"I think essentially the meaning of life is probably the journey and not really any one thing or an outcome or a result. I think it's kinda the process and I think that if you can find happiness in the process then maybe that's it."
"Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment."
"My parents- they've been my biggest influences and supporters since day one. They teach me every day that happiness comes from within and not from something outside of your heart."
"There's always a sense of tragedy with icons. It happened to both the Princess of Wales and Diana Dors. A lot of people had grown up with them, and everybody loved them. Then, when they had at last found happiness, they were taken in the most dreadful way."
"So many people equate money and success with happiness, especially in the music industry."
"As long as you understand that you find happiness through family, friends and love, then money is just a nice bonus."
"The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose."
"I just hope I can spread some of the happiness that's been coming my way."
"My mantra is: Let there be happiness in my soul, and let me share it with the world."
"The pop musicians often leave meaning in the dust and substitute it for cartoons. The deeper artists - the grunge artists in the world and the emoticon people - tend to leave all of the happiness out of life like it just doesn't exist."
"So here is one of my theories on happiness: we cannot know if we have lived a truly happy life until the very end. This view of life and death was reinforced by my close witnessing of the buildup to the death of Philip Gould. Philip was without doubt my closest friend in politics. When he died, I felt like I had lost a limb."
"The life and liberty and property and happiness of the common man throughout the world are at the absolute mercy of a few persons whom he has never seen, involved in complicated quarrels that he has never heard of."
"Our nation was founded on the principals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
"History shows that our way of life is the stronger way. From it has come more wealth, more industry, more happiness, more human enlightenment than from any other way."
"A good education is another name for happiness."
"You always hear the phrase, money doesn't buy you happiness. But I always in the back of my mind figured a lot of money will buy you a little bit of happiness. But it's not really true. I got a new car because the old one's lease expired."
"In securing the future of the planet, we secure happiness for ourselves. One of the aims of the Greens is to turn around the tide of pessimism amongst the young people of the world."
"Michael has a connection with children, just like Mickey Mouse does, and he brings happiness to them, and joy."
"The People have a right to the Truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
"I'm actually tougher on myself as I get older. It's a vicious cycle. The things that are important in life are the things that you can't buy in life: love, health and happiness. I say that, and I believe that, and I try to live that."
"No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind."
"How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure."
"For many, many people, getting married is one of the most important things they will ever do in the pursuit of happiness."
"In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it."
"You take away all the other luxuries in life, and if you can make someone smile and laugh, you have given the most special gift: happiness."
"The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment."
"I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy."
"Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin."
"Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is."
"In the scope of a happy life, a messy desk or an overstuffed coat closet is a trivial thing, yet I find - and I hear from other people that they agree - that getting rid of clutter gives a disproportionate boost to happiness."
