Happiness Quotes - page 97

It was my interest in happiness that led me to the subject of habits, and of course, the study of habits is really the study of happiness. Habits are the invisible architecture of everyday life, and a significant element of happiness. (Gretchen Rubin)
One major challenge within happiness is loneliness. The more I've learned about happiness, the more I've come to believe that loneliness is a terrible, common, and important obstacle to consider. View quote
Gretchen Rubin
I'm constantly on the hunt for insights about happiness or ideas about how to be happier - which probably makes me a somewhat tiresome companion at times. View quote
Gretchen Rubin
While television is a good servant, it's a bad master. It can swallow up huge quantities of our lives without much happiness bang for the buck. View quote
Gretchen Rubin
Happiness is a critical factor for work, and work is a critical factor for happiness. In one of those life-isn't-fair results, it turns out that the happy outperform the less happy. Happy people work more hours each week - and they work more in their free time, too. View quote
Gretchen Rubin
We often think about happiness as trying to increase our joy, but it's also about decreasing our worry. So what you get for paying those high taxes is, if you're a parent thinking about putting your child through school, you don't have to worry about it, because all education through college is free. View quote
Dan Buettner
The data says that with the poor, a little money can buy a lot of happiness. If you're rich, a lot of money can buy you a little more happiness. But in both cases, money does it. View quote
Daniel Gilbert
We create an image of happiness and success and then we are beholden to it. We tell ourselves stories and sometimes these stories become so strong as to imprison us. Breaking free from our personal fortresses is a long, hard journey, but ultimately what allows one to grow. View quote
Danielle Trussoni
I think the secret to happiness is having a Teflon soul. Whatever comes your way, you either let it slide or you cook with it. View quote
Diane Lane
And if you could make a choice, then why not pick happiness? View quote
Deb Caletti
When happiness is happening it feels as if nothing else happened before it, it is a sensation that happens only in the present tense. (Deborah Levy)
I wonder if it's possible to start a new relationship without hurting someone else. I wonder if it's possible to have happiness without it being at someone else's expense. View quote
David Levithan
Life is indeed difficult, partly because of the real difficulties we must overcome in order to survive, and partly because of our own innate desire to always do better, to overcome new challenges, to self-actualize. Happiness is experienced largely in striving towards a goal, not in having attained things, because our nature is always to want to go on to the next endeavor. View quote
Albert Ellis
Happiness is experienced largely in striving towards a goal, not in having attained things, because our nature is always to want to go on to the next endeavor. View quote
Albert Ellis
Happiness and a positive attitude are gifts you can pass along. So get out there and start giving. View quote
Denise Austin
Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control. We can love and care for others but we cannot possess our children, lovers, family, or friends. We can assist them, pray for them, and wish them well, yet in the end their happiness and suffering depend on their thoughts and actions, not on our wishes. View quote
Jack Kornfield
Your happiness and suffering depend on your actions and not on my wishes for you. View quote
Jack Kornfield
Though outer events may be difficult, the key to our happiness is how our mind responds to them. View quote
Jack Kornfield
There is no higher happiness than peace. View quote
Jack Kornfield
Good and productive labor is valuable, and it doesn't mean you have to have a fancy job description. You don't have to become rich. You can be ordinary. Happiness lies there. Do good work, create good work for others. View quote
Jay Parini
You know, as I get older, personal happiness is all about love. It's all about love. You know, how I'm loved and how I love my family and my husband. That to me is happiness, when I feel like I am loved and I have a place to love deeply. That to me is happiness. (Jada Pinkett Smith)
Happiness is just a positive perception from our brain. Some days, you will be unhappy. Our brain is a tool we use. It's not who we are. View quote
James Altucher
Only worry about your own happiness, which doesn't have to be limited by anyone else's stupidity unless you allow it to be. View quote
James Altucher
Money won't ever make you happy, nor was it ever meant to. Happiness comes from within. Money at best will make you more comfortable. View quote
James Arthur Ray
Happiness was useless to me. It was heartache that filled my purse. What happy man has need of Shakespeare? View quote
Jennifer Donnelly