815 quotes found
“Virtue is simply happiness, and happiness is a by-product of function. You are happy when you are functioning.”
“I think the pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of reality because illusion never leaves us ultimately happy.”
“Kind words produce happiness. How often have we ourselves been made happy by kind words, in a manner and to an extent which we are unable to explain!”
“When the whole world reads your books, is there any other happiness for a writer? I am happy that my books are read in 57 languages. But I am focused on Istanbul not because of Istanbul but because...”
“We all have a hungry heart, and one of the things we hunger for is happiness. So as much as I possibly could, I stayed where I was happy.”
“Sorrow happens, hardship happens, the hell with it, who never knew the price of happiness, will not be happy.”
“I have come a long way and learnt a lot. I read this quote about a year ago: 'Happiness must not be pursued it must ensue.' It's made me realise that just being married again or something like that...”
“I used to let other people's struggles affect my happiness. If they weren't happy, there was no way I was going to be happy. The opposite was also true: If I wasn't happy, I didn't want anyone arou...”
“Ever since I was a kid, I've always thought it very important to be happy inside. There's a lot of bad things happening in the world, but it's important to try to stay happy and appreciate what you...”
“I think a lot of people think I'm either unintelligent because I'm a very happy person and I have a lot of energy or that it's a fake happiness, like fake energy. I completely understand that becau...”
“Research has shown that the best way to be happy is to make each day happy.”
“Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.”
“If thou be industrious to procure wealth, be generous in the disposal of it. Man never is so happy as when he giveth happiness unto another.”
“We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.”
“You can be happy where you are.”
“Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself.”
“I am not happy, and the quest for happiness as a principal objective is not part of my world. Of course, ever since I can remember, I have done what I felt like doing.”
“Off with you! You're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that!”
“A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer of t...”
“I really wanted to buy a Range Rover. It was a big dream, and the day I bought it, I was very happy, but by evening, I was immune to it. That's when I realized that excitement, if it's happiness, i...”
