“To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness.”
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“I believe that my clothes can give people a better image of themselves - that it can increase their feelings of confidence and happiness.”
“The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.”
“I don't think that sin and pursuing happiness are not necessarily the same thing.”
“How can you tell somebody whose is pursuing happiness that they're somehow not American when that was the very first promise that America made?”
“The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.”
“It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first. The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside self.”
“Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society.”
“My parents- they've been my biggest influences and supporters since day one. They teach me every day that happiness comes from within and not from something outside of your heart.”
“I think the key to happiness is allowing ourselves to not feel bad or guilty for feeling it, and letting it be contagious. And to not be dependent on other people to create your own happiness.”
“The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star.”
“For me, love is happiness and inspiration.”
“It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch.”
“People are chasing cash, not happiness. When you chase money, you're going to lose. You're just going to. Even if you get the money, you're not going to be happy.”
“There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness.”
“And perfect happiness? Man, that's a... the pool is about 92 degrees, the Jacuzzi is about 102 and an avocado farm.”
“I guess happiness is not a state you want to be in all the time.”
“When you're in love, you're so happy that you want to tell people about it. But now I have to censor myself. You need to protect the happiness you have.”
“Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun.”
“One thing I've been happy as peach pie about - because I'm all about the children and the happiness of a woman because that makes the happiness of the home - is that nannies, day cares and babysitters are all collapsing, which is forcing moms and dads to raise their children at home.”
“I can't believe it's been four years now, and from watching that pilot, we really all looked like babies. It's unbelievable just how far everything has come. I'm happier now than I've ever been on the show and in my life. I really owe so much of my happiness to 'Glee.'”
“The mindset of chasing that next #1 record doesn't exist for me anymore. It's more about being a well-rounded entertainer than being a pop artist. Obviously, it would be wonderful to have a hit record but I don't base my happiness on that anymore. It's about the accomplishment of a project that satisfies me. I just want to enjoy the ride.”
“Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit, to become delightful happiness must be tainted with poison.”
“I think the secret to happiness is having a Teflon soul. Whatever comes your way, you either let it slide or you cook with it.”