George Sand

What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?

If you’re going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.

Action may not bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.

I think happiness is love.

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.

When I hold you in my arms and I feel my finger on your trigger I know no one can do me no harm because happiness is a warm gun.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

My number one daily habit is to give myself permission to be happy. It’s physical and mental; it’s my diet, physical activity, and emotional state. That’s all tied together.

Happiness is not a goal…it’s a by-product of a life well lived.

To fill the hour – that is happiness.

Man is the artificer of his own happiness.

I’ve found happiness in my work, but not in my private life. I had to take from my private life to make my public life successful. I had to make a lot of sacrifices. I was happy in Cardiff. I had a great time. Every Thursday there was a factory club; darts, dancing. I was happy until success entered my life, and then it was all downhill. Success spoilt me. It took away my happiness. My success became a barrier with my family. They couldn’t relate to me, and I couldn’t relate to them.

The truth is that all of us can attain the greatest success and happiness possible in this life whenever we use our native capacities to its greatest extent.

Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.