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Love is not about what you want. It's about finding happiness for the one you love.
Sep 10, 2025
I think the difference between finding happiness, or moments of happiness, is how you choose to interpret things. That's a rather shocking responsibility. That we're responsible for our own happiness. It's not those around us.
It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.
The reason that so many fail to find happiness is that they fail to find gratitude.
I lost myself trying to find happiness in things that didn't love me back.
If we want to find happiness, let's stop thinking about gratitude or ingratitude and give for the inner joy of giving.
Collectively, we have all it takes to create a just and peaceful world, but we must work together and share our talents. We all need one another to find happiness within ourselves and within the world.
Men find happiness neither by means of the body nor through possessions, but through uprightness and wisdom.
The only way to find happiness is to understand that happiness is not out there. It's in here. And happiness is not next week. It's now.
The truth is that finding happiness in what you do every day is so imperative.
You have to be very committed and find happiness in the work that you do.
Some people believe that to find happiness, you should live each day of your life as if it's your last because that way you will appreciate every single moment you have. Other people believe that you should live each day as if it's your first because then every day can be the beginning of a new journey.
Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.
You're dying with the way things are," Della Lee said harshly, causing Josey to lower the handful of popcorn she was about to put in her mouth. "You're going to lose yourself in this, Josey. It's going to happen if you don't change. I know. I lost myself trying to find happiness in things that didn't love me back.
Find happiness by enjoying the journey, not by awaiting the destination.
I think about my own daily choices every day in terms of how to find happiness.
Finding happiness is not as simple as having good friends or a full social life. The crunch issue is our ability, or inability, to find within ourselves a sense of meaning or deeper purpose, something not found in everyday life.
To fill the hour──that is happiness.
Happy the heart to whom God has given enough strength and courage to suffer for Him, to find happiness in simplicity and the happiness of others.
Olive Ann describes Sanna as 'a perfectionist and a worrier.' She is obsessed with the idea of finding happiness, and for her, as Olive ann wrote in her notes for the novel, 'happiness means being first with somebody, having perfect, loving children...The theme of Sanna is disillusionment,' Olive Ann wrote. 'Her life is the pursuit of happiness and perfection, but she finds happiness and perfection impossible to obtain-her idea of happiness is constant joy, no changes.
He who needs only coarse food, water and drink, and as pillow his folded arms will find happiness without further search.
I've given up wanting to make a killing or be a bigshot. I just want to find happiness and maybe open up a little roadside cafe in Idaho.
Look for happiness under your own roof.
The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem.
The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you find it put your whole soul into it-every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have.
There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.
The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.
I think happiness is what makes you pretty.
No matter your obstacles, live a happy life.
You can search the world over, but you won’t find happiness until you realize that happiness isn’t getting what you want. It’s being content with what you already have.
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life.
Developing inner values is much like physical exercise. The more we train our abilities, the stronger they become. The difference is that, unlike the body, when it comes to training the mind, there is no limit to how far we can go.
I'm killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness.
As long as you are being true to yourself, you will always find happiness.
It's all about quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family.
You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace.
Happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors.
If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy.
Associate only with positive, focused people who you can learn from and who will not drain your valuable energy with uninspiring attitudes. By developing relationships with those committed to constant improvement and the pursuit of the best that life has to offer, you will have plenty of company on your path to the top of whatever mountain you seek to climb.
They told me I didn't understand the assignment, I told them they didn't understand life.
The first beneficiary of compassion is always oneself. When compassion, or warmheartedness, arises in us and our focus shifts away from our own narrow self-interest, it is as if we open an inner door. It reduces fear, boosts confidence and brings us inner strength. By reducing distrust, it opens us to others and brings us a sense of connection to others, and sense of purpose and meaning in life.
Life is about trusting your feelings and taking chances, losing and finding happiness, appreciating the memories, learning from the past, and realizing people change.
Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called.
Success is how you collect your minutes. You spend millions of minutes to reach one triumph, one moment, then you spend maybe a thousand minutes enjoying it. If you were unhappy through those millions of minutes, what good is the thousand minutes of triumph? It doesn't equate... Life is made of small pleasures. Good eye contact over the breakfast table with your wife. A moment of touching a friend. Happiness is made of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. If you don't have all those zillions of tiny successes, the big ones don't mean anything.
Ultimately, happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them.
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
When you are ready to accept him for the imperfect man that he is, and find happiness in his imperfect company, you have definitely found love, and the two of you can create the perfect world for each other!