Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

From the greatest to the smallest, happiness and usefulness are largely found in the same soul, and the joy of life is won in its deepest and truest sense only by those who have not shirked life's burdens.

Living meaningfully is what brings joy.

I think for me, happiness is crucial, but I think we think that happiness comes from amassing goods and getting things and being loved and being successful, when in fact my experience of happiness comes when you give everything away, when you serve people, when you're watching something you do make somebody happy - that's when happiness happens.

True happiness... is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a greater happiness possible than to be lord of heaven and earth; that is the happiness of being truly loved.

The person lives twice who lives the first life well.

As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy.

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

Everyone has wondered if his or her life will ultimately be a happy one.

I am happy to be alive, as long as I can paint.

If you're happy, ultimately, that's all that matters.

When you get to do things you love with every fiber of your being, it's a different experience.

Oh, what a glory doth this world put on, for him who with a fervent heart goes forth under the bright and glorious sky, and looks on duties well performed, and days well spent.

The things that bring you the greatest joy are in alignment with your purpose.

Money - like health, love, happiness, and all forms of success that you want to create for yourself - is the result of living purposefully. It is not a goal unto itself.

If one fails to develop goals that give meaning to one’s existence, if one does not use the mind to it’s fullest, then good feelings fulfill just a fraction of the potential we possess. True happiness involves the pursuit of worthy goals. Without dreams, without risks, only a trivial semblance of living can be achieved.

I don't think it's about art being a career but it's about making sure that if art is something that you love, something that brings you joy, it's about you having a duty to find time in your life for that thing that brings you joy...even if it can only be a small amount.

Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive... To invent your own life's meaning is not easy, but it's still allowed, and I think you'll be happier for the trouble.

Happiness lies in the absorption in some vocation which satisfies the soul.

Find something that you love. Something that gets you so excited you can't wait to get out of bed in the morning. Forget about money. Be happy.

Perhaps if one really knew when one was happy one would know the things that were necessary in one's life.

People who are really happy do not concern themselves with convincing others of the fact.

Nearly all mankind is more or less unhappy because nearly all do not know the true Self. Real happiness abides in Self-knowledge alone. All else is fleeting. To know one's Self is to be blissful always.

The world would be better and brighter if people were taught the duty of being happy as well as the happiness of doing their duty.