But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a greater happiness possible than to be lord of heaven and earth that is the happiness of being truly loved.

Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.

What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?

Ultimately, all human activities have as their goal the realization of happiness. Why, then, have we ended up producing the opposite result? Could the underlying cause be our failure to correctly understand the true nature of happiness?

I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor.

Money, if it does not bring you happiness, will at least help you be miserable in comfort.

It is enough to indulge and to be selfish but true happiness is really when you start giving back.

There is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.

Happiness is no respecter of persons.

To be able to throw one self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a woman smile - that is happiness.

I do not know the true meaning of happiness.

Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.

Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.

No one is guaranteed happiness. You can pursue it, but if you happen to find success along the way on that road to happiness, Conservatives believe you should not be demonized or penalized for it.

Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose.

When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away.

Happiness is not happiness unless there is a violin-playing goat.

I certainly was not happy. Happiness has to do with reason, and only reason earns it. What I was given was the thing you can not earn, and can not keep, and often do not even recognize at the time I mean joy.

Happiness is perfume, you can not pour it on somebody else without getting a few drops on yourself.