Quotes on Attaining Happiness

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.

Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

Attaining lasting happiness requires that we enjoy the journey on our way toward a destination we deem valuable. Happiness is not about making it to the peak of the mountain nor is it about climbing aimlessly around the mountain; happiness is the experience of climbing toward the peak.

Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.

Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.

Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.