Happiness Quotes

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

18390 quotes

"The pursuit of happiness is noble; the attainment is illusory."
Eliza Haywood
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"Happiness is the perpetual exercise of virtue."
Jonathan Swift
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"Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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"The pursuit of happiness often leads us astray."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
"The greatest revenge is living well and happily."
Eliza Haywood
"Happiness dwells not in possession but in appreciation."
Christina Rossetti
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"The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things."
Samuel Johnson
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"The fountain of content must spring up in the mind, and he who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition, will waste his life in fruitless efforts."
Samuel Johnson
"Variety is the soul of pleasure."
Aphra Behn
"The greatest happiness is to serve others well."
Aphra Behn
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"The Angel that presided o'er my birth said, 'Little creature, form'd of Joy and Mirth.'"
William Blake
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"Do you think that the hours of pleasure are not worth the hours of pain?"
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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"Happiness is not the absence of suffering, but the presence of meaning."
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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"Where we live we shape the architecture of our souls."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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"Happiness is not by chance, but by choice."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
"Happiness blooms in the garden of gratitude."
Christina Rossetti
"Happiness is not found in destinations, but in the journey itself."
Christina Rossetti
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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"
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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"The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence of his passions but in the mastery of them"
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance"
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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"Have I not found a happy earth"
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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"I believe the happy life consists in tranquility of mind"
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
"Take the happiest rating of the happiness of life, it never amounts to more than a few fine days."
Robert Browning
"Sing, riding's a joy! For me, I ride."
Robert Browning
"Happiness is to be found in duty, not in indulgence."
Robert Browning
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"A little of everything makes us happy, too much of something makes us sad."
Knut Hamsun
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"The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness."
Knut Hamsun
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"I have learned that to be with those I like is enough."
Knut Hamsun
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"The greatest happiness is to be needed."
Johan Christian Andersen
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"If you declare that you are happy, you will make others so too."
Johan Christian Andersen