Happiness
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Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
When I was growing up, I don't remember being told that America was created so that everyone could get rich. I remember being told it was about opportunity and the pursuit of happiness. Not happiness itself, but the pursuit.
Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping.
The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.
Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
So long as we can lose any happiness, we possess some.
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided.
The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery.
Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
In my life I've learned that true happiness comes from giving. Helping others along the way makes you evaluate who you are. I think that love is what we're all searching for. I haven't come across anyone who didn't become a better person through love.
True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
When you're happy you find pure joy in your life. There are no regrets in this state of happiness — and that's a goal worth striving for in all areas of your life.
Happiness is a critical factor for work, and work is a critical factor for happiness. In one of those life-isn't-fair results, it turns out that the happy outperform the less happy. Happy people work more hours each week — and they work more in their free time, too.
You might not make it to the top, but if you are doing what you love, there is much more happiness there than being rich or famous.
Some people think happiness is a luxury, but it's a necessity. You need to make space for it in your life.
Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with others than to fight our own nature.