Quotes of: Greatest-happiness Keyword

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

Lao Tzu

It seemed to me then that to have published a book - any kind of book - would be the greatest possible happiness I could ask from life.

Lions and Shadows: An Education in the Twenties

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.

Thomas Jefferson

I think Superman's journey is to become comfortable on earth. Of course he's got his role as earth's greatest protector but he also wants to be as happy as he can and if that happens to be with Lois then he's going to find a way.

Brandon Routh

Men’s greatest weakness is their facade of strength, and women’s greatest strength is their facade of weakness.

The Myth of Male Power

It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.

David Attenborough

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

Rene Descartes

Embrace all emotions: sadness, happiness, sorrow, hate, love, prejudice, fear; they are weapons against our greatest enemy: indifference.

Wanderlust and the Whiskey Bottle Parallel: Poems and Stories

For me the greatest revenge of all is having a happy adulthood, waking up in my gorgeous turquoise bedroom in the morning beside a person who really inspires me. That's the best revenge a girl-loving girl from the Bible belt could possibly have. And,...

Beth Ditto

We need to move into a culture of peace. What I hope to promote is the idea that we all need each other and that the greatest happiness in life is not how much we have but how much we give. That's a wealth that's priceless. You can't buy compassion.

Herbie Hancock

It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me. And also it's to me the greatest instrument. I shouldn't say that, but I believe that this is the only instrument I can really feel happy about playing.

Dave Brubeck

as a child i used to complain to my father about not having toys and he would say (calvero points at his own head) this is the greatest toy ever created. Here lies the secret of all happiness.

Anonymous

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend.

Lao Tzu

If uncovering the truth is the greatest challenge of nonfiction writing, it is also the greatest reward.

Candice Millard

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

Buddha

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

Baruch Spinoza

Your greatest asset is your earning ability. Your greatest resource is your time.

Brian Tracy

When I die, I shall then have my greatest grief and my greatest joy; my greatest grief, that I have done so little for Jesus, and my greatest joy, that Jesus has done so much for me.

William Grimshaw

It was only by focusing on creating joy in her life that I discovered the greatest feeling of happiness in my own.

The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change

The venerable teachers, philosophers & spiritual practitioners throughout history have concluded that the greatest happiness we can experience comes from the development of an open, loving heart.

Pocket Peace: Effective Practices for Enlightened Living

Sadly but, perhaps, not altogether unexpectedly this society has had very limited success in achieving what is supposed to be the justification for its existence-- the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest possible number of people. In so far...

King of the Castle: Choice and Responsibility in the Modern World