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“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
“Remember this, that very little is needed to make a happy life.” ~ Marcus Aurelius
“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence” ~ Aristotle
“Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.” ~ Storm Jameson
“To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.” ~ Robert Muller
“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.” ~ Epictetus
“The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be” ~ Marcel Pagnol
“The U. S. Constitution doesn’t guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.” ~ Benjamin Franklin
“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.” ~ Denis Waitley
“Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.” ~ Marcus Aurelius
“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.” ~ Theodore Isaac Rubin
If you want to be happy, be. ~Leo Tolstoy
“The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage.”
~Carrie Jones
“The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.” ~Martha Washington
“Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” ~Guillaume Apollinaire
“Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.” ~Mother Teresa
“I’m a happy person. If you want to be around me, you can either choose to be happy too, or follow the signs to the nearest exit!” ~Sharon Swan
“The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.” ~J.M. Barrie
“Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.” ~Albert Schweitzer
“It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.”
Sir, every quotes are very good. It really gives effect on my life
“When someone does something good, applaud. You will make two people happy.” ~Samuel Goldwyn