Happiness Quotes
Is it a destination or a practice? These quotes explore the most sought-after human experience.
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"The moment of happiness is made precious precisely because it must end."Anton Chekhov
"The true joy of life is being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one."George Bernard Shaw
"The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to think about whether you are happy or not."George Bernard Shaw
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."William Butler Yeats
"The happiness of too many men in these centuries would pass away like a feather on the wind."William Butler Yeats
"Happiness is but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain."Thomas Hardy
"I can resist everything except temptation, and temptation is what makes life worth living."Oscar Wilde
"The true source of joy is spiritual contentment."Oscar Wilde
"The best you can hope for is some kind of ecstasy."Samuel Beckett
"Happiness is found in the pursuit of meaningful goals."James Joyce
"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions."Leo Tolstoy
"If you want to be happy, be."Leo Tolstoy
"One of the first conditions for a happy life is that it should be a full life."Leo Tolstoy
"In the pursuit of happiness, do not forget to be happy."Leo Tolstoy
"The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history."George Eliot
"The happiness of men depends upon wisdom and virtue."George Eliot
"Only the very fortunate will know happiness."George Eliot
"I would always rather be happy than dignified."Anne Brontë
"I have had the happiness of an idea only upon the rarest occasions."William Butler Yeats
"Those that build them again are gay."William Butler Yeats
"The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play."William Butler Yeats
"I would always rather be happy than dignified."Emily Brontë
"The British do not expect happiness; I had the impression, all along, that they do not want to talk about it."George Bernard Shaw
"There is no duty we underrate so much as the duty of being happy."Oscar Wilde
"Those who seek happiness in material wealth will find only emptiness."Anne Brontë
"The pursuit of happiness often blinds us to the happiness already present."Thomas Hardy
"Happiness is a condition available only to those with short memories."Thomas Hardy
"The finest of pleasures are always the unexpected ones."George Eliot
"The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history."George Eliot
"Do you believe nothing happy ever comes to pass in the world?"Emily Brontë