Famous Quotes

"If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy."

Thomas Jefferson on Happiness

More quotes about Happiness

• "Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open."

  John Barrymore on Happiness

• "Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions."

  Dalai Lama on Happiness

• "Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be."

  Abraham Lincoln on Happiness

• "I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition."

  Martha Washington on Happiness

• "Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."

  Mahatma Gandhi on Happiness

More quotes by Thomas Jefferson

• "In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty."

• "Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories."

• "It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself."

• "One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more."

• "When angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred."