George Eliot Quotes

The clue to happiness is being interested in life. People's happiness is as great as they can create it.

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.

Every day there is only one thing to learn: how to be honestly happy.

My main goal in life is to just be happy. I don't compromise my happiness for anything. If I find what makes me happy I'm going to do that. That's really going with the flow of life. As far as like the mainstream stuff, if my destiny takes me there and I end up going that route, then that's fine.

happiness has always seemed to me a great achievement.

To fully thrive, we must not only eliminate the stressors but also actively seek joyful, loving, fulfilling lives that stimulate growth processes

It's when I let myself get little that I tumble head over heels into joy.

No one should ever ask themselves that: why am I unhappy? The question carries within it the virus that will destroy everything. If we ask that question, it means we want to find out what makes us happy. If what makes us happy is different from what we have now, then we must either change once and for all or stay as we are, feeling even more unhappy.

Happiness is the joy we feel striving after our potential.

The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish, and spirits must flow. There must be courage. There are no easy ruts to get into which lead to happiness.

To become successful, first learn how to be happy. Too many think that the route to happiness is to get successful

Only it takes time to be happy. A lot of time. Happiness, too, is a long patience.

Being this side of 40 feels like what I should have felt being this side of 25: in my body, in my heart, happy with my life, and OK with whatever bumps in the road present themselves.

I suspect that happiness is not a state but rather a transition.

The Pursuit of Happiness: It sure seems to like a good chase, doesn't it?

The more we devote ourselves to the pursuit of holiness and happiness, the less likely we will be on a path to regrets.

That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own esteem.

The only failure is not knowing how to be happy."---My Story

If we agree that the bottom line of life is happiness, not success, then it makes perfect sense to say that it is the journey that counts, not reaching the destination.

Success is to be Happy in Life.

I don't know how to be happy - They didn't teach it in my school

The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness.

You don’t need a reason to be happy...your desire to be so is sufficient.

Happiness is a man's greatest achievement; it is the response of his total personality to a productive orientation toward himself and the world outside.

I've come to believe that seeking happiness is not a frivolous pursuit. It's honorable and necessary. And most people forget even to thing about it.