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“It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.”

“Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.”

“Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.”

“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”

“True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.”

“A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection and judgment, when the picture of one's life, or of human life, as it truly has been or is, satisfies the will, and is gladly accepted.”

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”

“It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.”

“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.”

“I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.”

“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.”

“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”

“Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.”

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”

“Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.”

“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”

“Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.”

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects.”

“Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.”

“The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.”

“The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.”

“Those born to wealth, and who have the means of gratifying every wish, know not what is the real happiness of life, just as those who have been tossed on the stormy waters of the ocean on a few frail planks can alone realize the blessings of fair weather.”

“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”

“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.”

“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.”

“But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?”

“To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.”

“Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.”

“It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.”

“If you don't enjoy getting up and working and finishing your work and sitting down to a meal with family or friends, then the chances are you're not going to be happy. If someone bases his happiness or unhappiness on major events like a great new job, huge amounts of money, a flawlessly happy marriage or a trip to Paris, that person isn't going to be happy much of the time. If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast, flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap, then we are more likely to live with quite a bit of happiness.”