a victim doesn't take much. There are built-in excuses for failure. Built-in excuses for being miserable. Built-in excuses for being angry all the time. No reason to trying to be happy; it's not possible. You're a victim. Victim of what? Well, you're a victim of derision. Well, you're a victim of America. You're a victim of America's past, or you're a victim of religion. You're a victim of bigotry, of homophobia, whatever. You're a victim of something. The Democrats got one for you. If you want to be a victim, call 'em up.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Past, America, Trying

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• Tonight I am going with my wife to a Democratic party, where we're going to...try to be happy.

  Joe Lieberman

  Party, Wife, Trying

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• Try to have a good day today, wherever you are, whatever you do, whoever is near, if no one is near. Try to be happy, because you may not see tomorrow. There is someone this morning, who didn't wake up, who will never see this day. Try to feel lucky that this is not you.

  Margaret Cho

  Morning, Good Day, Trying

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• By going into third world countries and serving, by actually feeding and helping people, I've been led to focus a little more on how people here try to be happy by ignoring other people who are unhappy.

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  Ram Dass

  Country, People, Focus

  "An Interview with Ram Dass" by Eliot Jay Rosen, www.vegetarianusa.com.

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• Early in life, I decided that I would not be overcome by events. My philosophy has been that regardless of the circumstances, I shall not be vanquished, but will try to be happy. Life is not easy for any of us. But it is a continual challenge, and it is up to us to be cheerful - and to be strong, so that those who depend on us may draw strength from our example.

  Rose Kennedy

  Strong, Philosophy, Happy Life

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