What Is Happiness Quotes

• Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy with what you have.

  Zig Ziglar

  Life, Happiness, Happy

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• If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Happiness, Success, Happy

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• Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Helen Keller (2011). “To Live, to Think, to Hope: Inspirational Quotes by Helen Keller”, p.153, Matthew Gordon

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• It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Life, Happiness, Work

  Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes (2002). “Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts”, p.100, Rowman & Littlefield

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• It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.

  Kin Hubbard

  Funny, Happiness, Inspiring

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• You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.

  Eric Hoffer

  Happiness, Being Happy, Simple

  "Living Our Values, Closing the Ethical Gap" by Jeffrey Rubin, bigthink.com.

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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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• Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.

  William E. Gladstone

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

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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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  If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  Dalai Lama, Victor Chan (2012). “The Wisdom of Compassion: Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights”, p.11, Random House

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• The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  "Partying for the Planet and Dancing With God (at Burning Man)" by Leah Lamb, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 24, 2012.

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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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• When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.

  John Lennon

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.

  James M. Barrie

  Inspirational, Happiness, Success

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

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• Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.

  Robertson Davies

  Life, Happiness, Happy

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• What is the worth of anything,
  But for the happiness 'twill bring?

  Richard Owen Cambridge

  Happiness, Inner Peace, Great Happiness

  Richard Owen Cambridge, George Owen Cambridge (1803). “The Works of Richard Owen Cambridge, Esq: Including Several Pieces Never Before Published”, p.10

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  Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Love, Inspirational, Motivational

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• My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right?

  Charles M. Schulz

  Life, Happiness, Happy

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• Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.

  Dalai Lama

  Happiness, Happy, Buddhist

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• You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

  Albert Camus

  Life, Happiness, Happy

  "Intuitions" by Albert Camus, Youthful Writings, 1976.

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• If you believe in what you're doing, you'll be successful.

  Connie Sellecca

  Happiness, Success, Happy

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• Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

  Gautama Buddha

  Happiness, Happy, Buddhist

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• You can never get enough of what you don't want.

  Wayne Dyer

  Motivational, Happiness, Spiritual

  Wayne W. Dyer (2009). “Staying on the Path: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.2, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Happiness, Care, Virtue

  Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome), André Dacier, Thomas Gataker, Cebes (of Thebes.) (1708). “The Emperor Marcus Antoninus His Conversation with Himself: Together with the Preliminary Discourse of the Learned Gataker ; as Also the Emperor's Life”, p.193

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• Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness.

  Richard Bach

  Friendship, Happiness, Real Friends

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