Happiness Quotes

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

18390 quotes

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"What is heaven but a state of the heart?"
Emily Brontë
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"We are happiest when we have the fewest desires."
William Butler Yeats
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"I would always rather be happy than dignified."
Charlotte Brontë
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"I would not give myself the trouble of contriving happiness."
Charlotte Brontë
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"The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not."
George Bernard Shaw
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"A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth."
George Bernard Shaw
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"The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to think about whether you are happy or not."
George Bernard Shaw
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"I can live for two months on a good compliment."
Oscar Wilde
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"The secret to life is enjoying the passage of time."
Oscar Wilde
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"The pursuit of happiness often blinds us to true contentment."
Anne Brontë
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"I would always rather be happy than dignified."
Emily Brontë
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"Happiness is a choice we make daily."
Emily Brontë
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"Happiness is most found in acceptance of what cannot be changed."
Thomas Hardy
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"The pursuit of happiness is noble, but the pursuit of meaning is essential."
George Eliot
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"Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes"
Charles Dickens
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"The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes to do but in liking what one has to do"
Charles Dickens
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"Happiness lies not in external circumstances but in the peace of conscience."
Anne Brontë
"The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action."
Émile Zola
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"I would always rather be happy than dignified."
Charlotte Brontë
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"A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth."
George Bernard Shaw
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"The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to think about whether you are happy or not."
George Bernard Shaw
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"I would always rather be happy than dignified."
Emily Brontë
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"Happiness lies in accepting our nature, not fighting it."
Emily Brontë
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"Happiness is a choice we make moment by moment."
Emily Brontë
"To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness."
Gustave Flaubert
"One is happy as a result of one's own efforts."
Gustave Flaubert
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"The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history."
George Eliot
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"The happiest people are those who are engaged in some great and worthy enterprise."
George Eliot
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"Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth"
Charles Dickens
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"Remind me to be merry"
Charles Dickens