“An order of government, established by such an all-wise, powerful being, must be good and perfect, and must be calculated to promote the permanent peace, happiness, and well-being of all his subjects.”
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“Michael has a connection with children, just like Mickey Mouse does, and he brings happiness to them, and joy.”
“May there always be peace, love and happiness in every house.”
“One's happiness depends less on what he knows than on what he feels.”
“If kind parents love their children and delight in their happiness, then he who is perfect goodness in sending abroad mortal contagions doth assuredly direct their use.”
“Every age has its happiness and troubles.”
“Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.”
“Traveling is the ruin of all happiness! There's no looking at a building after seeing Italy.”
“As long as you are being true to yourself, you will always find happiness.”
“I'm an inherently happy person. It comes from the inside, which means you can achieve happiness under any circumstance.”
“The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony.”
“Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little.”
“I was as happy doing theater in New York for little or no money as I am now doing television for more money. The happiness, I guess, comes out of it being a good job. The success has to do with the fact that it's a good job that will continue.”
“Our nation was founded on the principals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
“The United States are a political state, or organized society, whose end is government, for the security, welfare, and happiness of all who live under its protection.”
“As a bookish child in Calcutta, I used to thrill to the adventures of bad girls whose pursuit of happiness swept them outside the bounds of social decency. Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Emma Bovary and Anna Karenina lived large in my imagination. The naughty girls of Hollywood films flirted and knew how to drive.”
“Success can create more madness than happiness.”
“I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.”
“The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.”
“Happiness is being on the beam with life - to feel the pull of life.”
“There is no such thing as the pursuit of happiness, but there is the discovery of joy.”
“My family didn't have a lot of money, and I'm grateful for that. Money is the longest route to happiness.”
“I always had a larger view. I'm interested in real life - my family, my friends. I have tried never to define myself by my success, whatever that is. My happiness is way beyond roles and awards.”
“Before the boat docked, however, he confessed because he was contemplating running for president, he couldn't separate from his wife. I believed him when he told me he faced a difficult choice between pursuing personal happiness and his political destiny.”