Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men. David O. McKay on happiness
The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire all acts are but different means chosen to arrive at it. Hannah Arendt on happiness
I always seem to have a vague feeling that he is a Satan among musicians, a fallen angel in the darkness who is perpetually seeking to fight his way back to happiness. Havelock Ellis on happiness
But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a greater happiness possible than to be lord of heaven and earth that is the happiness of being truly loved. Lafcadio Hearn on happiness
Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment. Irving Babbitt on happiness
The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves. William Ellery Channing on happiness
What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience? Adam Smith on happiness
Ultimately, all human activities have as their goal the realization of happiness. Why, then, have we ended up producing the opposite result? Could the underlying cause be our failure to correctly understand the true nature of happiness? Daisaku Ikeda on happiness
I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor. Pierre Corneille on happiness
Money, if it does not bring you happiness, will at least help you be miserable in comfort. Helen Gurley Brown on happiness
It's enough to indulge and to be selfish but true happiness is really when you start giving back. Adrian Grenier on happiness
There is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Henry Drummond on happiness
Happiness is no respecter of persons. Stephen Fry on happiness
To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a woman's smile - that is happiness. Hermann Hesse on happiness
I don't know the true meaning of happiness. Jonathan Davis on happiness
Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty. Louis D. Brandeis on happiness
Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates. Dag Hammarskjold on happiness
No one is guaranteed happiness. You can pursue it, but if you happen to find success along the way on that road to happiness, Conservatives believe you should not be demonized or penalized for it. Glenn Beck on happiness
Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose. John Stossel on happiness
When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away. Anna Pavlova on happiness