Happiness Quotes

"A person is never happy except through the satisfaction of some desire."

"The only way to be content is to renounce everything."

"A single day is enough to make us happy."

"To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much is impossible."

"We seek happiness in external things when it dwells within ourselves."

"The pleasure we derive from the representation of present things is the principle of my endeavor"

"To be really happy one must be unhappy occasionally"

"The true foundation of happiness is cultivated within the human heart"

"Happiness is not something ready made; it comes from your own actions."

"Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind."

"Happiness is a benefit of virtuous conduct, not something that can be pursued directly."

"Enjoy life, that is the command of wisdom."

"Happy are we whose earliest recollections have mingled the odours of the sea with our home affections."

"Happiness is like a butterfly which appears and alights on our hand and we stretch to clutch it, but it flies away."

"Happiness consists not in external circumstances but in the state of one's heart."

"Happiness is found in the pursuit, not the possession."

"Happiness is not a goal, it is a byproduct of meaningful living."

"The pursuit of happiness is the surest way to miss it."

"When a man is no longer troubled by the mosquitoes in his room, he is no longer troubled by anything."

"The pursuit of happiness is the most unhappy of all pursuits."

"Happiness is a chemical reaction in the brain, nothing more."

"Happiness is a momentary lapse in judgment."

"True happiness lies in the conviction that one is profitably occupied."

"The pursuit of happiness often leaves one less happy than the pursuit of virtue."

"To be the instrument of someone's joy is to be happy one's self."

"The pursuit of happiness often makes us less happy."

"Happiness is not found in possessions but in memories."

"The achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life."

"The right to be happy belongs to those who are responsible enough to demand it."

"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."