Happiness Quotes

"The pursuit of happiness often defeats itself; happiness comes unbidden to those engaged in worthy work."

"The ultimate result of thought is action, and the ultimate satisfaction is happiness."

"The greatest happiness comes from the fullest life."

"Pleasure is the payment of duty."

"How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do."

"We grant that happiness is a desideratum, a good. Now what kind of a good must the absolute be?"

"The happiness of a human is the summum bonum."

"The world of the happy is quite different from that of the unhappy."

"The greatest happiness lies in finding peace through service to others."

"Happiness is found in the pursuit of worthwhile goals."

"The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action."

"Happiness comes from living authentically within one's historical moment."

"The goal of human existence is happiness."

"The pursuit of happiness is secondary to the pursuit of duty."

"Happiness emerges as a byproduct of serving others."

"Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day."

"To find out what one is fitted to do and to secure an opportunity to do it is the key to happiness."

"Happiness is not by chance but by choice."

"Absolute morality is the regulation of conduct in such a way that it produces the greatest happiness."

"Happiness is an achievement and must be striven for."

"The happiness of the individual and the happiness of society are not opposed."

"Happiness is found in the satisfaction of human needs."

"Happiness is the natural state of a fulfilled human being."

"It is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong."

"Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove."

"Pursue pleasure and avoid pain—this is the great principle."

"The greatest good for the greatest number is a sublime principle."

"No individual can find true happiness in isolation from society."

"The pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of truth."

"The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion."