It is work, work that one delights in, that is the surest guarantor of happiness. But even here it is a work that has to be earned by labor in one's earlier years. One should labor so hard in youth that everything one does subsequently is easy by comparison. Ashley Montagu
What if I couldn't handle people's opinions of me? I know that shouldn't dictate a person's degree of peace or happiness in life, but the problem is, I chose a business saturated in judgment. Chris Evans
So, my happiness doesn't come from money or fame. My happiness comes from seeing life without struggle. Nicki Minaj
Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling. Margaret Lee Runbeck
There is an old saying that money can't buy happiness. If it could, I would buy myself four hits every game. Pete Rose
Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness. Maurice Maeterlinck
I admit I can't shake the idea that there is virtue in suffering, that there is a sort of psychic economy, whereby if you embrace success, happiness and comfort, these things have to be paid for. Hugh Laurie
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed. Storm Jameson
I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact, I consider it integral to our success mechanism. Becoming attached to what we desire is what causes the trouble. If you must have it in order to be happy, then you are denying the happiness of the here and now. Peter McWilliams
To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness. J. B. Priestley
I believe that my clothes can give people a better image of themselves - that it can increase their feelings of confidence and happiness. Giorgio Armani
The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation. Jeremy Bentham
I don't think that sin and pursuing happiness are not necessarily the same thing. Dan Savage
How can you tell somebody whose is pursuing happiness that they're somehow not American when that was the very first promise that America made? Dan Savage
The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you'll never find it. Carrie P. Snow
Here is my prescription to heal all wounds. Watch the film 'Funny Girl' at least five times, eat at least 45 chocolate bars, and hang out with all those friends you blew off to hang out with your ex. I truly believe that, through a combination of Nutella, old pals and Barbra Streisand, we can achieve happiness and, very probably, world peace. Beth Ditto
It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first. The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside self. Hugo Black
Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society. Henry St. John
My parents- they've been my biggest influences and supporters since day one. They teach me every day that happiness comes from within and not from something outside of your heart. Shawn Johnson
I think the key to happiness is allowing ourselves to not feel bad or guilty for feeling it, and letting it be contagious. And to not be dependent on other people to create your own happiness. Brittany Murphy