Happiness
(page 6)
The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.
Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.
For me, fitness is not just about hitting the gym; it is also about an inner happiness and an overall well-being.
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
Happiness can exist only in acceptance.
The foundation of success in life is good health: that is the substratum fortune; it is also the basis of happiness. A person cannot accumulate a fortune very well when he is sick.
Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness, of hatred, of jealousy, and, most easily of all, the gate of fear.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being.
In this life, we have to make many choices. Some are very important choices. Some are not. Many of our choices are between good and evil. The choices we make, however, determine to a large extent our happiness or our unhappiness, because we have to live with the consequences of our choices.
My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.
Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.
Red is such an interesting color to correlate with emotion, because it's on both ends of the spectrum. On one end you have happiness, falling in love, infatuation with someone, passion, all that. On the other end, you've got obsession, jealousy, danger, fear, anger and frustration.
Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.
Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.