Angelina Jolie Quotes

The word contentment comes from the word content, which is what we hold inside - love, value, a feeling of a life that has meaning or purpose, a cause greater than yourself that you're a part of. These are the things that bring true happiness. As a culture, I think we need to redefine what it means to be happy.

You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.

When I see people that are my age and reaching 50, the ones that are really sparkly and full of joy are the ones that are committed to something bigger than themselves.

It is the people who can do nothing who find nothing to do, and the secret to happiness in this world is not only to be useful, but to be forever elevating one's uses.

The key to a happy life is to have accomplishments to be proud of and purpose to look forward to, and at the moment I had both. How wonderful it was to be me.

To be truly happy, you need a clear sense of meaning and purpose in life.

You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.

Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable. The purpose of life is to matter-to count, to stand for something, to have it make so difference that we lived at all.

You know, maybe that's all anybody wants, is to be useful. And have somebody else notice it.

Are You Living or Just Existing?" -Tyler Perry The Family That Preys

Beyond work and love, I would add two other ingredients that give meaning to life. First, to fulfill whatever talents we are born with. However blessed we are by fate with different abilities and strengths, we should try to develop them to the fullest, rather than allow them to atrophy and decay. ... Second, we should try to leave the world a better place than when we entered it.

What we do in our lives is what gives us contentment and serenity and makes us feel like we are doing some kind of contribution.

Happiness is really just about four things: perceived control, perceived progress, connectedness (number and depth of your relationships), and vision/meaning (being part of something bigger than yourself).

You have to do something. If you do something, you become somebody. Even a daffodil does something, has a profession. It gives off scent, professionally.

It's nice to be happy. But the meaning of life is meaning - what's the impact you're having on the world. Suffering to accomplish that is a perfectly fine thing.

..there is more to life than just pleasure. We want to achieve our happiness and not just experience it.

I've about decided that's the main thing that separates happy people from the other people: the feeling that you're a practical item, with a use, like a sweater or a socket wrench.

Figure out what you are meant to contribute to the world and make sure you contribute it

I want the joy of knowing that I am doing something with my life, the joy of battle.

I believe that if you don't derive a deep sense of purpose from what you do, if you don't come radiantly alive several times a day, if you don't feel deeply grateful at the tremendous good fortune that has been bestowed on you, then you are wasting your life. And life is too short to waste.

If you make money, you might not make meaning.

I do not equate productivity to happiness. For most people, happiness in life is a massive amount of achievement plus a massive amount of appreciation. And you need both of those things.

It feels good to know you contributed positively to another's life, to their happiness, to their survival. It gives us a sense of purpose.

I wouldn't change my life for anything. I am exactly where I want to be and have no plans to ever retire.

Love is the one thing in life that makes everything worthwhile.