Joseph Franklin Rutherford Quotes

Any fool can be happy. What I'm interested in is satisfaction. There's got to be more to life than just being happy. You've got to be fulfilled. You've got to be satisfied; philosophically satisfied is what I mean.

All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy.

I think people's perception of a rich girl is literal, but metaphorically I embrace it as being rich in love, spirit, joy and religion. So it's not about money.

The soul's joy lies in doing.

Happiness is the legal-tender of the soul. Joy is wealth.

Money will never make you happy and happy will never make you money.

You aren't wealthy until you have something money can't buy.

The money never mattered. I'm not kidding you. It hasn't really brought me any kind of happiness.

Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.

I focus on spiritual wealth now, and I'm busier, more enthusiastic, and more joyful than I have ever been.

My life has been a blessing. I'm grateful for everything I do have and the places I'm going and the things I've seen.

The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still.

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

Being a star and having money do not make for a happy person.

People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained.

If you asked somebody, 'what do you wish for in life?' they wouldn't say 'happiness.' I would have answered 'excitement, knowledge,' God knows - I mean, many, many different things, but certainly not 'happiness'. It seemed like a foreign concept to wish for something that specific and that singular.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

Life is wonderful beautiful journey. Every episode of my life is like a dream, and I am at peace and happy with what life has given me.

What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?

I'm happy to be reminded that an ordinary day full of nothing but nothingness can make you feel like you've won the lottery.

Seek happiness for its own sake, and you will not find it; seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Happiness is ideal, it is the work of the imagination.

I have this amazing life.

I feel like I'm exactly where I should be.