Happiness Quotes

Is it a destination or a practice? These quotes explore the most sought-after human experience.

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"The path to happiness is paved with rational choices and self-awareness."
Jeremy Bentham
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"Nothing affords me greater pleasure than being useful."
Queen Victoria
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"My life is full of sunshine now."
Queen Victoria
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"I am convinced that there is no real happiness to be found in the world."
Queen Victoria
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"Happiness is found in the small things of life."
Prince Metternich
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"The pursuit of happiness is noble, but it must not come at the expense of others."
Lord Palmerston
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"A people prosperous and happy never love change."
Edmund Burke
"Happiness is found in simplicity."
Wilhelm II
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"Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action."
Benjamin Disraeli
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"The true source of cheerfulness is benevolence."
Benjamin Disraeli
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"A nation's true wealth is measured in the happiness of its people."
Lord Palmerston
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"Happiness is not a destination, but a journey of continuous growth."
Queen Victoria
"The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness."
John Stuart Mill
"Since the general form of the utilitarian principle is right, that of promoting happiness is right."
John Stuart Mill
"I regard utility as the ultimate appeal on all ethical questions; but it must be utility in the largest sense, grounded on the permanent interests of man as a progressive being."
John Stuart Mill
"The greatest amount of net happiness can be obtained by an intelligent pursuit of one's own interest and that of those with whom one comes into contact."
John Stuart Mill
"A person cannot in the nature of things, be compelled to happiness."
John Stuart Mill
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"The secret of happiness is in the proper government of the mind."
William Gladstone
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"The fountain of true contentment flows from a well of service to others."
William Gladstone
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"A nation's true wealth is measured in the happiness of its citizens."
Prince Metternich
"Pleasure and freedom of action are essential to a meaningful existence."
John Stuart Mill
"Do not mistake comfort for happiness; they are not the same thing."
John Stuart Mill
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"Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action."
Benjamin Disraeli
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"The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions."
Benjamin Disraeli
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"The fact that a man is surrounded by admirers does not mean he is happy."
Benjamin Disraeli
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"I find no pleasure in anything nowadays."
Queen Victoria
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"The happiness of a nation lies in its justice and fair laws."
William Gladstone
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"Happiness is found not in the attainment of desires, but in the noble pursuit of duty."
William Gladstone
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"The pursuit of happiness often leads one away from it."
Prince Metternich
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"One cannot truly appreciate happiness without having experienced sorrow."
Queen Victoria