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title: "11 Ask Happy Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stuart-mill/ask-yourself-whether-you-are-happy-and-you-cease-to-be-so/)

[John Stuart Mill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stuart-mill/)

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> [Should you ask me if I'm happy, I'll answer that I'm not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/should-you-ask-me-if-i-m-happy-i-ll-answer-that-i-m-not/)

[Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9d/fernando-pessoa-177_answer_should-you-ask-me-if-i-m-happy-i-ll-answ_2321249.jpg)

> [It was a lifetime occupation that kept us too busy to stop and ask if we were happy or not](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ossie-davis/it-was-a-lifetime-occupation-that-kept-us-too-busy-to-stop-and-ask-if/)

[Ossie Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ossie-davis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/ossie-davis-35994_asks_it-was-a-lifetime-occupation-that-kept-u_1921638.jpg)

> [“People fucking love their own opinions and are all too happy to throw ’em at you, whether you ask or not. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kylie-scott/people-fucking-love-their-own-opinions-and-are-all-too-happy-to-throw/)

[Kylie Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kylie-scott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/445/kylie-scott-2749_happy_people-fucking-love-their-own-opinions-a_731664.jpg)

> [Ask yourself whether you are happy', observed the philosopher John Stuart Mill, 'and you cease to be so.' At best, it would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-burkeman/ask-yourself-whether-you-are-happy-observed-the-philosopher-john/)

[Oliver Burkeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-burkeman/)

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> [Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so. The only chance is to treat not happiness, but some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stuart-mill/ask-yourself-whether-you-are-happy-and-you-cease-to-be-so-the-only/)

[John Stuart Mill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stuart-mill/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c77/john-stuart-mill-477_ask-yourself_ask-yourself-whether-you-are-happy-and-y_658385.png)

> [Figure out what questions you'd ask to see if you were happy with your life. Then wake up every day and live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendon-burchard/figure-out-what-questions-you-d-ask-to-see-if-you-were-happy-with/)

[Brendon Burchard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendon-burchard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23c/brendon-burchard-3247_day_figure-out-what-questions-you-d-ask-to-s_780069.png)

> [Humanity does not ask to be happy.It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf. Survival first, and then happiness as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/humanity-does-not-ask-to-be-happy-it-merely-asks-us-to-be-brilliant/)

[Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a22/orson-scott-card-134_ambition_humanity-does-not-ask-to-be-happy-it-mer_1359689.png)

> [“When you are happy, you do not ask yourself- why am I happy or why does happiness come to my life? Similarly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/md-ziaul-haque/when-you-are-happy-you-do-not-ask-yourself-why-am-i-happy-or-why-does/)

[Md. Ziaul Haque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/md-ziaul-haque/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36d/md-ziaul-haque-14668_ask-yourself_when-you-are-happy-you-do-not-ask-yourse_3122818.jpg)

> [So I have people who tweet and ask me, 'You can't be this happy all the time. You can't be this cheerful.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamron-hall/so-i-have-people-who-tweet-and-ask-me-you-can-t-be-this-happy-all-the/)

[Tamron Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamron-hall/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/768/tamron-hall-10132_challenges_so-i-have-people-who-tweet-and-ask-me-yo_2373443.jpg)

> [When people ask me, 'Are you happy?' I respond with, 'You've asked the wrong question.' There is a deep kind of satisfaction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ulevitch/when-people-ask-me-are-you-happy-i-respond-with-you-ve-asked-the/)

[David Ulevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ulevitch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddd/david-ulevitch-30975_ask_when-people-ask-me-are-you-happy-i-respo_1003320.jpg)

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