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" Through a long and painful process, I've learned that happiness is an inside job - not based on anything or anyone in the outer material world. I've become a different and better person - not perfect, but still a work in progress. "

Alana Stewart

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" Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it. "

" All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast. "

" Happiness is not a brilliant climax to years of grim struggle and anxiety. It is a long succession of little decisions simply to be happy in the moment. "

" Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment. "

" The existence of slavery cast the shadow of hypocrisy over the otherwise noble proclamation of the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness in our Declaration of Independence. "

" Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values. "

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

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Happiness

" It is the true duty of every man to promote the happiness of his fellow creatures to the utmost of his power. "

" Money can't buy happiness. "

" I think the pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of reality because illusion never leaves us ultimately happy. "

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

" The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons restlessly moving here and there. "

" I wanted to write a commentary on the Bible, to write about the Talmud, about celebration, about the great eternal subjects: love and happiness. "

" In a storm of struggles, I have tried to control the elements, clasp the fist tight so as to protect self and happiness. But stress can be an addiction, and worry can be our lunge for control, and we forget the answer to this moment is always yes because of Christ. "

" It's up to you to be responsible for how you feel if you're not happy. Your happiness lies in your hands. You can't rely on a man to make you happy or complete you. That starts with you. "

" I don't worry about gaining weight. I'm fortunate in that I've never had to worry about that. Some people eat when they are stressed. I don't eat enough. "

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

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Success

Joy

Achievement

" The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness. "

" The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping . "

" Happiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions. "

" Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember. "

" I really wanted to buy a Range Rover. It was a big dream, and the day I bought it, I was very happy, but by evening, I was immune to it. That's when I realized that excitement, if it's happiness, is not in reaching the goal but in the process. Thus process trumps over realization. "

" God isn't compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your choice. Our civilization has chosen machinery and medicine and happiness. "

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

Malcolm Forbes

Happiness

Want

" Happiness is a mystery, like religion, and should never be rationalised. "

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Never

Mystery

Happiness

" Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it. "

" I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not life, but a way of wasting some force, an enervation. Morality is the weakness of the brain. "

" I always looked for a man to rescue me and bring me happiness. I bought into that myth, of course, and looked for my own Prince Charming. "

Linda Evans

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Own

" And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin. "