Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.

Perfect happiness is a beautiful sunset, the giggle of a grandchild, the first snowfall. It's the little things that make happy moments, not the grand events. Joy comes in sips, not gulps.

Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give - pleasure, possessions, power - but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy.

You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.

My happiness is not dependent on others; it comes from within. Spiritual growth in a person is never encouraged, but it is important. I don't know why people want to judge others instead of doing their own thing. I firmly feel that I don't need to follow or live according to other people's rules. I like living life the way I want to.

The objective of cleaning is not just to clean, but to feel happiness living within that environment.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

Happiness is actually found in simple things, such as taking my nephew around the island by bicycle or seeing the stars at night. We go to coffee shops or see airplanes land at the airport.

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

Happiness is being content with what you have, living in freedom and liberty, having a good family life and good friends.

I think if you're a good person and spread happiness, good things will come to you!

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

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.

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness.

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness, of hatred, of jealousy, and, most easily of all, the gate of fear.

Power means happiness; power means hard work and sacrifice.

I am a spiritual person in an eastern religion kind of way. I learned that happiness for all of us is a switch that you flick in your brain. It doesn't have anything to do with getting a new house, a new car, a new girlfriend, or a new pair of shoes. Our culture is very much about that; we are never happy with what we have today.

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

Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.

In this life, we have to make many choices. Some are very important choices. Some are not. Many of our choices are between good and evil. The choices we make, however, determine to a large extent our happiness or our unhappiness, because we have to live with the consequences of our choices.

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.

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

Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.

Some people think happiness is a luxury, but it's a necessity. You need to make space for it in your life.

Perfect happiness would be knowing that all my family and friends were happy and safe. Then I'd go to a tropical island with my husband where it was gorgeous and fun all day long and interesting and fun all evening. Good food and dancing would be nice, too, and weekly visits from those safe and happy family and friends. Plus world peace.

I enjoy being happy every day, and hopefully you can hear my happiness in my music. Life is beautiful.

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.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

The culture of a workplace - an organization's values, norms and practices - has a huge impact on our happiness and success.

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

The measure of success is happiness and peace of mind.

Happiness is like a cloud, if you stare at it long enough, it evaporates.

Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.

Breathing in South Korea, even though the life here is not easy, makes me so happy. I feel that sitting in a coffee shop, having a cup of tea, and looking out of the window at the blue sky - this is happiness. Truly happiness.

It's part of life to have obstacles. It's about overcoming obstacles; that's the key to happiness.

Trust your own instincts, go inside, follow your heart. Right from the start. go ahead and stand up for what you believe in. As I've learned, that's the path to happiness.

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.

The foundation of success in life is good health: that is the substratum fortune; it is also the basis of happiness. A person cannot accumulate a fortune very well when he is sick.

No one is perfect... absolutely no one. Like precious stones, we have a few flaws, but why focus on that? Focus on what you like about yourself, and that will bring you happiness and peace.

In my life I've learned that true happiness comes from giving. Helping others along the way makes you evaluate who you are. I think that love is what we're all searching for. I haven't come across anyone who didn't become a better person through love.

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?

It's good to be happy and tell us how cool your life is and how awesome you are on social media. That's great because it inspires other people to be happy, too. But a lot of times, people are trying to be happy in the wrong ways - with money or with different things that are not true happiness.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair.

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.