"Happiness... is not a destination: it is a manner of traveling. Happiness is not an end in itself. It is a by-product of working, playing, loving and living."

Ginott, Haim on happiness
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"Suspicion of happiness is in our blood."

Lucas, E. V. on happiness   

"Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind."

Jefferson, Thomas on happiness
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"It's never too late to have a happy childhood."

Dyer, Wayne on happiness
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"Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse."

Smith, Adam on analysis
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"America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy."

Updike, John on america   

"Alimony -- the ransom that the happy pay to the devil."

Mencken, H. L. on alimony
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"Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness..."

Bach, Richard on friends and friendship
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"I won't be happy till I'm as famous as God."

Madonna on fame
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"As far as the job of President goes, its rewarding and I've given before this group the definition of happiness for the Greeks. I'll define it again: the full use of your powers along lines of excellence. I find, therefore, that the Presidency provides some happiness."

Kennedy, John F. on president   

"Happiness ain't a thing in itself --it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant. And so, as soon as the novelty is over and the force of the contrast dulled, it ain't happiness any longer, and you have to get something fresh."

Twain, Mark on happiness
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"Not only is there a right to be happy, there is a duty to be happy. So much sadness exists in the world that we are all under obligation to contribute as much joy as lies within our powers."

Bonnell, John S. on happiness
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"Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity."

Jung, Carl on happiness
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"To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all."

Rowland, Helen on compatibility
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"Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today."

Dryden, John on contentment
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"Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness."

Marquis, Don on happiness