"I do not equate productivity to happiness. For most people, happiness in life is a massive amount of achievement plus a massive amount of appreciation. And you need both of those things."
"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."
"Happiness exists only if you have a lot of people to share it with."
"While I gave up God a long time ago, I never shook the habit of wanting to believe in something. So I replaced my creed of everlasting life with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
"No one goes straight to happiness after a breakup."
"We have to make our own happiness, and we have to make our own decisions and play the hand that is dealt to us."
"I realised that you can go through times of extreme happiness, but if that happiness is not coming from a deeply rooted place, you will also be going through extreme lows of sadness."
"The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his own effort and the intoxication of the power and physical balance he derives from it, the day when he lets considerations of vanity or interest take over, on this day his ideal will die."
"I had lost my way for some time, so I need to do things that I am happy with. It's not about being the number one heroine or money. It's about doing roles that I enjoy. My biggest ambition is happiness."
"There is no such thing as the pursuit of happiness, but there is the discovery of joy."
"As long as you are being true to yourself, you will always find happiness."
"I love acting. It's my playground, it let's me explore. But my happiness in this world - my level of peace - is never going to be dictated by acting."
"You can run, run, run away from a lot of things in life, but you can't run away from yourself. And the key to happiness is to understand and accept who you are."
"I have a talent for happiness. I look with the eyes of a painter, and I see beauty."
"Money brings some happiness. But after a certain point, it just brings more money."
"'SuperBetter' is fundamentally about a mind shift. It's about claiming your power to be in charge of how you spend your time and energy, and focusing it on the things that matter the most to you. Focusing on things that will bring real happiness, real well-being."
"Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery."
"You know, I think we Indians are afraid to show and celebrate our happiness, lest things change around. But I feel that it's okay to be sad and okay to show when you are happy."
"Happiness is the longing for repetition."
"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."
"Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it."
"Democracy rests upon two pillars: one, the principle that all men are equally entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and the other, the conviction that such equal opportunity will most advance civilization."
"Humans have a sense of spontaneity and emotion. We have a dichotomy between grief and happiness."
"My mother is a big believer in being responsible for your own happiness. She always talked about finding joy in small moments and insisted that we stop and take in the beauty of an ordinary day. When I stop the car to make my kids really see a sunset, I hear my mother's voice and smile."
"Bring love and peace and happiness and beautiful lives into the world in my honor. Thank you. Love you."
"Life took over 4 billion years to evolve into you, and you've about 70 more years to enjoy it. Don't just pursue happiness, catch it."
"The single most important factor in our long-term happiness is the relationships we have with our family and close friends."
"There is one thing in this good old world that is positively sure - happiness is for all who strive to be happy - and those who laugh are happy. Everybody is eligible - you - me - the other fellow. Happiness is fundamentally a state of mind - not a state of body."
"The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible."
"Happiness is the reward we get for living to the highest right we know."