Joseph Addison Quotes

I learned from my parents that you have to get pleasure out of what you're doing, or don't do it.

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.

The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.

My parents have a strong work ethic, but their attitude to life, their philosophy, is: 'whatever makes you happy.'

What indeed is life, unless so far as it is enjoyed? It does not merit the name.

If you're satisfied with your social life, according to psychologists, you tend to be satisfied with life in general.

The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters.

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.

I have no complaints on any level. I'm pretty happy about the way everything has turned out.

The ability to take pleasure in one's life is a skill and is a kind of intelligence. So intelligence is a hard thing to evaluate and it manifests itself in so many different ways. I do think the ability to know how to live a life and not be miserable is a sign of that.

Rather than thinking, 'If I do this, and in five years I'll be where I want to be,' you're better just doing something that makes you happy now.

If you do things you like to do, then your life will be easy.

The pursuit of happiness is in our Constitution. We're all entitled to have the best we can.

I really feel sorry for people who are, who divide their whole life up into 'things that I like' and 'things that I must do.' You're only here for a short time, mate. Learn to like it.

My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I be content with it? To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for.

All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.

I couldn't do anything I didn't enjoy.

Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.

If something makes someone happy, then that's what they should do.

I believe you must enjoy every phase of your life.

I think if you don't enjoy something, it's not sustainable.

I wouldn't do anything I don't enjoy.

This is the only life I'm ever going to have, so shouldn't I at least try to be happy?

I don't want to make a living. I want to make a life.

I always do what makes me happy - it doesn't make sense to live life unhappily.