Happiness Quotes
Memorable quotes about happiness, from notable figures.
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| ID | Quote | Person |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| 2 | Happiness is a butterfly which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. | Bill Cosby |
| 3 | Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. | Jeannette Rankin |
| 4 | Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory. | Victor Hugo |
| 5 | Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length. | Albert Einstein |
| 6 | It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come. | Thomas Edison |
| 7 | Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. | Henry Ford |
| 8 | The best way to cheer yourself up is to cheer somebody else up. | Benjamin Franklin |
| 9 | The U.S. Constitution doesn’t guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. | Robert E. Lee |
| 10 | We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. | Aristotle |
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