Searching For Happiness Quotes

• Many search for happiness as we look for a hate we wear on our heads.

  Nikolaus Lenau

  Happiness, Hate, Looks

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• We’re all alive, but we don’t know why or what for; we’re all searching for happiness; we’re all leading lives which are different and yet the same.

  Anne Frank

  Different, Alive, Knows

  Anne Frank (2016). “The Diary of a Young Girl”, p.169, Hamilton Books

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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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• The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.

  Eric Hoffer

  Happiness, Happy, Laughter

  Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”

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• Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it.

  Bernard Meltzer

  Happiness, Happy, Kissing

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• Happiness is something that you are, and it comes from the way you think.

  Wayne Dyer

  Happiness, Thinking, Way

  Wayne W. Dyer (2009). “Staying on the Path: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition”, p.141, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Most people are searching for happiness. They're looking for it. They're trying to find it in someone or something outside of themselves. That's a fundamental mistake. Happiness is something that you are, and it comes from the way you think.

  Wayne Dyer

  Happiness, Mistake, Thinking

  Wayne W. Dyer (2009). “Staying on the Path: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.104, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Everyone, without exception, is searching for happiness.

  Blaise Pascal

  Happiness, Exception

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• Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside.

  Og Mandino

  Lying, Effort, Joy

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• Sometimes happiness is not knowing the whole story.

  François Lelord

  Knowing, Stories, Sometimes

  François Lelord (2011). “Hector and the Secrets of Love”, p.189, Gallic Books

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• Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

  Og Mandino

  Happiness, Smile, Happy

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• You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

  Albert Camus

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  "Youthful Writings". Book by Albert Camus, October 1932.

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• True happiness lies within you.

  Og Mandino

  Lying, Contentment Peace, True Happiness

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• Making comparisons can spoil your happiness.

  François Lelord

  Hector, Spoil, Comparison

  François Lelord (2010). “Hector and the Search for Happiness”, p.104, Gallic Books

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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 truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.

  M. Scott Peck

  Inspirational, Happiness, Spiritual

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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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• Realize that true happiness lies within you.

  Lucian

  Inspirational, Faith, Wisdom

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• Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.

  Og Mandino

  Smile, Being Happy, Giving

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• Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

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• Lesson no. 17: Happiness is caring about the happiness of those you love.

  François Lelord

  Caring, Lessons, Hector

  François Lelord (2010). “Hector and the Search for Happiness”, p.90, Gallic Books

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• Happiness often comes when least expected.

  François Lelord

  Hector, Expected

  François Lelord (2010). “Hector and the Search for Happiness”, p.42, Gallic Books

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• Don't give up the search for happiness because you're afraid of getting hurt.

  Martha Raye

  Hurt, Giving Up, Don't Give Up

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• Many people think that happiness comes from having more power or more money.

  François Lelord

  Thinking, People, More Money

  François Lelord (2010). “Hector and the Search for Happiness”, p.78, Gallic Books

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• Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.

  Quentin Crisp

  Moving, Character, Self

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