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" The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. "

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

" Defender of the liberty that I idolize, myself more free than anyone, in coming as a friend to offer my services to this intriguing republic, I bring to it only my frankness and my good will; no ambition, no self-interest; in working for my glory, I work for their happiness. "

Marquis de Lafayette

" Democracy rests upon two pillars: one, the principle that all men are equally entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and the other, the conviction that such equal opportunity will most advance civilization. "

Louis D. Brandeis

" As a bookish child in Calcutta, I used to thrill to the adventures of bad girls whose pursuit of happiness swept them outside the bounds of social decency. Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Emma Bovary and Anna Karenina lived large in my imagination. The naughty girls of Hollywood films flirted and knew how to drive. "

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

" Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. "

Franklin D. Roosevelt

" The more each nation contributes to world society from the wealth of its own aptitudes, its own race, and its own traditions, the greater the future development and happiness of mankind will be. "

Ernesto Teodoro Moneta

" To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. "

Bertrand Russell

" To the European, it is a characteristic of the American culture that, again and again, one is commanded and ordered to 'be happy.' But happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. One must have a reason to 'be happy.' "

Viktor E. Frankl

" I equate physical activity with happiness not just from the perspective of producing endorphins but also from the perspective of really moving through emotions and getting stagnant energy to move through our body. "

Gabrielle Bernstein

" I'm not motivated by money or power or fame. In the end, it doesn't bring much happiness. The only thing that is driving me is self-satisfaction, self-validation. "

William Clay Ford, Jr.

" My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations. "

" For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness. "

" Happiness exists only if you have a lot of people to share it with. "

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

" From their teenage years on, children are considerably more capable of causing parents unhappiness than bringing them happiness. That is one reason parents who rely on their children for happiness make both their children and themselves miserable. "

" For me, the opposite of happiness isn't sadness but boredom. "

Sushant Singh Rajput

" How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure. "

" It took me years to understand that words are often as important as experience, because words make experience last. "

" The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery. "

Frederick Douglass

" The Divine of the Lord in heaven is love, for the reason that love is receptive of all things of heaven, such as peace, intelligence, wisdom and happiness. "

Emanuel Swedenborg

" 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. "

" False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared. "

Charles de Montesquieu

" An institution or reform movement that is not selfish, must originate in the recognition of some evil that is adding to the sum of human suffering, or diminishing the sum of happiness. "

" Happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy. There's going to be stress in life, but it's your choice whether you let it affect you or not. "

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" Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse. "

" The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control. "

" For many, many people, getting married is one of the most important things they will ever do in the pursuit of happiness. "

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" History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created. "