Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.
Benjamin Franklin
It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty.
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I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.
Groucho Marx
I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.
Alexandre Dumas
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
Joseph Addison
The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.
Jim Rohn
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.
Eleanor Roosevelt
All people who are happy have God within them.
Paulo Coelho
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Abraham Lincoln
To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.
Samuel Butler
A great obstacle to happiness is to expect too much happiness.
Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
Dalai Lama
Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.
William Shakespeare
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
Marcus Aurelius
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.
Maxim Gorky
A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
