True Happiness Quotes - Page 8

• I am still determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may be.

  Martha Washington

  Happiness, Happy, Attitude

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• The secret of true happiness lies within unwavering devotion to God

  Shri Radhe Maa

  Lying, Secret, Devotion To God

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• Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

  William Cowper

  Life, Happiness, Littles

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• It's enough to indulge and to be selfish but true happiness is really when you start giving back.

  Adrian Grenier

  Selfish, Indulge In, Giving

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.

  Hermann Hesse

  Happiness, Being Happy, You Make Me Happy

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• I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness.

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  Opportunity, Doors, Keys

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Leopold Mozart (1966). “The Letters of Mozart and His Family”

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• Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.

  Blaise Pascal

  Math, Ordinary Extraordinary, Intelligence

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• You can give a great and wonderful Christmas if you remember the gifts God has given you and, as best you can, offer them to others as He would. That is the spirit of Christmas and of true happiness every day.

  Henry B. Eyring

  Giving, Spirit, Remember

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• If true happiness depended on the thoughts of man, then all philosophers and deep thinkers would be filled to overflowing with it.

  Sadhu Sundar Singh

  Men, Would Be, Philosopher

  Sadhu Sundar Singh (2013). “At The Master's Feet”, p.45, Simon and Schuster

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• If one fails to develop goals that give meaning to one’s existence, if one does not use the mind to it’s fullest, then good feelings fulfill just a fraction of the potential we possess. True happiness involves the pursuit of worthy goals. Without dreams, without risks, only a trivial semblance of living can be achieved.

  Dan Buettner

  Dream, Giving, Goal

  Dan Buettner (2010). “Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way”, p.16, National Geographic Books

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• All the miles of a hard road are worth a moment of true happiness.

  Arnold Lobel

  Moments, Miles, Hard

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• Ordinary life does not interest me. I seek only the high moments. I am in accord with the surrealists, searching for the marvelous.

  Anais Nin

  Ordinary, Doe, Moments

  The Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1931-1932.

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• I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness comes from a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through the cultivation of altruism, of love and compassion and elimination of ignorance, selfishness and greed.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Peace, Pain

  The 14th Dalai Lama's Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 1989.

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• True happiness is always available to us, but first we have to create the environment for it to flourish.

  Sakyong Mipham

  Firsts, Environment, Available

  Sakyong Miphan Rinpoche (2004). “Turning the Mind Into an Ally”, p.15, Penguin

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• Reality doesn’t impress me. I only believe in intoxication, in ecstasy, and when ordinary life shackles me. I escape, one way or another. No more walls.

  Anais Nin

  Life, Wall, Freedom

  "The Resurgence And Allure Of Anais Nin" by Diana M. Raab, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 12, 2016.

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• To be beautiful means to be yourself.You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. When you are born a lotus flower, be a beautiful lotus flower, don't try to be a magnolia flower. If you crave acceptance and recognition and try to change yourself to fit what other people want you to be, you will suffer all your life. True happiness and true power lie in understanding yourself, accepting yourself, having confidence in yourself.

  Nhat Hanh

  Beautiful, Being Yourself, Lying

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• Kira is evil ... There's no denying that ... But lately I've been starting to think of it more like this ... The real evil is the power to kill people. Someone who finds himself with that power is cursed. No matter how you use it, anything obtained by killing people can never bring true happiness.

  Tsugumi Ohba

  Real, Thinking, People

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• The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.

  James Oppenheim

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

  James Oppenheim (1916). “War and Laughter”

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• We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

  Friedrich Koenig

  Love, Life, Happiness

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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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• Do you think that every time you make a mistake, He is mad at you and won't talk to you...or that you must somehow make up for it?...Many Christians fail to experience real peace because they don't understand that they are righteous in Christ. Until people stop living according to the way they feel and stand on who they are in Christ, they will never find true happiness.

  Joyce Meyer

  Forgiveness, Christian, Real

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• No. The purpose is not the destination but the journey itself. Only those who understand this simple truth can experience true happiness.

  Amish Tripathi

  Simple, Journey, Purpose

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• Scott Fitzgerald said famously that "he who invented consciousness would have a lot to be blamed for." But he also forgot that without consciousness, he would have no access to true happiness or even the possibility of transcendence.

  Antonio Damasio

  Brain, Scott Fitzgerald, Consciousness

  "The quest to understand consciousness". TED Talk, www.ted.com. March 2011.

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• It's true. Happiness is a big thing.

  Joel Parkinson

  Surfer, Bigs, Big Things

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• Happiness is a byproduct of helping others. No man ever finds happiness by thinking of himself. True happiness comes when we lose ourselves in the service of others – when we are merciful to our fellowmen.

  Royden G. Derrick

  Helping Others, Men, Thinking

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