Happiness Source Quotes

Our first mistake is the belief that the circumstance gives the joy which we give to the circumstance.

With health, everything is a source of pleasure; without it, nothing else, whatever it may be, is enjoyable. Health is by far the most important element in human happiness.

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.

It is one's own personal, selfish happiness that one seeks, earns, and derives from love.

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. The joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgotten in the mad chase of evanescent profits.

My passion is doing movies, so as long as I keep doing that I will be happy.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

I still follow the lifestyle of the Mormon church. I try to go to church every Sunday even when I'm on tour. It's not only my upbringing, but it helps me stay sane. It helps me remember my purpose and the overall picture of what is important to me and what makes me happy.

If my dog Ella, named after the Rihanna song 'Umbrella', could be with me at all times, that would make me happy.

Do good 'cause God wants you to be happy. When you come to church, when you worship Him, you're not doing it for God, really. You're doing it for yourself because that's what makes God happy.

If you asked me which gives me more joy, my work or my family, there is no question that it's my family. Hands down. If I had to give one up, it wouldn't even be a contest.

The happiest man is the one who finds happiness at home.

Don't depend on other people as the source of your happiness or for approval.

Nothing outside of ourselves will ever make us happy, because happiness is an inside-out experience.

God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.

But happiness ... happiness grows at our own firesides," she said. "It is not to be picked in strangers' gardens." ~ The House at Riverton

I'm really only happy when I'm on stage. I just feed off the energy of the audience. That's what I'm all about - people and laughter.

It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

I think I feel my best - I really feel the fountain of youth is inside, not out - when I'm just surrounded with love, when I'm with my family and we're all having a wonderful time together. There's nothing greater than your family surrounding you.

Most true happiness comes from one's inner life, from the disposition of the mind and soul.

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.

My dear brothers and sisters, the joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives.

The happiest people are those who have harvested their time in others. The unhappiest people are those who wonder how the world is going to make them happy.

Luckily, I think, I never really wanted to be famous, I just wanted to make movies.