“It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking how did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can onl…”— Steve Conrad, Chris Gardner, Will Smith, imdb.com
“Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happy Hour.”— David Isaacs, Ken Levine, Hawkeye Pierce, Alan Alda, imdb.com
“If the words 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness' don't include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the Declaration of Independence isn't worth the hemp it was written on.”— Terence McKenna, amazon.com
“It’s not your responsibility to try to make the whole world happy. Especially since sometimes it’s not that easy to make yourself happy, either.”— KeSha, twitter.com
“Don’t let our society’s focus on selling you happiness make you feel like there is something wrong with you.”— Melissa Broder, vice.com
“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.”— Roy T. Bennett, amazon.com
“The goal is not to be successful and famous. That's not the goal. The goal is, if you have a specific God-given ability, is to live your life out through that.”— Jay Z, nytimes.com
“I've wanted to feel pleasure to the point of insanity. They call it getting high, because it's wanting to know that higher level, that godlike level. You want to touch the heavens, you want to feel glory and euphoria, but the trick is it takes work. You can't buy it, you can't get it on a street cor…”— Anthony Kiedis, amazon.com
“If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem.”— Richard Bach, amazon.com
“You don’t need someone else to forgive you. YOU need to forgive you.”— Sade Andria Zabala, thoughtcatalog.com
“Support yourself. Avoid becoming the villain in your own story.”— Sade Andria Zabala, thoughtcatalog.com
“Other people’s happiness are not units of measurement for yours. Respect the pace of your growth.”— Sade Andria Zabala, thoughtcatalog.com
“Life is not a competition. Find your own happiness and stay there.”— thequietrabbit, mariannapaige.tumblr.com
“Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy.”— Robert Tew, consciouslifenews.com
“Sometimes while I ride the subway I try to look at each person and imagine what they look like to someone who is totally in love with them. I think everyone has had someone look at them that way, whether it was a lover, or a parent, or a friend, whether they know it or not. It’s a wonderful thing, t…”— Dean Spade, samesame.com.au
“Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light. Tragedy is the most ridiculous thing.”— Frida Kahlo, goodreads.com
“I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.”— Simone de Beauvoir, goodreads.com
“From a very early time, I understood that I only learn from things I don’t like. If you do things you like, you just do the same shit. You always fall in love with the wrong guy. Because there’s no change. It’s so easy to do things you like. But then, the thing is, when you’re afraid of something, f…”— Marina Abramovic, theguardian.com