Our Own Happiness Quotes

28 quotes by 22 authors

I think service to others is the real key to winning our own personal freedom and the road to our own happiness, our own personal… — Martin Sheen
Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire… — Mahatma Gandhi
All envy is proportionate to desire; we are uneasy at the attainments of another, according as we think our own happiness would be advanced by… — Samuel Johnson
If indeed the qualities such as love, patience, tolerance, and forgiveness are what happiness consists in, and if it is also true that compassion, defined… — Dalai Lama
For what pleasure can compare the pleasure of bringing joy and hope to other hearts. The more we make others happy the greater will be… — Shoghi Effendi
Radical Forgiveness is much more than the mere letting go of the past. It is the key to creating the life that we want, and… — Colin Tipping
We are all doomed to seek our own happiness; we can't help ourselves. We are all, the cruel and the gentle alike, condemned to seeking… — Jesse Browner
Anger is an alarm system, signaling the presence of nothing more than fear. It tells us we are working at cross-purposes to our own happiness,… — Jesse D. Jennings
In a consumer society, expectations dare not plateau, because a growing economy depends on rising expectations... The more we let our level of contentment be… — Paul Brand
Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with… — Dennis Prager
From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that we are here for the sake of each other -… — Albert Einstein
She tried to be calm, and leave things to take their course; and tried to dwell much on this argument of rational dependence â€“ â€œSurely,… — Jane Austen
We know from daily life that we exist for other people first of all, for whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends. — Albert Einstein
Strange is our situation here on Earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose.… — Albert Einstein
As we lose ourselves in the service of others, we discover our own lives and our own happiness. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people--first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our… — Albert Einstein
We begin from the recognition that all beings cherish happiness and do not want suffering. It then becomes both morally wrong and pragmatically unwise to… — Dalai Lama
Compassion allows us to use our own pain and the pain of others as a vehicle for connection. This is a delicate and profound path.… — Sharon Salzberg
We have to make our own happiness, and we have to make our own decisions and play the hand that is dealt to us. — Maeve Binchy
Small minds blame others for their misery. Maturity comes when we take ownership of our own destiny and take responsibility for our own happiness. — Sarah Moores

Who Wrote These Our Own Happiness Quotes

22 authors contributed a total of 28 Our Own Happiness Quotes as follows: