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“While I undeniably cherish the various roles I play in my life, it became imperative for me to delve deeper into understanding who Tia, the individual, is and what brings happiness to her life”
Tia Mowry (born 1978) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tia Mowry Reflects on Her 'Journey' of Self-Discovery: 'Who Am I When I Am Not Tia the Mom, Actress or Sister,?PEOPLE, 28 October 2023 by Erin Clack
“He took this opportunity to also to add, that it was the glory and happiness of his life to reflect, that the advice he had given his Majesty since he had had the honour to be consulted, was just what he thought it ought to be.”
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713–1792) first seen 1762 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech in the House of Lords (29 January 1762), quoted in Sir Henry Cavendish's Debates of The House of Commons, During the Thirteenth Parliament of Great Britain, Vol. I. May 10, 1768–May 3, 1770 (1841), p. 565
“The beautiful and pure thing about women’s football is that the motivations and the happiness lies more in the team working well.”
Vivianne Miedema (born 1996) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It's okay. Everyone should just choose happiness.”
Katie Cassidy (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I hadn’t done drama in a really long time and I was just so excited to play the role of a woman in her late forties who is still searching for happiness and going through lots of deep and emotional stuff.”
Pia Miranda (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Compassion is what makes our nation great. When we invest in the health and happiness of our fellow Americans, we reap dividends that pay off for generations. We urge our leaders to support all those Americans who are seeking to restore and maintain their physical and mental health. We can think of no better way to strengthen our economy, our communities, and our families.”
Rosalynn Carter (1927–2023) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Sound Mind is a Sound Investment: Rosalynn Carter and Chirlane McCray" (11 April 2017)
“In my travels, from land to land, I never encountered the paradise I had hoped for. But sometimes, at least, I captured a few glimpses of earthly happiness from afar, and now this has a greater value for me than any imaginary paradise”
Sofia Yablonska (1907–1971) first seen 1934 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sofiya Yablonska, 1934
“What is assumed to bring happiness and fulfillment often brings the greatest pain. (Epilogue)”
Nina Graboi (1918–1999) said by 1999 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My goal is simply to give them back their happiness. And they give a lot to us because they show a strength that is admirable.”
Steffi Graf (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To write meant to always be awake, willing to take risks, full of magic and happiness, eager to create and undo, because life was that way, like words.”
Marjorie Agosín (1955–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For me there was happiness in churches, their wax candles giving sermons, their dim lukewarmth, their delicate twilight silence that rustles when the devout make the sign of the cross facing the figure of that barefoot, sweaty man, deathly cold. (first lines of "Wax Candles")”
Marjorie Agosín (1955–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“happiness is made up of lights and shadows, it is patchy.”
Inès de la Fressange (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I know that your life has been a wheel surrounded not so much by roses and happiness but by tribulations and thorns; well, may the most holy will of Jesus and Mary be done; one day you will reap the fruit. (letter 28)”
Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows (1838–1862) said by 1862 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The excellent success of The Name of the Rose is precisely in the narrative happiness, in the consummate cunning of the profession, which also allows the housewife to get to the end by becoming passionate about the plot , absorbing its mischievous moods without even realizing it. In this sense, perfect mass instrument. (p. 33)”
Vittorio Messori (1941–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sport gave me happiness … After that period of genocide, if there is no sport, I cannot be alive at that time.”
Grace Nyinawumuntu (born 1981) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://jadednewsman.com/2021/10/16/it-was-my-blood-it-was-my-life-it-was-my-breath-the-rise-of-rwandas-first-female-football-coach/ The Jaded NewsMan (16 October 2021)
“If the house of happiness were to be built, the largest room would be the waiting room. (August 1, C.E.1899)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Love is the key to happiness.”
Amarachi Okafor (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The major cause of divorce among young couples is the fact that they cannot endure hardship with anybody. And, they prefer getting married to rich people. However, happiness in marriage is not dependent on how rich one’s spouse is. Young people should always seek divine direction from God before they get married.”
Funmi Aragbaye (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I inspire myself. I remind myself that I have to succeed at what I enjoy doing in order to have true happiness.”
Teniola Aladese wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Yes, Islam restrains me, but restraint is not oppression, and boundaries can be comforting and nurturing. Freedom does not necessarily bring happiness, nor does an abundance of choices automatically mean that we will make the right one. I need guidance and wisdom; I need grace and forgiveness.”
Leila Aboulela (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tolerance and understanding are essential for growth and happiness.”
Toks Olagundoye (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“, "Happiness comes from within, not from external circumstances," encapsulates a powerful notion about the nature of true contentmen”
Solange Knowles (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Being a mum makes you more aware of how short life is and how important it is to enjoy every minute because you have less time for yourself. A day doesn't have 24 hours any more - it only lasts 10, or eight. So you learn to get rid of all the parasites. I'm not talking about people, but things that could be toxic for happiness.”
Ludivine Sagnier (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Be fearless. Never stop learning, you can ALWAYS be better. When it comes to the pursuit of your happiness and achieving your dreams, make it a no retreat no surrender situation.”
Toni Tones (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“How could you teach someone to survive? You pointed them in the right direction and hoped they'd swim, not sink. Waving, not drowning. There are more important things in life than individual happiness. It was an easy trap to fall into, mistaking a lack of self-direction for an expression of love.”
Lesley Lokko (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Happiness and congratulated pope Francis for his relentless efforts at promoting and empowering women.”
Angelina Baiden-Amissah (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People, of course, who maybe put their hope their pursuits in material things are very soon disappointed — "OK, what happens next?" It doesn't really answer the true happiness of the deepest part of the human heart. Only God answers that. And we try to get that message across.”
John Douglas Deshotel (born 1952) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: New bishop to address church decline (17 February 2016) The Advetiser
“true happiness comes from giving and that she would continue to give back to the community. Her actions exemplify her dedication to making a positive impact in the lives of others..”
Obuobia Darko-Opoku (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The McCarran-Walter clause under which I was charged was popularly referred to as “the ideological exclusion” clause. My deportation order stated that my work was found to be “against the good order and happiness of the United States.”
Margaret Randall (born 1936) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The technology we have, is probably the most violent act against the planet that we can conceive of, more than the wars on the battlefield. The price we pay for technological happiness is bringing the planet to our knees. It's not something we use, it's as ubiquitous as the air we breathe.”
Godfrey Reggio (born 1940) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: reddit.com r/IAmA forum post, January 2014.
“Oppositional thinking and oppositional risks are necessary. I think that is very important right now and one of the reasons why I think anarchism has so much potential to help us move forward. It is not asking of us to dogmatically adhere to the founders of the tradition, but to be open to whatever increases our democratic participation, our creativity, and our happiness.”
Ashanti Alston (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We affirm that democracy is neither material happiness nor the supremacy of numbers. Democracy is essentially a permanent effort to find the right political means in order to assure to all citizens the right of free development and of maximum initiative, responsibility and spiritual life…”
Ngô Đình Diệm (1901–1963) first seen 1957 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Address to the US Congress" (1957)
“In their search for happiness, they've discovered that it is found in an intense and fascinating relationship with Jesus, in giving of themselves to help others to get to know Him.”
Gianfranco Agostino Gardin (1944–2024) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 26-year-old twins ordained to the priesthood side by side on the same day (2019) Aleteia
“The true horror story requires a sense of evil, not in necessarily in a theological sense; but the menaces must be truly menacing, life-destroying, and antithetical to happiness.”
Darrell Schweitzer (born 1952) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Why Horror Fiction?" in Windows of the Imagination. Berkeley Heights, NJ : Wildside Press, 1999.
“In every human being there is a blessed soul made miserable by the pursuit of happiness. (p69)”
Marie Vieux-Chauvet (1916–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A beautiful thing happened...Her loneliness was gone. Even the night time was less piercing for the happiness of the day preceding it, the day that was so filled with a presence, a little living possession who changed excitingly from week to (book 2 chapter 3)”
Jo Sinclair (1913–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Since my childhood, I've known persecution. I have known hunger. But God gives you strength in the worst moments and even during them, we experienced moments of happiness. Without God, I don't know where we'd be. He was the panacea.”
Oswaldo Estéfano Escobar Aguilar (born 1968) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Behind a gentle Salvadoran bishop, a legacy in defense of the poor (December 6, 2019) Crux News
“Happiness is not a destination but a choice we make each day.”
Yasmina Khadra (born 1955) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I became aware of just how fleeting the sense of happiness was, and how flimsy its basis: a warm restaurant after having come in from the rain, the smell of food and wine, interesting conversation, daylight falling weakly on the polished cherrywood of the tables.”
“Happiness is a fake. The gods employ it as a mask to trick us each time they are about to plunge us into grief.”
Femi Osofisan (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Perfect beauty is to be found only in woman,’ she said, ‘so yield to me and I shall let you taste undreamed of happiness…’”
Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Love, thou art best of Human Joys, Our chiefest Happiness below; All other Pleasures are but Toys, Musick without Thee is but Noise, And Beauty but an empty show.Heav’n, who knew best what Man wou’d move, And raise his Thoughts above the Brute; Said, Let him Be, and Let him Love; That must alone his Soul improve, Howe’er Philosophers dispute.”
Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (1660–1720) first seen 1713 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Song" (1713)
“Happiness was when there was a balance between what you gave and what you took”
Fatema Mernissi (1940–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The word ‘happiness’ does indeed have meaning, doesn’t it? I shall go out in search of it.”
Mariama Bâ (1929–1981) said by 1981 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A woman must marry the man who loves her, but never the one she loves; that is the secret of lasting happiness.”
Mariama Bâ (1929–1981) said by 1981 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[[Happiness] is the child of the moment; it consumes its moment and vanishes with it; but prolonged suffering, although it eventually stops smarting like a live coal, changes into a profound grief where our pain is lulled to sleep until reawakened by a memory or aroused by a beautiful sight. (p181-2)”
Fadwa Tuqan (1917–2003) said by 2003 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Real happiness, contentment, comes from being at peace with our life because we have a purpose. This is very consoling to me. And I can bear difficulties because I know that I am where God wants me.”
Timothy Lawrence Doherty (born 1950) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: First anniversary as bishop (17 July 2011) The Catholic Moment
“We are most pleased with the happiness of others when it arises out of habits similar to our own.”
Richard Duppa (1770–1831) said by 1831 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sattar (my son) wanted a free Iran, eliminating poverty, and happiness of people.”
Gohar Eshghi (1946–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[E]xtreme happiness invites religion almost as much as extreme misery.”
Dodie Smith (1896–1990) first seen 1948 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: I Capture the Castle (1948), Ch. 13