Self Happiness Quotes - Page 2

• Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Happiness, Being Happy, Self

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.134, Рипол Классик

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• This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movement of small green pieces of paper, which was odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.

  Douglas Adams

  Inspirational, Happiness, Money

  Douglas Adams (2009). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.8, Pan Macmillan

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• We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

  Walter Savage Landor

  Happiness, Happy, Wish

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• There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

  Logan Pearsall Smith

  Life, Happiness, Inspiring

  Afterthoughts (1931) "Life and Human Nature"

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• We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Happiness, Happy, Laughing

  "Of the Heart". "Characters", Book by Jean De La Bruyère, www.ourcivilisation.com. 1688.

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

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Happiness, Happy, Joy

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

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• The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside self.

  Hugo Black

  Self, Lasting Happiness, Purpose

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• Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.

  Edward de Bono

  Happiness, Positive Attitude, Differences

  In Observer 12 June 1977

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• If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling in the world.

  Joseph Addison

  Inspirational, Happiness, You Make Me Happy

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

  Doug Larson

  Happiness, Being Happy, Stars

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• Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place, but there is always a little corner that keeps flapping around.

  E. L. Konigsburg

  Happiness, Happy, Littles

  E.L. Konigsburg (2015). “From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler”, p.102, Pushkin Press

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• If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time.

  Josh Billings

  Funny, Happiness, Happy

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• Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Being Happy, Gratitude, Men

  FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY (1960). “NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND AND THE GRAND INQUISITOR”

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• The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment.

  Doug Larson

  Happiness, Happy, Laughter

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• The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.

  Ernest Dimnet

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  "What We Live by". Book by Ernest Dimnet, p. 238, 1932.

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• There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.

  Salvador Dali

  Life, Happiness, Happy

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

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• What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner.

  Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

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• Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

  Marianne Williamson

  Life, Confidence, Fear

  A Return to Love ch. 7 (1992). Frequently misattributed to Nelson Mandela.

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• As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Strength, Confidence

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.11, Pan Macmillan

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• Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Thanksgiving, Thankful

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

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• Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

  Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.95, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

  Maria Mitchell

  Happiness, Happy, Beauty

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• True happiness lies within you.

  Og Mandino

  Lying, Contentment Peace, True Happiness

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• But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

  Albert Camus

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  Albert Camus (2012). “Lyrical and Critical Essays”, p.101, Vintage

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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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