Acquisition Quote by Anonymous

Happiness is not an acquisition - it is a skill. We do not experience happiness because of what we get. We experience happiness because…

— Barbara De Angelis

Happiness is not the acquisition of anything; it's the understanding of something.

— Vernon Howard

Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.

— William Cowper

Happiness is experienced largely in striving towards a goal, not in having attained things, because our nature is always to want to go on…

— Albert Ellis

Education, and I regret to say this as an educator, but there's no indication that education has a direct effect on happiness.

— Derek Bok

Happiness does not come about only due to external circumstances; it mainly derives from inner attitudes.

— Dalai Lama

Happiness depends on how you accept, understand and surrender to situations.

— Mata Amritanandamayi

Happiness is experienced when your life gives you what you are willing to accept.

— Ken Keyes Jr

Happiness comes from growing what thrives, not merely survives.

— Janet Macunovich

True happiness is always available to us, but first we have to create the environment for it to flourish.

— Sakyong Mipham

Happiness is a natural state of being.

— Michael Beckwith

Happiness is a quality of the soul...not a function of one's material circumstances.

— Aristotle