Happiness Quotes: Inspiration for a Joyful Life (Page 13)

"If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive. Mountains will not be climbed, races won, or lasting happiness achieved"

Maurice Chevalier, Actor

"But it is my happiness to be half Welsh, and that the better half"

Richard Cobden, Businessman

"Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is"

Maxim Gorky, Novelist

"We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness"

Maxwell Maltz, Scientist

"We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve"

Maxwell Maltz, Scientist

"The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life"

William Morris, Designer

"Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man"

Oswald Chambers, Theologian

"Johnny and I had a wonderful life together, full of love and happiness"

June Carter Cash, Musician

"There's no such thing as a perfect life, but there are moments of perfect happiness. And those moments make everything else worth it"

Emma Heming Willis, Actress

"Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time"

Zoe Saldana, Actor

"Musicians are probably the most uncomfortable people in themselves in the world. Happiness, I think, only exists when you're a child and once you go past 11, unfortunately it's gone"

Andrea Corr, Musician

"I want fame more than I can tell. But more than I want fame I want happiness"

Mary MacLane, Writer

"Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste"

Logan P. Smith, Writer

"The inspired Scriptures make the clear distinction between false and true riches and make plain the reason why happiness is gained and fully enjoyed only by those who find true riches"

Joseph Franklin Rutherford, Clergyman

"If you are kept in ignorance of the true way and permit yourself to rely upon and be guided by the opinion of imperfect man, you can never gain the riches that will bring you peace and lasting happiness"

Joseph Franklin Rutherford, Clergyman

"In civilized life, where the happiness and indeed almost the existence of man, depends on the opinion of his fellow men. He is constantly acting a studied part"

Jeremy Collier, Clergyman

"Everyone needs a certain amount of money. Beyond that, we pursue money because we know how to obtain it. We don't necessarily know how to obtain happiness"

Gregg Easterbrook, Author

"Happiness is a by-product. You cannot pursue it by itself"

Sam Levenson, Author

"I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness"

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Musician

"The Bourbon King was first ambassador of reason and human happiness"

Heinrich Mann, Novelist

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

J. Donald Walters, Author

"Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided"

Alphonse Karr, Critic

"I have kids and I want to have a long life and there are certain things that are conducive to that and certain things that aren't. I've opted for the road of happiness and long life"

Ethan Suplee, Actor

"To have the sense of creative activity is the great happiness and the great proof of being alive"

Matthew Arnold, Poet

"I've had a good life. Enough happiness, enough success"

Michael Landon, Actor

"The cause of justice is the cause of humanity. Its advocates should overflow with universal good will. We should love this cause, for it conduces to the general happiness of mankind"

William Godwin, Writer

"I had to try and find a way to express happiness without sounding corny"

Daniel Johns, Musician

"To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her marriage: what could possibly be more prestigious?"

Christopher Hampton, Playwright

"The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage"

Thucydides, Historian

"There is no worse sorrow than remembering happiness in the day of sorrow"

Alfred de Musset, Writer

"The most simple things can bring the most happiness"

Izabella Scorupco, Actress

"The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives"

Gertrude Jekyll, Celebrity

"The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mode of happiness, but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed by the change; happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up"

Charles Morgan, Novelist

"It is the people who can do nothing who find nothing to do, and the secret to happiness in this world is not only to be useful, but to be forever elevating one's uses"

Sarah Orne Jewett, Author

"Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family"

James K. Polk, President

"True religion... is giving and finding one's happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others"

William J. H. Boetcker, Clergyman

"I learned that people everywhere are basically the same and have similar goals that we do. They want health and happiness and the opportunity to provide for their families"

Steve Kerr, Athlete

"Religion is of general and public concern, and on its support depend, in great measure, the peace and good order of government, the safety and happiness of the people"

Samuel Chase, Judge

"So, after awhile, you can only get so much happiness from a guy who's drunk come up and tell you you're great"

Rick Derringer, Musician

"A good education is another name for happiness"

Ann Plato

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