Inspirations

True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

- Joseph Addison

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

- Joseph Addison

Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention.

- Greg Anderson

No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.

- Barbara De Angelis

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

- Aristotle

Happiness is activity.

- Aristotle

Happiness is a sort of action.

- Aristotle

Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.

- Marcus Aurelius

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

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.

- Sir James M Barrie

When one is happy there is no time to be fatigued; being happy engrosses the whole attention.

- Edward Frederic Benson

There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation.

- Henri L Bergson

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

The truth is that all of us attain the greatest success and happiness possible in this life whenever we use our native capacities to their greatest extent.

- Smiley Blanton

Not only is there a right to be happy, there is a duty to be happy. So much sadness exists in the world that we are all under obligation to contribute as much joy as lies within our powers.

- John S Bonnell

Not only is there a right to be happy, there is a duty to be happy. So much sadness exists in the world that we are all under obligation to contribute as much joy as lies within our powers.

- John S Bonnell

We all want to be happy, and we're all going to die. You might say those are the only two unchallengeably true facts that apply to every human being on this planet.

- William Boyd

Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living!

- Amanda Bradley

Happiness comes more from loving than being loved; and often when our affection seems wounded it is only our vanity bleeding. To love, and to be hurt often, and to love again -- this is the brave and happy life.

- J E Buckrose

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

- Buddha

The secret of happiness is something to do.

- John Burroughs

To have joy one must share it. Happiness was born a twin.

- Lord Byron

When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can have no vocation but to awaken that light on the faces surrounding him; and you are torn by the thought of the unhappiness and night you cast, by the mere fact of living, in the hearts you encounter.

- Albert Camus

Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.

- Dale Carnegie

Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don't put off being happy until some future date.

- Dale Carnegie

Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think.

- Dale Carnegie

They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world. Someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.

- Allan K Chalmers

Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.

- Deepak Chopra

We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

- Marcus T Cicero

The greatest joy of life is to love and be loved.

- R D Clyde

Happiness, or misery, is in the mind. It is the mind that lives.

- William Cobbett

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he who thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.

- Charles Caleb Colton

Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meandering, but leads none of us by the same route

- Charles Caleb Colton

Happiness seems made to be shared.

- Pierre Corneille

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

- Dalai Lama

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

- Dalai Lama

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

- Democritus

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

- Hugh Downs

It's never too late to have a happy childhood.

- Wayne Dyer

There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.

- Wayne Dyer

Happiness is like manna; it is to be gathered in grains, and enjoyed every day. It will not keep; it cannot be accumulated; nor have we got to go out of ourselves or into remote places to gather it, since it has rained down from a Heaven, at our very door

- Tryon Edwards

To fill the hour, that is happiness.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on someone without getting some on yourself.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

- Epictetus

It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.

- Epicurus

When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness.

- Malcolm S Forbes

Happy were men if they but understood, There is no safety but in doing good.

- John Fountain

Whoever is happy will make others happy too.

- Anne Frank

Happiness consists more in small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.

- Benjamin Franklin

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

- Mahatma Gandhi

True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.

- John W Gardner

Happiness is not a destination: it is a manner of traveling. Happiness is not an end in itself. It is a by-product of working, playing, loving and living.

- Haim Ginott

What makes people happy is activity; changing evil itself into good by power, working in a God like manner.

- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The man who is born with a talent which he was meant to use finds his greatest happiness in using it.

- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life.

- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.

- Roy Goodman

Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.

- Burton Hills

When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things -- not the great occasions -- that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.

- Bob Hope

You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.

- Horace

The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is love, laughter, and work.

- Elbert Hubbard

Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.

- Victor Hugo

I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves.

- Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt

Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.

- Robert Green Ingersoll

The really happy person is the one who can enjoy the scenery, even when they have to take a detour.

- Sir James Jeans

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

A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity.

- Thomas Jefferson

Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in stranger's gardens.

- Douglas William Jerrold

Happiness is not a state to arrive at, rather, a manner of traveling.

- Samuel Johnson

It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

- Immanuel Kant

Many people have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

- Helen Keller

Happiness is experienced when your life gives you what you are willing to accept.

- Ken Keyes Jr.

The secret of happiness and prosperity in this world, as in the world to come, lies in thinking of the welfare of others first, and not taking one's self too seriously.

- J Kindleberger

I'm fulfilled in what I do... I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes -- the finer things of life -- would make you happy. My concept of happiness is to be filled in a spiritual sense.

- Coretta Scott King

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

- Charles Kingsley

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

- Frederick Koenig

It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.''

- Sir Roger L'Estrange

A person will be just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

- Abraham Lincoln

Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin.

- Sir John Lubbock

Happiness is not so much in having or sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

- Norman Macewan

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

Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

- Og Mandino

The glow of satisfaction which follows the consciousness of doing our level best never comes to a human being from any other experience.

- Orison Swett Marden

Happiness consists in activity, it is a running stream, not a stagnant pool.

- John Mason

Happiness is not a possession to be prized. It is a quality of thought, a state of mind.

- Daphne Du Maurier

Success is getting and achieving what you want. Happiness is wanting and being content with what you get.

- Bernard Meltzer

Be it jewel or toy, not the prize gives the joy, but the striving to win the prize.

- Owen Meredith

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

- John Stuart Mill

Act happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love, and do what you will.

- Dan Millman

Most of us experience happiness when we are enjoying life and feeling free, enjoying the process and products of our creative and intellectual processes, enjoying the ecstasy of transcendent oneness with the universe.

- James Muriel

What a man really wants is creative challenge with sufficient skills to bring him within the reach of success so that he may have the expanding joy of achievement.

- Fay B Nash

Happiness adds and multiplies, as we divide it with others.

- A Nielsen

Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.

- Norman Vincent Peale

As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!

- Samuel Pepys

Happiness doesn't come from doing what we like to do but from liking what we have to do.

- Wilferd A Peterson

Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run to weeds.

- Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world. And they are not only happy in themselves, they are the cause of happiness in others.

- William Lyon Phelps

Our happiness in this world depends on the affections we are able to inspire.

- Duchess Prazlin

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

- Marcel Proust

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Get Inspired for Success Strategy 7: Develop Emotional Maturity

True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention.

No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Happiness is activity.

Happiness is a sort of action.

Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.

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.

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.

When one is happy there is no time to be fatigued; being happy engrosses the whole attention.

There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation.

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.

The truth is that all of us attain the greatest success and happiness possible in this life whenever we use our native capacities to their greatest extent.

Not only is there a right to be happy, there is a duty to be happy. So much sadness exists in the world that we are all under obligation to contribute as much joy as lies within our powers.

Not only is there a right to be happy, there is a duty to be happy. So much sadness exists in the world that we are all under obligation to contribute as much joy as lies within our powers.

We all want to be happy, and we're all going to die. You might say those are the only two unchallengeably true facts that apply to every human being on this planet.

Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living!

Happiness comes more from loving than being loved; and often when our affection seems wounded it is only our vanity bleeding. To love, and to be hurt often, and to love again -- this is the brave and happy life.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

The secret of happiness is something to do.

To have joy one must share it. Happiness was born a twin.

Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.

Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don't put off being happy until some future date.

Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think.

They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world. Someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.

Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.

We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

The greatest joy of life is to love and be loved.

Happiness, or misery, is in the mind. It is the mind that lives.

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he who thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.

Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meandering, but leads none of us by the same route

Happiness seems made to be shared.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

It's never too late to have a happy childhood.

There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.

Happiness is like manna; it is to be gathered in grains, and enjoyed every day. It will not keep; it cannot be accumulated; nor have we got to go out of ourselves or into remote places to gather it, since it has rained down from a Heaven, at our very door

To fill the hour, that is happiness.

Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on someone without getting some on yourself.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.

When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness.

Happy were men if they but understood, There is no safety but in doing good.

Whoever is happy will make others happy too.

Happiness consists more in small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.

Happiness is not a destination: it is a manner of traveling. Happiness is not an end in itself. It is a by-product of working, playing, loving and living.

What makes people happy is activity; changing evil itself into good by power, working in a God like manner.

The man who is born with a talent which he was meant to use finds his greatest happiness in using it.

The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life.

Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.

Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.

When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things -- not the great occasions -- that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.

You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.

The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is love, laughter, and work.

Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.

I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves.

Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.

The really happy person is the one who can enjoy the scenery, even when they have to take a detour.

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.

A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity.

Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in stranger's gardens.

Happiness is not a state to arrive at, rather, a manner of traveling.

It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

Many people have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Happiness is experienced when your life gives you what you are willing to accept.

The secret of happiness and prosperity in this world, as in the world to come, lies in thinking of the welfare of others first, and not taking one's self too seriously.

I'm fulfilled in what I do... I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes -- the finer things of life -- would make you happy. My concept of happiness is to be filled in a spiritual sense.

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.''

A person will be just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin.

Happiness is not so much in having or sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.