Quotes about what is Happiness

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? Votes: 4

But what is happiness? If we consider what the function of man is, we find that happiness is a virtuous activity of the soul. Votes: 4

What is happiness to me is not necessarily for you. Someone once said, there are three truths: your truth, my truth and the truth. And I think that's true. Votes: 4

And what is happiness, Nathan? In my experience, it's only a moment's pause here and there on what is otherwise a long and difficult road. No one can be happy all the time. Votes: 4

What is happiness and unhappiness? It depends so little on the circumstances; it depends really only on what happens inside a person. I am grateful for every day and that makes me happy. Votes: 4

Sometimes I think it's easier to think about being happier, for what ever that means to you then worrying about what is happiness and what would life be if I finally achieved this ultimate happiness? Votes: 4

What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself. What is bad? All that is born of weakness. What is happiness? The feeling that power is growing, that resistance is overcome. Votes: 4

After all, what is happiness? Love, they tell me. But love doesn't bring and never has brought happiness. On the contrary, it's a constant state of anxiety, a battlefield; it's sleepless nights, asking ourselves all the time if we're doing the right thing. Real love is composed of ecstasy and agony. Votes: 4

So what is happiness? I am sure this question will be asked through the ages. And I doubt there is one answer for all people. Like heaven and hell, one person's happiness can be another person's unhappiness, which is why I'm not attempting to tell you what to do to find your happiness. I have enough trouble finding and hanging onto my own true happiness. Votes: 4

What's money without happiness? Votes: 0

Loneliness remembers what happiness forgets Votes: 0

Happiness is wanting what you have. Votes: 0

No medicine cures what happiness cannot. Votes: 0

No medicine cures what happiness cannot. Votes: 0

We find happiness doing what we love. Votes: 0

Happiness is what you choose to remember. Votes: 0

Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, Votes: 0

Happiness depends on what happens; joy does not. Votes: 0

Ah, on what little things does happiness depend. Votes: 0

I think happiness is what makes you pretty. Votes: 0

Happiness is a function of accepting what is. Votes: 0

Happiness is the result of what you do. Votes: 0

What good is money if it can't buy happiness~? Votes: 0

What good is money if it can't buy happiness? Votes: 0

Happiness comes from growing what thrives, not merely survives. Votes: 0

What unites all beings is their desire for happiness. Votes: 0

Happiness is . . . appreciating what we have while having it! Votes: 0

Lasting happiness starts with one question...what can I celebrate? Votes: 0

Being of service to others is what brings true happiness. Votes: 0

What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness. Votes: 0

The journey is what brings us happiness not the destination. Votes: 0

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness. Votes: 0

Happiness goes like the wind, but what is interesting stays. Votes: 0

What happiness is there in just the memory of happiness? Votes: 0

What's the use of happiness? It can't buy you money. Votes: 0

I don't know what I am, but this isn't happiness. Votes: 0

What we call happiness is what we do not know. Votes: 0

Happiness is what matters, feeling alive-not art or knowledge or money. Votes: 0

True happiness is born of letting go of what is unnecessary. Votes: 0

Happiness is in the doing not in getting what you want. Votes: 0

What does 'happy' mean? Happiness is not a state like Vermont. Votes: 0

I know what happiness is, for I have done good work. Votes: 0

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length. Votes: 0

The pursuit of meaning, not happiness, is what makes life worthwhile. Votes: 0

What an uncertain thing, marriage - what an elusive thing, happiness! Votes: 0

I truly am living out what true joy and happiness means. Votes: 0

Happiness isn't getting what you want, it's wanting what you got. Votes: 0

Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object. Votes: 0

Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens. Votes: 0

What greater happiness is there than the privilege of being bored together? Votes: 0

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. Votes: 0

What is the worth of anything, But for the happiness 'twill bring? Votes: 0

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. Votes: 0

Success is getting what you want..Happiness is wanting what you get. Votes: 0

Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get. Votes: 0

Happiness isn't wanting what you can get, but wanting what you have. Votes: 0

The cure for unhappiness is happiness, I don't care what anyone says. Votes: 0

Misery is what happiness rests upon. Happiness is what misery lurks beneath. Votes: 0

When we do what is right, we have contentment, peace and happiness. Votes: 0

Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get Votes: 0

To learn that happiness is what brings success, and not the other Votes: 0

Nobody's happy. What's happy? Happiness is over when the lights come on Votes: 0

The drive for happiness is vital; it's what keeps us in motion. Votes: 0

Doing what you love is freedom. Loving what you do is happiness. Votes: 0

It's the secret to happiness, you know. Only take what you need. Votes: 0

Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give. Votes: 0

Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give. Votes: 0

The purpose of life is happiness. What else could it possibly be? Votes: 0

When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness. Votes: 0

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get. Votes: 0

Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled. Votes: 0

What you’re believing in the moment creates your suffering or your happiness. Votes: 0

What humans want is not just happiness. They want justice; they want meaning. Votes: 0

This was what happiness felt like - this wondrous, miraculous alternative to dread. Votes: 0

Happiness is the appreciation of what you have, not what you should have. Votes: 0

Your intention to love, no matter what, is the absolute key to happiness. Votes: 0

Human happiness konsists in having what yu want, and wanting what yu have. Votes: 0

Give what you want to receive. If you want happiness, make others happy. Votes: 0

What creates happiness, peace, and balance is not becoming simply powerful, but knowledgeable. Votes: 0

What keeps us from happiness is our inability to fully inhabit the present Votes: 0

Joy is that kind of happiness that does not depend on what happens. Votes: 0

One's happiness depends less on what he knows than on what he feels. Votes: 0

Happiness is not made by what we own. It is what we share. Votes: 0

I do not know what makes a writer, but it probably isn't happiness. Votes: 0

So much of what you take for granted is the bedrock of happiness. Votes: 0

A single day is sufficient for a man to discover what happiness is. Votes: 0

Happiness depends on what you can give, not on what you can get. Votes: 0

What doesn't hurt - is not life; what doesn't pass - is not happiness. Votes: 0

Laughter and happiness is what life should be about, that's your remedy for everything. Votes: 0

Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. Votes: 0

Happiness is experienced when your life gives you what you are willing to accept. Votes: 0

What a fool I would have been to let self-respect interfere with my happiness! Votes: 0

Happiness is a question of attitude, not a question of what's happening out there. Votes: 0

This life is what I always wanted. I had a vision of our happiness. Votes: 0

Happiness to a dog is what lies on the other side of the door. Votes: 0

Happiness doesn't come and go, what comes and goes is your attunement to happiness. Votes: 0

What is your idea of earthly happiness? To be vindicated in my own lifetime. Votes: 0

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.[Eddie Scissons] Votes: 0

What sexual preference do you hope she has?” "Happiness."snt that cool? Votes: 0

What, exactly, is the happiness that can be earned by turning away from reality? Votes: 0

I'm not defined by what people think of me. My happiness comes from within. Votes: 0

The chief element of happiness is this: to want to be what you are. Votes: 0

Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is. Votes: 0

The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention. Votes: 0

It's funny how one life-changing event could make you forget what happiness felt like. Votes: 0

What happiness is there which is not purchased with more or less of pain? Votes: 0

Man must search for what is right, and let happiness come on its own. Votes: 0

I have the happiness of a passing moment, and what more can mortal ask? Votes: 0

One kind of happiness is to know exactly at what point to be miserable. Votes: 0

Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present. Votes: 0

There's such a thing as too much happiness and sadness. What I'm after is contentment. Votes: 0

Happiness does not consist in having what you want, but in wanting what you have Votes: 0

It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed. Votes: 0

The loveliest creations of men are persistently painful. What would be the description of happiness? Votes: 0

A man doesn't know what happiness is until he's married. By then it's too late. Votes: 0

Settle, for sure and universally, what conduct will promote the happiness of a rational being. Votes: 0

The truth is that finding happiness in what you do every day is so imperative. Votes: 0

To bring yourself love and happiness, do what you can to bring them to others. Votes: 0

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness. Votes: 0

A person can't know what happiness is without experiencing sadness. And I think that's healthy. Votes: 0

The loveliest creations of men are persistently painful. What would be the description of happiness?" Votes: 0

Power, wealth and immortality--they don't bring happiness. You will never know what the word means. Votes: 0

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may be. Votes: 0

When you get married, you'll understand what happiness is. But then it will be too late. Votes: 0

I sighed. "What is life but fleeting moments of happiness strung together on necklace of despair? Votes: 0

It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed. Votes: 0

Happiness does not depend on what happens outside of you, but what happens inside of you. Votes: 0

Happiness isn't something that happens to you. It is what you yourself do and determine upon. Votes: 0

Don't underestimate the importance of happiness. As long as you're happy, who cares what you do? Votes: 0

Tolstoy said, happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story - then what does that make us? Votes: 0

Happiness isn't about getting what you want all the time; it's about loving what you have. Votes: 0

Struggle is actually something that is important to the process of understanding what true happiness is. Votes: 0

People waste their happiness - that's what makes me sad. Everyone's so scared to be happy. Votes: 0

Happiness comes not from having more, not from having less, but from wanting what you have. Votes: 0

The breadth and depth of what dogs do for our happiness and longevity is pretty remarkable. Votes: 0

Happiness is when you're content with what you have and appreciate what you get with gratitude. Votes: 0

It is impossible that happiness, and yearning for what is not present, should ever be united. Votes: 0

I always tell people happiness comes in one word: progress. I don't care what you achieve. Votes: 0

Happiness, sadness, loss and gain all pass away. What they do to us is what remains. Votes: 0

So much of what determines our happiness, I believe, is who we choose as our intimates. Votes: 0

Peace and happiness are what you covet, but these are only to be obtained by labor. Votes: 0

There is no expert on what happiness is but many on what it might have been. Votes: 0

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. Votes: 0

I try to forget what happiness was, and when that don't work, I study the stars. Votes: 0

Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness. Votes: 0

Money will not purchase happiness for the man who has no concept of what he wants. Votes: 0

Love is not about what you want. It's about finding happiness for the one you love. Votes: 0

If we do not find happiness in the present moment, in what shall we find it? Votes: 0

There is no greater grief than to find no happiness, but happiness in what is past. Votes: 0

Happiness is a powerful thing. It freed me to do what I always wanted to do. Votes: 0

The secret of happiness is not doing what we like but in liking what we do. Votes: 0

Death, I've dreamed of it, I've desired it, but what real happiness can come from it? Votes: 0

If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem. Votes: 0

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is. Votes: 0

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does. Votes: 0

Quite possibly, what I call happiness may coincide with what others call the moment of imminent danger Votes: 0

...happiness is not found in things you possess, but in what you have the courage to release... Votes: 0

The secret of happiness is simply this... your happiness does NOT depend on getting what you want. Votes: 0

True happiness that stands the taste of time comes by recognizing and appreciating what we do possess. Votes: 0

Happiness is not about getting what you want all the time, but about loving everything you get. Votes: 0

It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is. Votes: 0

When people say they are looking for happiness, I ask, What are you giving to the world? Votes: 0

Oh great star! What would your happiness be if you did not have us to shine for? Votes: 0

Now God, who has made us, knows what we are and that our happiness lies in Him. Votes: 0

I've never known anyone more ill equipped for happiness. He wouldn't know what to do with it. Votes: 0

Happiness doesn't come from external circumstances. It comes from the inside-regardless of what is happening around us. Votes: 0

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does. Votes: 0

What you base your happiness around? Material, women, and large paper? That means you inferior, not major. Votes: 0

Happiness is when you are content with who you are, what you are, and where you are. Votes: 0

Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness. Laugh..apologiz e..let go of what you can't change. Votes: 0

What cowardice it is to be dismayed by the happiness of others and devastated by there good fortune. Votes: 0

Success is getting and achieving what you want. Happiness is wanting and being content with what you get. Votes: 0

Pain is easy to write. In pain we're all happily individual. But what can one write about happiness? Votes: 0

There is no happiness higher than what a man obtains by this attitude of non-offensiveness, to all creation. Votes: 0

Since eternity means happiness for you, what does it matter if some of these passing moments are unpleasant? Votes: 0

Happiness comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way that's consistent with those beliefs. Votes: 0

Happiness is not the same as life satisfaction, while neither are identical to what we might call flourishing. Votes: 0

The happiness at getting what you want is not usually commensurate with the worry leading up to it. Votes: 0

And the women who had thought they wanted dresses never realized that what they had wanted was happiness. Votes: 0

Don't care what people gonna think of you, do what you wanna do and seek just your happiness. Votes: 0

The happiness of love is in action; its test is what one is willing to do for others. Votes: 0

Happiness doesn't depend on how much you have to enjoy, but how much you enjoy what you have. Votes: 0

The secret to happiness, of course, is not getting what you want; it’s wanting what you get, Votes: 0

What has human happiness to do with morals? The object of morals is not to make people happy. Votes: 0

Envying another man's happiness is madness; you wouldn't know what to do with it if you had it. Votes: 0

What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life. Votes: 0

The way to choose happiness is to follow what is right and real and the truth for you. Votes: 0

You try for a little happiness, and what do you get? A few memories and a fat stomach! Votes: 0

What can we take on trust in this uncertain life? Happiness, greatness, pride - nothing is secure, nothing keeps. Votes: 0

Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think. Votes: 0

I'm not sure what the secret to happiness is but I'm pretty sure it all starts with going outside. Votes: 0

God has linked holiness and happiness; and what God has joined together we must not think to put asunder. Votes: 0

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it. Votes: 0

Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think. Votes: 0

There's no time for hatred, only questions. Where is love? Where is happiness? What is life? Where is peace? Votes: 0

Gratitude is a word that I cherish. Gratitude is what defines the happiness and humanity of the human being. Votes: 0

The highest happiness of man ... is to have probed what is knowable and quietly to revere what is unknowable. Votes: 0

Happiness was useless to me. It was heartache that filled my purse. What happy man has need of Shakespeare? Votes: 0

I think that's what turns young men and women into writers - the happiness you discover living in books. Votes: 0

The happiness of the tender heart is increased by what it can take away from the wretchedness of others. Votes: 0

What a miserable life is this! There is no happiness that is secure and nothing that does not change. Votes: 0

Happiness is overrated. It comes and goes just like sadness and miseryboth fleeting. What's important is peace. With all. Votes: 0

Happiness is making the most of what you have, and riches is making the most of what you've got. Votes: 0

My happiness comes from doing all I can for my students. To help them, what else could there be? Votes: 0

What is needed to attain happiness is not a comfortable life, but a heart in love, such as Christ's. Votes: 0

My happiness comes from doing all I can for my students. To help them, what else could there be? Votes: 0

Fundamental happiness depends more than anything else upon what may be called a friendly interest in persons and things. Votes: 0

What unites us as human beings is an urge for happiness which at heart is a yearning for union. Votes: 0

HAPPINESS comes first by what comes into your head a long time before material BLESSINGS come into your hand. Votes: 0

One writes because one has a burning desire to objectify what it is indispensable to one's happiness to express ... Votes: 0

Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years. Votes: 0

Happiness is something we reap from the seeds we sow. Plant misery seeds and that us what you reap. Votes: 0

Just remember that those who feel profoundly depressed are those whose happiness is likewise intense. What's so wrong with that? Votes: 0

There is no guarantee what will give you happiness any which way. I know many married people who are unhappy. Votes: 0

Just because someone is single doesn't mean they're lonely. Some people are in relationships and they've forgotten what happiness is. Votes: 0

What is the worth of a happiness for which you must strive and work? Real happiness is spontaneous and effortless. Votes: 0

Give love and share happiness with the people around you, and never give up fighting for what you believe in. Votes: 0

What are the aims which are at the same time duties? They are perfecting of ourselves, the happiness of others. Votes: 0

What a person wills and not what they know determines their worth or unworth, power or impotence, happiness or unhappiness. Votes: 0

What would you call the highest happiness? Wratislaw was asked. The sense of competence, was the answer, given without hesitation. Votes: 0

What makes us happy is to have a spiritual experience ... that experience of ecstasy in the deepest meditation; that's happiness. Votes: 0

Sometimes it's not that people bring us happiness, they just bring us familiarity. You know what to expect from them. Votes: 0

A woman asked me recently, "What are the blocks to my happiness?" I said, "The belief that you have blocks." Votes: 0

Man's condition is horrible because, no matter what form his happiness may take, it arises from some species of ignorance. Votes: 0

You are what happiness means to me. And I would rather have today with you than forever with anyone else. Votes: 0

Only a man who has loved a woman of genius can appreciate what happiness there is in loving a fool. Votes: 0

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness. Votes: 0

Once a day you should look into the mirror to see if what stands between you and happiness isn't you. Votes: 0

What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told. Votes: 0

It is difficult to experience moments of happiness if we are not aware of what it is we genuinely love. Votes: 0

Never ask, "What reason do I have to be happy?" Instead ask, "To what purpose can I attach my happiness? Votes: 0

What is a logical mind?... It is the antiseptic which destroys the bacilli of unreason whereby true happiness is vivified. Votes: 0

I don't know what happiness is. I don't know what sweet caress is. Still, I'm always laughing like a clown. Votes: 0

What we need for our happiness is often close at hand, if we knew but how to seek for it. Votes: 0

What I am looking for is not happiness. I work solely because it is impossible for me to do anything else. Votes: 0

Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable. Votes: 0

Relationships are complicated, but happiness in a relationship isn't: It's just wanting exactly what you have. Wanting something else is dispiriting. Votes: 0

Ah, what happiness it is to be with people who are all happy, to press hands, press cheeks, smile into eyes. Votes: 0

Remember: success does not lead to happiness - it's the other way around. Greater happiness is what leads to greater success. Votes: 0

Your joy, your happiness, your satisfaction and your ability to dance with life, depends solely on what you pay attention to. Votes: 0

There are many more attempts to define happiness than unhappiness. It is because people know all too well what unhappiness is. Votes: 0

Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are. Votes: 0

Having a loving relationship with our spouse or with our children is what leads to the long-term happiness we all seek. Votes: 0

Stress is actually the number one thing that blocks people from their happiness and well-being and from getting what they want. Votes: 0

What's our baggage? Only vows, Happiness, and all our care, And the flower that sweetly shows Nestling lightly in your hair. Votes: 0

Take the selfishness out of this world and there would be more happiness than we should know what to do with. Votes: 0

Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy. Votes: 0

What a man is contributes much more to his happiness than what he has or how he is regarded by others. Votes: 0

What did it matter if he existed for two or for twenty years? Happiness was the fact that he had existed. Votes: 0

People don't understand what happiness is, so they have an idea of what will make them happy, but it never does. Votes: 0

To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness. Votes: 0

By trusting Christ's redemptive work for us, we can enter into what we long for: the happiness found only in God. Votes: 0

To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her marriage: what could possibly be more prestigious? Votes: 0

Happiness is not dependent on experience. What you experience shouldn't make you happy or unhappy when you know how to be happy. Votes: 0

What determines each person's state of happiness or unhappiness is not the event itself, but what the event means to that person. Votes: 0

It's not what is available or unavailable that determines your level of success and happiness; it's what you convince yourself is true. Votes: 0

Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all. Votes: 0

For what are the words with which to summarize a lifetime, so much crowded confused happiness terminated by such stark slow-motion pain~? Votes: 0

Start to become active in what u love DOING. People admire action, courage&real happiness far more than they admire a size 2 Votes: 0

WHAT IF we all treat other people as we wish to be treated? MORE happiness. LESS selfishness, crime, fraud, hatred, terrorism, wars... Votes: 0

Working 14 hours a day until you're 55 and missing your kids growing up is not what I would consider a recipe for happiness. Votes: 0

For what are the words with which to summarize a lifetime, so much crowded confused happiness terminated by such stark slow-motion pain? Votes: 0

[When] you're dying laughing because your three-year-old made a fart joke, it doesn't matter what else is going on. That's real happiness. Votes: 0

What if happiness is in fact more about remembering who we are, rather than attempting to change anything or anyone at all? Votes: 0

The journey to happiness involves finding the courage to go down into ourselves and take responsibility for what's there: all of it. Votes: 0

Happiness is not dependent on experience. What you experience shouldn't make you happy or unhappy when you know how to be happy. Votes: 0

Your current situations or problems have been sent to you to teach you valuable lessons for success and happiness. What are they? Votes: 0

I remember watching it all and getting the tickling in my chest and thinking to myself: This is what happiness feels like. Votes: 0

I want to feel what I feel. What's mine. Even if it's not happiness, whatever that means. Because you're all you've got. Votes: 0

What would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it. Votes: 0

I've got what my mother's got - however bloody you are feeling you can put on the most amazing show of happiness. Votes: 0

That's what Buddhism has been trying to unravel - the mechanism of happiness and suffering. It is a science of the mind. Votes: 0

megan once told me that happiness is getting exactly what you want, but she thinks it's only what she wants that counts. Votes: 0

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness. Votes: 0

It will hurt." said Petra. "But let's make the most of what we have, and not let future pain ruin present happiness. Votes: 0

If you have not taken the time to define what happiness means to you, what have your spent your whole life pursuing? Votes: 0

Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside. Votes: 0

Happiness comes out of being willing to do your work in your twenties to find out who you are, what you love. Votes: 0

You know what happiness is: 'Having a little more money than your colleagues.' And that's not so tough in academic life. Votes: 0

If you understand the great plan of happiness and follow it, what goes on in the world will not determine your happiness. Votes: 0

The purpose of human life and the sense of happiness is to give the maximum what the man is able to give. Votes: 0

What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience? Votes: 0

What idiocy, to racing into this story and its labyrinths, sprinting away from our happiness among the fresh spring grasses by the oak. Votes: 0

Happiness does not exclude sadness - if a person responds to life, he's sometimes happy and sometimes sad. What matters is he responds. Votes: 0

We think of happiness as something we can take. But usually it comes from being content with what we have, and accepting ourselves. Votes: 0

If a man does what is good, let him do it again; let him delight in it; happiness is the outcome of good. Votes: 0

There is, in lovers, a certain infatuation of egotism; they will have a witness of their happiness, cost that witness what it may. Votes: 0

We never give up wanting things for ourselves, but there comes a day when what we want for ourselves is someone else's happiness. Votes: 0

Only if you resist what happens are you at the mercy of what happens, and the world will determine your happiness and unhappiness Votes: 0

Seek first what is true and of value, and then whatever happiness follows will be of the appropriate quantity and, more importantly, quality. Votes: 0

I think happiness is what makes you pretty. Period. Happy people are beautiful. They become like a mirror and they reflect that happiness. Votes: 0

Real happiness is something most people never know. What we experience in deep meditation, that ecstasy is beyond what human beings call happiness Votes: 0

To crave for happiness in this world is simply to be possessed by a spirit of revolt. What right have we to happiness? Votes: 0

We have two lives... the life we learn with and the life we live after that. Suffering is what brings us towards happiness. Votes: 0

Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness. Laugh when you can. Apologize when you should and let go of what you can't change. Votes: 0

My definition of happiness is having something to do what you love to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to. Votes: 0

I do not know what right I have to so much happiness, but rather hold it in reserve till the time of my desert. Votes: 0

No matter what you are doing, keep the undercurrent of happiness. Learn to be secretly happy within your heart in spite of all circumstances. Votes: 0

We need to learn how to want what we have NOT to have what we want in order to get steady and stable Happiness Votes: 0

Happiness has little to do with what is going on around you, and a lot to do with what is going on inside you. Votes: 0

If a man has no humaneness what can his propriety be like? If a man has no humaneness what can his happiness be like? Votes: 0

The happiness of mankind, if it ever should come to pass, would still leave men asking: Why? What point to it? To what end? Votes: 0

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. Votes: 0

The root of things, what they were all afraid of saying, was that happiness is dirt cheap. You can have it for nothing. Beauty. Votes: 0

While being you and truly sharing what you do will bring happiness to others, you won't find contentment merely trying to keep others happy. Votes: 0

For years, I kept a Post-it note above my desk. WORK NOT LOVE! was what it said. It seemed a sturdier kind of happiness. Votes: 0

Happiness is what happens when you build the level of awareness and courage to continuously identify, challenge, and replace your negative thoughts and beliefs. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The miracle-minded perception would be to make happiness itself our goal and to relinquish the thought that we know what that would look like. Votes: 0

The key to happiness, in my opinion, is taking the time to find out what your spirit wants you to do, and doing it. Votes: 0

It's never too late to reach for happiness and no matter what life has done to you, it's never too late to find it. Votes: 0

When happiness is liked by me and others equally, what is so special about me that I should strive after happiness only for myself? Votes: 0

We must meditate on what brings happiness, since when it has, it has everything, and when he misses, we do everything to have it Votes: 0

What is called virtue in the common sense of the word has nothing to do with this or that man's prosperity, or even happiness. Votes: 0

Then there was a man who said, 'I never knew what real happiness was until I got married; by then it was too late' Votes: 0

Wouldst thou ever roam abroad? See, what is good lies by thy side. Only learn to catch happiness, for happiness is ever by you. Votes: 0

Matter is fun for a while; but ultimately, it is the spiritual experience where we leap beyond what we know- that is the happiness. Votes: 0

Money is the most important thing in the world, you know. Money can buy you happiness, and I don't care what anyone else thinks. Votes: 0

What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of needs which have been dammed up to a high degree. Votes: 0

I wish people could acheive what they think would bring them happiness in order for them to realize that thats not really what happiness is. Votes: 0

But there was, she knew, something else. Happiness, she supposed. Whatever that might be. What, exactly, she wondered, was happiness. Very positively she wanted it. Votes: 0

Love, caring, and the spirit of kindness always bring happiness. Our greatest happiness depends on what we love, how we care, and how we share. Votes: 0

I'm trying to broaden the scope of positive psychology well beyond the smiley face. Happiness is just one-fifth of what human beings choose to do. Votes: 0

I wish people could achieve what they think would bring them happiness in order for them to realize that that's not really what happiness is. Votes: 0

Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things themselves; we are happy from possessing what we like, not from possessing what others like. Votes: 0

The fact that knowledge endlessly recedes as the investigator is about to grasp it is what constitutes at the same time his torment and happiness. Votes: 0

Happiness is like the weather. Sometimes it's rainy, sometimes it's sunny, and you gotta just go through and accept what's there in front of you. Votes: 0

The cult of happiness turns into a huge concern which to my opinion is exactly contrary to what happiness should be: a paradise of enchantment. Votes: 0

They've got no idea what happiness is, they don't know that without this love there is no happiness or unhappiness for us--there is no life. Votes: 0

People always think that happiness is a faraway thing … something complicated and hard to get. Yet, what little things can make it up. Votes: 0

Alright, the secret of happiness is simple: find out what you truly love to do and then direct all of your energy towards doing it. Votes: 0

Maybe there was no happily ever after [...] but there was happiness sometimes and she had it now, doing what she knew she was born for. Votes: 0

Happiness will depend on what each of us does with what each has, what we learn from what we do, and what we do thereafter. Votes: 0

What you eat should not just be "good for you" but it should contribute to your happiness - it should make you a happier person. Votes: 0

Most people when they're walking are thinking about where they have to go and what they have to do. But that removes us from happiness. Votes: 0

Worry is to joy what a Hoover vacuum cleaner is to dirt: might as well attach your heart to a happiness-sucker and flip the switch. Votes: 0

I really love being alive. I love my family and my work. I love the opportunity I have to do things. That's what happiness is. Votes: 0

I know what happiness and what despair are, and I never make a jest of such feelings. Take it, then, but in exchange — Votes: 0

In the midst of happiness or despairin sorrow or in joyin pleasure or in pain:Do what is right and you will be at peace. Votes: 0

We don't always know what makes us happy. We know, instead, what we think SHOULD. We are baffled and confused when our attempts at happiness fail... Votes: 0

Happiness isn't a state, it's a skill. It's the skill of knowing how to take what life throws your way and make the most of it. Votes: 0

What ever our wandering our happiness will always be found within a narrow compass, and in the middle of the objects more immediately within our reach. Votes: 0

Children must early learn the the beauty of generosity. They are taught to give what they prize most, that they may taste the happiness of giving. Votes: 0

Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. Votes: 0

What ever our wandering our happiness will always be found within a narrow compass, and in the middle of the objects more immediately within our reach. Votes: 0

Depression might have chosen you, but you don't have to choose it back. Sometimes happiness comes with bootstraps, but so what? Pull 'em up. Choose joy. Votes: 0

Can wealth give happiness? look around and see, what gay distress! what splendid misery! Whatever fortunes lavishly can pour, the mind annihilates and calls for more. Votes: 0

What is the happiness ? Is it really happiness ? Nothing stable, just happen, stay and decay... Everything is impermanence, dissatisfaction and nothing can ever belong to itself Votes: 0

love of learning is the most necessary passion ... in it lies our happiness. It's a sure remedy for what ails us, an unending source of pleasure. Votes: 0

Following dharma puts you in a proper field of attention. In a proper field of attention, regardless of what your outer circumstances are, happiness will flow. Votes: 0

She wished she had known back then. Known that happiness isn't a point in time you leave behind. It's what's ahead of you. Every single day. Votes: 0

The hour when you say, "What does my happiness matter? It is poverty and filth, and a wretched complacency. Yet my happiness should justify existence itself! Votes: 0

To love is to take delight in happiness of another, or, what amounts to the same thing, it is to account another's happiness as one's own. Votes: 0

But what are years, what are months!" he would exclaim. "Why count the days, when even one day is enough for man to know all happiness. Votes: 0

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 Votes: 0

A great man does not seek applause or place; he seeks for truth; he seeks the road to happiness, and what he ascertains, he gives to others. Votes: 0

What happiness the rural maid attends, In cheerful labour while each day she spends! She gratefully receives what Heav'n has sent, And, rich in poverty, enjoys content. Votes: 0

What is an Extraordinary Life? A life of meaning, a magnificent life, a life of joy, happiness, love, passion, success, and fulfillment. Life experienced on your terms. Votes: 0

Happiness is a function of accepting what is. Love is a function of communication. Health is a function of participation. Self expression is a function of responsibility. Votes: 0

What is the real relation between happiness and goodness? It is only within a few generations that men have found courage to say that there is none. Votes: 0

In a nutshell, the fountain of happiness can be found in how you behave, what you think, and what goals you set every day of your life. Votes: 0

This age thing is all up to you. It's like happiness is up to you. You just have to understand what it is before you get it. Votes: 0

Arturo Bandini: -What does happiness mean to you Camilla? Camilla: -That you can fall in love with whoever you want to, and not feel ashamed of it. Votes: 0

Of all the priceless objects left behind, this is what we rescue. These artifacts. Memory cues. Useless souvenirs. Nothing you could auction. The scars left from happiness. Votes: 0

What mortal is there, over whose first joys and happiness does not break some storm, dispelling with its icy breath his fanciful illusions, and shattering his altar? Votes: 0

The highest compliment one can be paid by another human being is to be told: 'Because of what you are, you are essential to my happiness.' Votes: 0

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself. Votes: 0

Smartass Disciple: Master, what is the secret recipe of your happiness?Master of Stupidity: If I tell you, there is nobody left to be made fun of. Votes: 0

Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually. Votes: 0

I know exactly what I want. Everything. Calm, peace, tranquility, freedom, fun, happiness. If I could make all that one word, I would - a many-syllabled word. Votes: 0

Childhood is supposed to be happy, and if you can't remember yours with any happiness, what hope have you later, when life starts handing you fresh grief? Votes: 0

You might not make it to the top, but if you are doing what you love, there is much more happiness there than being rich or famous. Votes: 0

No one can know what happiness is if you have not gone through the disappointmentOne can only savor the victory if he has felt the bitter defeat. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Just being ourselves, feeling proud of what we are by God's grace, believing in our own efforts to be successful in whatever we do...is real happiness :-) Votes: 0

I am quite miserable because I'm never satisfied with what I've got. You're always looking for that next high, and that is what I would define as happiness. Votes: 0

Happiness is a skill, emotional balance is a skill, compassion and altruism are skills, and like any skill they need to be developed. That's what education is about. Votes: 0

You're on the verge of getting your soul and your life back and he's still what determines your happiness ? You don't need a relationship to be happy, Georgina. Votes: 0

The human heart has a tiresome tendency to label as fate only what crushes it. But happiness likewise, in its way, is without reason, since it is inevitable. Votes: 0

The thought of all that happiness was hard to bear. What's the point of happiness when all it does is throw the facts of dying into clear relief~? Votes: 0

Touch meIt's so easy to leave meAll alone with my memoryOf my days in the sunIf you touch meYou'll understand what happiness isLook, a new day has began" Votes: 0

There is what we desire to do, and what we are able to do. When those two things don't coincide, which path should we pursue to find happiness? Votes: 0

When you do not know what to do or which way to turn, smile. This will relax your mind and let the sunshine of happiness into your soul. Votes: 0

They know where happiness lies, not in a cave or a country, but in love and the freedom to give and take what has been there all along. Votes: 0

The main thing is to get what little happiness there is out of life in this wartorn world because ‘these are the good old days’ now. Votes: 0

The key to happiness is not to get more, but to enjoy what we have and to fill the empty frame of our lives instead of enlarging it. Votes: 0

What is past is past. never go back. Not for excuses. Not for justification, not for happiness. You are what you are, the world is what it is. Votes: 0

When a man feels throbbing within him the power to do what he undertakes as well as it can possibly be done, this is happiness, this is success. Votes: 0

The ancient Greek view of happiness was really defined by leading a productive life: It's not about how much you have, it's about what you do with it. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Most important, in order to find real happiness, you must learn to love yourself for the totality of who you are and not just what you look like. Votes: 0

The thought of all that happiness was hard to bear. What's the point of happiness when all it does is throw the facts of dying into clear relief? Votes: 0

People need to realise what real happiness and success is, because success as an actor is fleeting. You can be up there one day and gone the next. Votes: 0

No matter when, at whatever moment, if she were asked what she was thinking about she could reply quite correctly - one thing, her happiness and her unhappiness. Votes: 0

What is without us has no connection with happiness, only so far as the preservation of our lives and health depends upon it. . . . Happiness springs immediately from the mind. Votes: 0

You can search the world over, but you won't find happiness until you realize that happiness isn't getting what you want. It's being content with what you already have. Votes: 0

Desperately seeking something is not what attracts it to us. When we dwell, in deep peace and kindness, whatever would add to our happiness just flows to our door. Votes: 0

Sin is what you do when your heart is not satisfied with God. No one sins out of duty. We sin because it holds out some promise of happiness. Votes: 0

Happiness doesn't depend on what we have, but it does depend on how we feel toward what we have. We can be happy with little and miserable with much. Votes: 0

You know the passage where Scarlett voices her happiness that her mother is dead, so that she can't see what a bad girl Scarlett has become? Well, that's me. Votes: 0

I have lived long enough to know what I did not at one time believe--that no society can be upheld in happiness and honor without the sentiment of religion. Votes: 0

Not what we have, but what we use, not what we see, but what we choose, these are the things that mar or bless the sum of human happiness. Votes: 0

Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product. For what keeps our interest in life and makes us look forward to tomorrow is giving pleasure to other people. Votes: 0

Happiness is open to all, since, when you boil it down, it merely consists of contentment with what you have got and doing what you can for other people. Votes: 0

I wish I had never been born," she said. "What are we born for?" "For infinite happiness," said the Spirit. "You can step out into it at any moment... Votes: 0

The real enemy of happiness is the mind's fixations and delusions... If you have the right mind, you can overcome anything - you can be happy, no matter what. Votes: 0

Happiness is the freedom of choice. The freedom to choose where to live, what to do, what to buy, what to sell, from whom, to whom, when and how. Votes: 0

What happiness this is: to fly, skimming over the earth just as we do in our dreams! Life has become a dream. Can this be the meaning of paradise? Votes: 0

Together as a nation, we have the obligation to put sunshine into the hearts of our little ones. They are our precious possessions. They deserve what happiness life can offer. Votes: 0

What the fertilizer does to the germinating plant is what happiness does for a depressed soul... What anger does to a person is what an acid does to its container! Votes: 0

I finally understood what true love meant...love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be. Votes: 0

I had a handle on satisfaction, and I loved my career, but I didn't really know what happiness was. So I started on this quest to have a happy life. Votes: 0

‎"But that's the price we have to pay for stability. You've got to choose between happiness and what people used to call high art. We've sacrificed the high art. Votes: 0

Count all th' advantage prosperous Vice attains, 'Tis but what Virtue flies from and disdains: And grant the bad what happiness they would, One they must want--which is, to pass for good. Votes: 0

What is the highest of all goods achievable by action? ...both the general run of man and people of superior refinement say that it is happiness ...but with regard to what happiness is they differ. Votes: 0