Happiness

Celestine Chua
“Happiness is an effect of doing what you love, not an end goal to be achieved.” — Celestine Chua
Hans Christian Andersen
“We cannot expect to be happy always... by experiencing evil as well as good we become wise.” — Hans Christian Andersen
Sydney Smith
“When you rise in the morning, form a resolution to make the day a happy one for a fellow creature.” — Sydney Smith
Marcus Aurelius
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts; therefore guard accordingly.” — Marcus Aurelius
Franz Kafka
“Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old. ” — Franz Kafka
Roy T. Bennett
“Take responsibility of your own happiness, never put it in other people's hands.” — Roy T. Bennett
Denis Waitley
“Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.” — Denis Waitley
Joyce Meyer
“Wisdom is doing now what you are going to be happy with later on.” — Joyce Meyer
Rita Mae Brown
“One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.” — Rita Mae Brown
Eleanor Roosevelt
“Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
Sydney Smith
“Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love, and to be loved, is the greatest happiness of existence.” — Sydney Smith
Norman Vincent Peale
“A vital part of the happiness formula is self-discipline. Whoever conquers himself knows deep happiness that fills the heart with joy.” — Norman Vincent Peale
William James
“Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.” — William James
Deepak Chopra
“The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness.” — Deepak Chopra
Norman Vincent Peale
“No man is happy who does not think himself so.” — Norman Vincent Peale
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Honore De Balzac
“Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance” — Honore de Balzac
Jonathan Swift
“Every day is an opportunity to a make a new happy ending.” — Jonathan Swift
Deepam Chaterjee
“What have you done today to make someone else happy?” — Deepam Chaterjee
Bette Midler
“The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.” — Bette Midler
Mary Engelbreit
“Happiness must be grown in one's own garden.” — Mary Engelbreit
Marcus Aurelius
“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” — Marcus Aurelius
Audrey Hepburn
“The most important thing is to enjoy your life, to be happy, it's all that matters.” — Audrey Hepburn
Hans Christian Andersen
“To be of use to the world is the only way to be happy.” — Hans Christian Andersen
Bette Midler
“The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.” — Bette Midler
Ayn Rand
“Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.” — Ayn Rand
Wayne Gretzky
“Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.” — Wayne Gretzky
Publilius Syrus
“No man is happy unless he believes he is.” — Publilius Syrus
Paramahansa Yogananda
“Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.” — Paramahansa Yogananda
Epictetus
“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.” — Epictetus
Alexandre Dumas
“Often we pass beside happiness without seeing it, without looking at it, or even if we have seen and looked at it, without recognizing it.” — Alexandre Dumas
Zen Proverb
“Unhappiness enters through a door that has been left open.” — Zen Proverb
Norman Vincent Peale
“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” — Norman Vincent Peale
Thich Nhat Hanh
“There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.” — Thich Nhat Hanh
Dale Carnegie
“It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.” — Dale Carnegie
Roy T. Bennett
“If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present.” — Roy T. Bennett
Paramahansa Yogananda
“If you want to be sad, no one in the world can make you happy. But if you make up your mind to be happy, no one and nothing on earth can take that happiness from you.” — Paramahansa Yogananda
Charles Spurgeon
“It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.” — Charles Spurgeon
Henry Ward Beecher
“The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.” — Henry Ward Beecher
Celestine Chua
“Every moment you get is a gift. Spend it on things that matter. Don't spend it by dwelling on unhappy things.” — Celestine Chua
Andrew Carnegie
“Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.” — Andrew Carnegie
Eckhart Tolle
“The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.” — Eckhart Tolle
Dan Millman
“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.” — Dan Millman
Denis Waitley
“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed.” — Denis Waitley
Morgan Wootten
“If I can pay the bills, I'm happy.” — Morgan Wootten
Herodotus
“The saddest aspect of life is that there is no one on earth whose happiness is such that he won't sometimes wish he were dead rather than alive.” — Herodotus
Christopher Mccandless
“Happiness is only real when shared.” — Christopher McCandless
Roy T. Bennett
“Don't waste your time in anger, regrets, worries, and grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy.” — Roy T. Bennett
Mark Manson
“To be happy we need something to solve. Happiness is therefore a form of action.” — Mark Manson
Earl Nightingale
“Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future.” — Earl Nightingale

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