Happiness is inward, and not outward and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are. Henry Van Dyke on happiness
My whole working philosophy is that the only stable happiness for mankind is that it shall live married in blessed union to woman-kind - intimacy, physical and psychical between a man and his wife. I wish to add that my state of bliss is by no means perfect. David Herbert Lawrence on happiness
The secret of happiness is something to do. John Burroughs on happiness
We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness. Pierre Corneille on happiness
If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time. Josh Billings on happiness
I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the happiness of his fellow men. Thomas Huxley on happiness
People are surprised at how down-to-earth I am. I like to stay home on Friday nights and listen to 'The Art of Happiness' by the Dalai Lama. Carmen Electra on happiness
Happiness is within. It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. Happiness comes when you believe that you have done something truly meaningful. Martin Yan on happiness
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 on happiness
Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice. Michael Novak on happiness
Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character. George Santayana on happiness
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness. George Santayana on happiness
We believe, as our founders did, that 'the pursuit of happiness' depends upon individual liberty and individual liberty requires limited government. Paul Ryan on happiness
One's work usually occupies more than half of one's waking life. Choosing work that does not bring happiness will lead to a life that is mostly disappointing. Bo Bennett on happiness
I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being. Edward Gibbon on happiness
What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told. Andre Gide on happiness
A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness. Stendhal on happiness
Completeness? Happiness? These words don't come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture what motherhood means to me, particularly given my medical history. Anita Baker on happiness
When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse. Sophocles on happiness
Happiness is secured through virtue it is a good attained by man's own will. Thomas Aquinas on happiness