Henry James Quotes

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

I'm not like a preacher or philosopher, but at the end of the day, life is about happiness.

I think the more diversity that one has in his life, the happier he can be, as long as he is able to do whatever he chooses to do at that given time well.

Finding happiness is like finding yourself. You don't find happiness, you make happiness. You choose happiness. Self-actualization is a process of discovering who you are, who you want to be and paving the way to happiness by doing what brings you the most meaning and contentment to your life over the long run.

You have to count on living every single day in a way you believe will make you feel good about your life - so that if it were over tomorrow, you'd be content with yourself.

The whole purpose of life is to make yourself happy.

It sounds cliche, but success is your friends, your family, what you do, and if you're happy when you wake up.

You might not make it to the top, but if you are doing what you love, there is much more happiness there than being rich or famous.

There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by.

I don't want to ever, ever do something in life that isn't fun. Ever.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.

Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

I'm in this wonderful place of life, where everything I'm doing is something I do because I enjoy it.

The goal isn't to be successful; it's to be happy. And so it doesn't matter if I'm doing things in New York or teaching high school or I drop it altogether and sell coffee. The goal is to be happy, and people and relationships are what makes you happy.

All you wanna do in life is do what you do well. That's when you're happiest.

Don't worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life.

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.

If you have not taken the time to define what happiness means to you, what have your spent your whole life pursuing?

There must be more to life than having everything.

I know what I want, I want things for myself, but I think the key to life is somebody to love, something to do and something to look forward to. I don't think it's complicated.

You can't tell what's going to fulfill you in different stages in your life.

We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it is all about.

You only have one life and if you're not doing what you love, what's the point?

I have always done things that made me happy. I work with people I like, and I do the job I like. I only see people who I like to be with. I have led a wonderful life.