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"The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves." William Ellery Channing 5.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"For health and the constant enjoyment of life, give me a keen and ever-present sense of humor; it is the next best thing to an abiding faith in providence." George Barrell Cheever 4.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undisguisable." John Cheever 3.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"Man is more himself, man is more manlike, when joy is the fundamental thing in him, and grief the superficial." Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield Rate this Quote
"Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time; he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul, but his life." Gilbert Keith Chesterton 5.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder." Gilbert Keith Chesterton 5.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive. Mountains will not be climbed, races won, or lasting happiness achieved." Maurice Chevalier 4.1667 average rating Rate this Quote
"No plain not followed by a slope. No going not followed by a return. He who remains persevering in danger is without blame. Do not complain about this truth; Enjoy the good fortune you still possess." I Ching 5.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"Indecision regarding the choice among pleasures temporarily robs a man of inner peace. After due reflection, he attains joy by turning away from the lower pleasures and seeking the higher ones." I Ching 5.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present." Tao Le Ching 4.8000 average rating Rate this Quote
"Every day I live I am more convinced that the waste of life lies in the love we have not given, the powers we have not used, the selfish prudence that will risk nothing and which, shirking pain, misses happiness as well." Mary Cholmondeley 4.6667 average rating Rate this Quote
"Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief." Marcus Tullius Cicero 4.8000 average rating Rate this Quote
"For those who love it, cooking is at once child's play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love." Craig Claiborne 4.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"There is no way to be completely happy without being oblivious to the world around you." Maredith Close 5.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment." Samuel Taylor Coleridge 5.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
"Know that the pain will pass, and, when it passes, you will be stronger, happier, more sensitive and aware." Mel Colgrove 4.5000 average rating Rate this Quote
"The greatest and most amiable privilege which the rich enjoy over the poor is that which they exercise the least--the privilege of making others happy." Charles Caleb Colton 4.5000 average rating Rate this Quote
"Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route." Charles Caleb Colton Rate this Quote
"We take greater pains to persuade others that we are happy than in endeavoring to think so ourselves." Confucius 4.6000 average rating Rate this Quote
"Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow." Joseph Conrad 3.0000 average rating Rate this Quote
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