Quotes
Quotes on happiness
"Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence" - Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Greek philosopher
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony" - Mohandas K Gandhi, 1869-1948, political and spiritual leader of India
"We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same" - Anne Frank, 1929-1945
"Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within" - Helen Keller, 1880-1968, American author, political activist and lecturer
"Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be" - Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, 16th President of the USA
"Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action" - Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Prime Minister
"When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness" - Malcolm Forbes, 1919-1990, publisher of Forbes magazine
"The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet" - James Oppenheim, 1882-1932, American poet, novelist and editor
"The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances" - Martha Washington, 1731-1802, the first First Lady of the USA
"Be happy while you're living for you're a long time dead" - Scottish Proverb
"The essentials to happiness are something to love, something to do, and something to hope for" - William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet, painter and printmaker
"A happy life consists of tranquility of mind" - Cicero, 106-43 BC, Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyaer, political theorist and constitutionalist
"Learn to let go. That is the key to happiness" - Buddha