Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [81-100] of 134 Happiness quotesHappiness QuotesHappiness Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes All men are created equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing the obtaining of happiness and safety.~ George Mason Freedom is not a fixed and possessed thing. It is a quality of life. And like action itself, it is something experienced only by individuals.~ Neil A. McDonald Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest.~ John Stuart Mill Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so.~ John Stuart Mill When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered, and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty obtained that wise men look for.~ John Milton It is work, work that one delights in, that is the surest guarantor of happiness. But even here it is a work that has to be earned by labor in one's earlier years. One should labor so hard in youth that everything one does subsequently is easy by comparison.~ Ashley Montagu The freedom of any society varies proportionately with the volume of its laughter.~ Zero Mostel We believe that human happiness requires freedom and that freedom requires limited government.~ Charles Alan Murray No person can be a great leader unless he takes genuine joy in the successes of those under him.~ W. A. Nance There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, And that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all.~ Ogden Nash All persons are by nature free and independent, and have certain inherent and unalienable rights; among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and the right to keep and bear arms for security or defense of self, family, home and others, and for lawful common defense, hunting, recreational use, and all other lawful purposes, and such rights shall not be denied or infringed by the state or any subdivision thereof.~ Nebraska Constitution Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself.~ Harriet Nelson Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.~ Northwest Ordinance, Article III, 1787 When a government controls both the economic power of individuals and the coercive power of the state ... this violates a fundamental rule of happy living: Never let the people with all the money and the people with all the guns be the same people.~ P. J. O'Rourke When I contemplate the natural dignity of man; when I feel ... for the honor and happiness of its character, I become irritated at the attempt to govern mankind by force and fraud, as if they were all knaves and fools, and can scarcely avoid disgust at those who are thus imposed upon.~ Thomas Paine Some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins. Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher. Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one ...~ Thomas Paine Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.~ J. H. Payne Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.~ St. Peter Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.~ Plato My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute.~ Ayn Rand Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print