True Happiness Quotes

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  Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Quoted in Francis Carpenter, Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln (1866)

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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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• There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.

  George Sand

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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  If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.

  Andy Rooney

  Love, Happiness, Smile

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• True happiness is found in simple, seemingly unremarkable things.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Simple, Found

  Eckhart Tolle (2013). “Guardians of Being: Spiritual Teachings from Our Dogs and Cats”, p.12, New World Library

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• Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy. No person will make you happy unless you decide to be happy. Your happiness will not come to you. It can only come from you.

  Ralph Marston

  Happiness, Happy, Football

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• Most people think happiness is about gaining something, but it's not. It's all about getting rid of the darkness you accumulate.

  Carolyn Crane

  Thinking, People, Darkness

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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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• 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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• The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Norman Vincent Peale “The Power of Positive Thinking”, Om Books International

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• When one lives attached to money, pride or power, it is impossible to be truly happy.

  Pope Francis

  Happy, Pride, Impossible

  twitter.com. July 24, 2014.

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• Seek to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.

  James Freeman Clarke

  Happiness, Happy, Running

  James Freeman Clarke (1877). “The hour which cometh, and now is: sermons”

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• Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.

  Earl Nightingale

  Life, Positive, Family

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• when your happiness is someone else's happiness, that is love

  Lana Del Rey

  Love, Happiness, Happy

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• If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Einstein: A Centenary Volume". Book by A.P. French, p. 32, 1980.

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• Realize that true happiness lies within you.

  Lucian

  Inspirational, Faith, Wisdom

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  Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.

  Immanuel Kant

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

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• Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give - pleasure, possessions, power - but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy.

  Dada Vaswani

  Happiness, Happy, Uplifting

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• Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness. Laugh when you can. Apologize when you should and let go of what you can't change.

  Drake

  Inspirational, Life, Change

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• True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing.

  Seneca the Elder

  Want, Anxious, Enjoy

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• True happiness for human beings is possible only to those who develop their godlike potentialities to the utmost.

  Bertrand Russell

  Godlike, Humans, Human Beings

  Bertrand Russell (2013). “Human Society in Ethics and Politics”, p.238, Routledge

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• When we understand clearly that inner peace is the real source of happiness, and how, through spiritual practice, we can experience progressively deeper levels of inner peace, we will develop tremendous enthusiasm to practice

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  Kelsang Gyatso (2001). “Transform Your Life: A Blissful Journey”, p.9, Tharpa Publications UK

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• When we fulfill our function, which is to truly love ourselves and share love with others, then true happiness sets in.

  Gabrielle Bernstein

  Share, Function

  Twitter post from Mar 14, 2016

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  Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

  Anne Frank

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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

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• Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Love, Relationship, Happiness

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