Quotes about Happiness

Happiness is a thing which calls for honor rather than for praise.

Happiness consists in the consciousness of a life in which the highest Virtue is actively manifested.

If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be in accordance with the highest excellence.

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.

And this activity alone would seem to be loved for its own sake; for nothing arises from it apart from the contemplating, while from practical activities we gain more or less apart from the action. And happiness is thought to depend on leisure; for we are busy that we may have leisure, and make war that we may live in peace.

A man married to the right woman will be happy. A man married to the wrong woman will be a philosopher.

Let us be well persuaded that everyone of us possesses happiness in proportion to his virtue and wisdom, and according as he acts in obedience to their suggestion.

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.

People are not on a truth quest; they are on a happiness quest. They will continue to attend your church - even if they don't share your beliefs - as long as they find the content engaging and helpful.

My idea of absolute happiness is to be in bed on a rainy day, with my blankie, my cat, and my dog.

Laughter is God's blessing.

It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.