Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it comes and sits softly on your shoulder. ~Henry David Thoreau Happiness is like a cat, if you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you; it will never come. But if you pay not attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing against your legs and jumping into your lap. ~William John Bennett
Happiness is like jam. You can't spread even a little without getting some on yourself. ~Anonymous
Happiness is not always measured in smiles. ~Anonymous
Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory. ~Albert Schweitzer
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. ~Mohandas K. Gandhi
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. ~Franklin Roosevelt
Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open. ~John Barrymore
Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste. ~Charlotte Bronte
Happiness, it is said, is seldom found by those who seek it, and never by those who seek it for themselves. ~F. Emerson Andrews
He alone is the happy man who has learned to extract happiness not from ideal conditions but from actual ones about him. ~Anonymous
He is happy that knoweth not himself to be otherwise. ~Thomas Fuller
Here we are the way politics ought to be in America; the politics of happiness, the politics of purpose and the politics of joy. ~Hubert H. Humphrey
I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances. ~Martha Washington I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure. ~John D. Rockefeller
I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve. ~Albert Schweitzer
I have learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. ~Martha Washington
If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time. ~Edith Wharton Happy
If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires. ~Epicurus
If you observe a really happy man you will find him building a boat, writing a symphony, educating his son, growing double dahlias in his garden. He will not be searching for happiness as if it were a collar button that has rolled under the radiator. ~W. Beran Wolfe
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. ~The Dalai Lama
In our daily lives, we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but the gratefulness that makes us happy. ~Albert Clarke
Independence is happiness. ~Susan B. Anthony
It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day to day basis. ~Margaret Bonnano
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. ~Marcel Proust
Many people 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
Most people would rather be certain they’re miserable, than risk being happy. ~Dr. Robert Anthony
Much happiness is overlooked because it doesn’t cost anything. ~Anonymous
Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy. ~Cythina Nelms
Of cheerfulness, or a good temper - the more it is spent, the more of it remains. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson People spend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idle dreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill the emptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed to search was within. ~Ramo
Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think. ~Dale Carnegie
Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination. ~Mark Twain
Some people cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. ~Anonymous
Some pursue happiness - others create it. ~Anonymous
Sometimes we miss happiness by looking too far for things nearby. ~Anonymous
Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get. ~Dale Carnegie
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
That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest. ~Henry David Thoreau
The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want the most for what you want now. ~Zig Ziglar
The difference between happy people and unhappy ones is that happy people have found a use for themselves, like a good tool. ~Barbara Kingsolver
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet. ~James Oppenheim
The gift of happiness belongs to those who unwrap it. ~Andrew Dunbar
The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. ~Allan K. Chalmers
The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances. ~Martha Washington
The kindest thing you can do for the people you care about is to become a happy, joyous person. ~Brian Tracy
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. ~E. E. Cummings The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves. ~William Emery Channing
The purpose of our lives is to be happy. ~The Dalai Lama
The real joy of life is in its play. Play is anything we do for the joy and love of doing it, apart from any profit, compulsion, or sense of duty. It is the real joy of living. ~Walter Rauschbusch
The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does. ~James M. Barrie
The true way to render ourselves happy is to love our work and find in it our pleasure. ~Francoise de Motteville
There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness. Lady Marguerite Blessington
There is no duty we so underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. ~George Sand
There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness. ~Sir John Buchan
Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves. ~James M. Barrie
To fill the hour - that is happiness. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
To find out what one is fitted to do and to secure an opportunity to do it is the key to happiness. ~John Dewey
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. ~Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same. ~Anne Frank
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. ~Helen Keller
When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace. ~The Dalai Lama
You can make yourself happy or miserable - it's the same amount of effort. ~Ray Bradbury
You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy. ~Eric Hoffer
You have to find happiness in yourself before you can find it with someone. ~Anonymous
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. ~Albert Camus
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