“Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle.”
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
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“Money brings some happiness. But after a certain point, it just brings more money.”
— Neil Simon
Author: Neil Simon
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“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.”
— Thomas Jefferson
Author: Thomas Jefferson
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“I never was someone who was at ease with happiness.”
— Hugh Laurie
Author: Hugh Laurie
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“No one is guaranteed happiness. You can pursue it, but if you happen to find success along the way on that road to happiness, Conservatives believe you should not be demonized or penalized for it.”
— Glenn Beck
Author: Glenn Beck
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“Ultimately, all human activities have as their goal the realization of happiness. Why, then, have we ended up producing the opposite result? Could the underlying cause be our failure to correctly understand the true nature of happiness?”
— Daisaku Ikeda
Author: Daisaku Ikeda
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“Happiness comes from… some curious adjustment to life.”
— Hugh Walpole
Author: Hugh Walpole
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“The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.”
— Andre Maurois
Author: Andre Maurois
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“Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.”
— Immanuel Kant
Author: Immanuel Kant
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“The fabric of North Carolina and what makes our state so special is our families and our common desire for a brighter future for our children. No matter what your family looks like, we all want the same thing for our families – happiness, health, prosperity, a bright future for our children and grandchildren.”
— Kay Hagan
Author: Kay Hagan
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“When you analyze happiness, it turns out that the way you spend your time is extremely important.”
— Daniel Kahneman
Author: Daniel Kahneman
Category: happiness
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