Happiness Quotes

Happiness is not something that just comes to you. It's an active process.

The word 'happiness' always bothered me, partly because it was scientifically unwieldy and meant a lot of different things to different people, and also because it's subjective.

The secret of happiness is the determination to be happy always, rather than wait for outer circumstances to make one happy.

Money doesn't buy happiness. But happiness isn't everything.

More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for other's well-being, is source of happiness.

I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.

Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change.

I think money is essential to happiness and right now I wouldn't want to be anyone other than Wilbur Smith - I've had a fantastic life, rewarded far more heavily than I deserve. Maybe I'd like to be J. K. Rowling, but I'll settle for second best.

You will find peace and happiness if you will live the gospel.

I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.

My main thing is I just want to share as much hope and happiness as possible for music. If I can share as many moments and help people believe in themselves... if I can do that, then I'll feel like my job is done.

I don't like the word 'balance.' To me, that somehow conjures up conflict between work and family... as long as we think of these things as conflicting, we will never have happiness. True happiness comes from integration... of work, family, self, community.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.

We fear that this moment will end, that we won't get what we need, that we will lose what we love, or that we will not be safe. Often, our biggest fear is the knowledge that one day our bodies will cease functioning. So even when we are surrounded by all the conditions for happiness, our joy is not complete.

Heroism is accessible. Happiness is more difficult.

Happiness is no respecter of persons.

I think happiness is a goal all of us can agree on. Let's face it - we all would like to be happy.

I never thought I'd be using this phrase, but the pursuit of happiness - that's my right.

Dance is something I really enjoy; it gives me a different kind of happiness, something more spiritual. Plus it's good exercise; I'm happy doing it, and it all shows!

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.