Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
Interpretation
True happiness comes from achieving goals and being creative, not from simply having money.
In this quote, Franklin D. Roosevelt emphasizes that authentic happiness is not found in the accumulation of wealth but rather in the fulfillment and excitement that come from achieving personal goals and engaging in creative endeavors. It suggests that the process of striving for something meaningful is what brings joy and satisfaction to life.
In practice
This quote can be used to inspire students during a graduation ceremony.
There has been one persistent theme through all Axis propaganda. This theme has been that Americans are admittedly rich, that Americans have considerable industrial power - but that Americans are soft and decadent, that they cannot and will not unite and work and fight. ... Let them tell that to the Marines!
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the toughest armor, the longest cruising range, and mount the most powerful guns.
Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
A world turned into a stereotype, a society converted into a regiment, a life translated into a routine, make it difficult for either art or artists to survive. Crush individuality in society and you crush art as well. Nourish the conditions of a free life and you nourish the arts, too.
Happiness was different in childhood. It was so much then a matter simply of accumulation, of taking things - new experiences, new emotions - and applying them like so many polished tiles to what would someday be the marvellously finished pavilion of the self.
I HAVE ALWAYS believed that each man makes his own happiness and is responsible for his own problems.
Perhaps it's because I appreciate all I have so much that I don't worry about what I haven't got.
You deserve all the good things that happen to you. Don't feel guilty and accept the blessings.
Things and conditions can give you pleasure but they cannot give you joy- joy arises from within.
All right - I'll tell you what you did for me: you went for happy, silly, beautiful walks with me.
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