Most people would assume my business success, and the wealth that comes with it, have brought me happiness. But I know I am successful, wealthy, and connected because I am happy.
— Richard Branson
The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.
— Richard Bach
I love walking down the street and seeing faces and drama and happiness and sadness and dirt and cleanliness.
— Ric Ocasek
God's children and their happiness are my reasons for being.
— Red Skelton
I've decided, because we have a short time here, that those of us that create joy and happiness, that's a really noble thing.
— Randy Pitchford
Happiness exists only if you have a lot of people to share it with.
— Ranbir Kapoor
What Washington desperately needs now are citizen legislators that are dedicated to leading a free people and to maintain our God-given right to the pursuit of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
— Ralph Norman
When I had to go for surgery, all the country sent positive messages. I was very happy with that, and all I want is to give back some of this happiness I received both with the national team and at my club.
— Radamel Falcao
I come from a family where happiness was seen as an 'extra,' a kind of frill to life - nice to have, but certainly not necessary and by no means paramount. Work was king. Suffering meant you were working hard. It made you worthy.
— Rachel Simmons
Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it.
— Rachel Field
The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I lived there, that they do not want to be happy; they want to be right.
— Quentin Crisp
I don't have to take a trip around the world or be on a yacht in the Mediterranean to have happiness. I can find it in the little things, like looking out into my backyard and seeing deer in the fields.
— Queen Latifah
Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a goal and an essential part of my life - a kind of destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running wherever they are.
— Princess Diana
This obedience to the voice of the Earth is more important for our future happiness... than the desires of the moment.
— Pope Benedict XVI
Happiness is a real, objective phenomenon, scientifically verifiable. That means people and whole societies can now be measured over time and compared accurately with one another. Causes and cures for unhappiness can be quantified.
— Polly Toynbee
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
— Plutarch
The positive and negative states of being bring about action. They cause the loss of balance and of happiness. They cause the eternal revolutions - the changes that follow one upon the other. They explain why happiness cannot be achieved in time.
— Piet Mondrian
I've never gone into business to make money. Every Virgin product and service has been made into a reality to make a positive difference in people's lives. And by focusing on the happiness of our customers, we have been able to build a successful group of companies.
If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem.
Our principles are the springs of our actions. Our actions, the springs of our happiness or misery. Too much care, therefore, cannot be taken in forming our principles.
I think perfect happiness has a lot to do with peace. For me, I get peace from writing, from the people in my life, and from yoga - om!
— Rebecca Serle
My father, my grandfather, the wrestling business, the WWE in particular, has really given me everything. A lot of happiness, my kids are taken care of, my wife is happy, they get to travel. A lot of pluses come with it; the Hall Of Fame would just be the cherry on top.
— Randy Orton
One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness.
— Ramana Maharshi
For me, fitness is not just about hitting the gym; it is also about an inner happiness and an overall well-being.
— Rakul Preet Singh
Fun opens the doors to creativity, which then leads to inspiration, which then births passion, which all together equals both happiness and success!
— Rachele Brooke Smith
You can give them the opportunity to thrive, but when it comes to finding happiness or success, kids are really on their own.
Whether they 'lean into' career, family, or both, let's not underestimate the wisdom of women to define happiness and success for themselves.
— Rachel Campos-Duffy
The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.
My definition of God is the highest supreme feeling of beauty and light and happiness.
— Princess Nokia
Happiness is your own treasure because it lies within you.
— Prem Rawat
Could a government dare to set out with happiness as its goal? Now that there are accepted scientific proofs, it would be easy to audit the progress of national happiness annually, just as we monitor money and GDP.
It is now possible to quantify people's levels of happiness pretty accurately by asking them, by observation, and by measuring electrical activity in the brain, in degrees from terrible pain to sublime joy.
Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.
— Plato
I've had at least my share of tragedy, but I have had far more than my share of happiness.
— Pierre Salinger
Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness.
Happiness is the reward we get for living to the highest right we know.
Live by this credo: have a little laugh at life and look around you for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations.
But it's only through joy and happiness that life has any value or purpose.
People say America is exceptional. I agree, but it's not the complexion of our skin or the twists in our DNA that make us unique. America is exceptional because we were founded upon the notion that everyone should be free to pursue life, liberty, and happiness.
— Rand Paul
We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
For me, cinema is happiness.
— Rajkumar Hirani
Happiness doesn't just happen. It must be pursued. And if the pursuit of the 'ultimate currency' of happiness helps us choose occupations that confer present and future benefit, and these choices, in turn, motivate us to succeed, this strikes me as perhaps the most powerful non-cognitive skill of all.
Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
— Rachel Kushner
I have no complaints except for the fact that I get very little time with my family. However, the happiness they feel every time they see me doing well compensates for everything.
— Raashi Khanna
I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.
— Queen Victoria
I am deeply grateful for the concern of all those who constantly prayed for my happiness.
— Princess Margaret
I believe economic growth should translate into the happiness and progress of all. Along with it, there should be development of art and culture, literature and education, science and technology. We have to see how to harness the many resources of India for achieving common good and for inclusive growth.
— Pratibha Patil
Inequality makes everyone unhappy, the poor most of all, and that is well within the remit of the state. More money gives less extra happiness the richer we get, yet we are addicted to earning and spending more every year.
Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the water, using the word lightly, but denying the hard policies it implies. Labour shies away from it, but should take up the challenge.
The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.
