Top 1200 Authentic Happiness Quotes & Sayings - Page 15

The U.S. and its allies will do anything they can to prevent authentic democracy in the Arab world.

Authentic spirituality... does not render the self content, it renders it undone.

I think happiness is a choice. If you feel yourself being happy and can settle in to the life choices you make, then it's great. It's really, really great. I swear to God, happiness is the best makeup.

New Orleans has a real spirit. It's the most authentic of all American cities.

I think a lot about the poems I wasn't able to write...I masturbrated...Solitude is essentially a matter of pride; you bury yourself in your own scent. The issue is the same for all real poets. If you've been happy for too long, you become banal. By the same token, if you've been unhappy for a long time, you lose your poetic power...Happiness and poverty can only coexist for the briefest time. Afterword either happiness coarsens the poet or the poem is so true it destroys his happiness.

Dear young people, the happiness you are seeking, the happiness you have a right to enjoy has a name and a face: it is Jesus of Nazareth, hidden in the Eucharist. Only he gives the fullness of life to humanity! With Mary, say your own "yes" to God, for he wishes to give himself to you.

Authentic Christianity is a supernatural walk with a living, dynamic, communicating God.

The meditative state is the highest state of existence. So long as there is desire, no real happiness can come. It is only the contemplative, witness-like study of objects that brings to us real enjoyment and happiness.

The audience will understand something that's very authentic, and that's all that I want to create.

I personally want to come across as authentic and real. I don't judge anyone.

An authentic faith always implies a deep desire to change the world.

A lot of people need happiness in their lives... those who have lost their loved ones, those who have lost jobs and other things. Let your smile be a source of happiness to them and everyone else you meet.

Work hard and be authentic. Everything else will fall into place.

The authentic is almost never found by being pursued; but there is no missing it when you are in its presence.

Authentic gospel preaching always engages people with eternal issues.

Meditative state is the highest state of existence. So long as there is desire, no real happiness can come. It is only the contemplative, witness-like study of objects that brings to us real enjoyment and happiness. The animal has its happiness in the senses, the man in his intellect, and the god in spiritual contemplation. It is only to the soul that has attained to this contemplative state that the world really becomes beautiful. To him who desires nothing, and does not mix himself up with them, the manifold changes of nature are one panorama of beauty and sublimity.

We can only belong when we offer our most authentic selves and when we're embraced for who we are.

The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust

How capable are we of bringing about authentic change if we don't have voices from the margins?

Our happiness consists in sharing the happiness of God, the perfection of His unlimited freedom, the perfection of His love.

The power for authentic leadership is found not in external arrangements, but in the human heart.

Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.

In vain do they talk of happiness who never subdued an impulse in obedience to a principle. He who never sacrificed a present to a future good, or a personal to a general one, can speak of happiness only as the blind speak of color.

Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. They are inseparable. It would be a mistake to say that happiness necessarily springs from the absurd discovery. It happens as well that the felling of the absurd springs from happiness. "I conclude that all is well," says Oedipus, and that remark is sacred. It echoes in the wild and limited universe of man. It teaches that all is not, has not been, exhausted. It drives out of this world a god who had come into it with dissatisfaction and a preference for futile suffering. It makes of fate a human matter, which must be settled among men.

The real sign of His blessings is if you can have more and more happiness inside. Learn always to be happy; to be happy with the happiness of God. Even- minded and cheerful. This is the fastest route to divine bliss.

You know that saying 'A little knowledge is a dangerous thing'? That's so true of positive psychology. Our latest research tells us that the pursuit of happiness is a delicate art. Certain approaches to seeking happiness are now known to backfire, whereas others are effective.

My first job is to write the characters as full and authentic people as well as I can.

Success does not necessarily create happiness. I could take you on a tour of West Lost Angeles. You would be surprised that happiness does not blossom in Beverly Hills any more than it does in most places.

There is a great probability that our loss of capacity for enjoying the positive joys of life is largely due to the decreased sensibility of our senses and our lack of full use of them. All human happiness is sensuous happiness.

The greatest challenge the church faces today is to be authentic disciples of Jesus.

What I like about cooking is that, so long as you follow the recipe exactly, everything always turns out perfect. It’s too bad there’s no recipe for happiness. Happiness is more like pastry—which is to say that you can take pains to keep cool and not overwork the dough, but if you don’t have that certain light touch, your best efforts still fall flat. The work-around is to buy what you need. I’m talking about pastry, not happiness, although money does make things easier all around.

The only thing that's authentic about what a writer writes is his work.

Authentic human interactions become impossible when you lose yourself in a role.

Beauty means expression and being your most authentic self.

I'm predisposed to believe we live in a complicated, enmeshed reality. There's no authentic or organic.

Acting is about being in the moment and audiences are smart to know what is authentic and what is not.

Authentic Christianity is a roller-coaster ride, not a merry-go-round.

I think the most important practice is to be authentic with our human selves.

No one wants critical, 'You can't do this or that' religion. People want authentic love, and that's what we are displaying.

When you play a character you have to ask yourself, 'Can I make sense of what's happening here? Is this authentic?'

Passion will always move you in the direction of your authentic self.

The world of crime is a last refuge of the authentic, uncorrupted, spontaneous event.

When do you feel most authentic? Authenticity feels so natural, so why isn't it easy?

Happiness quantification sounds a bit wishy-washy, sure, and through a series of carefully administered surveys across the globe, economists and psychologists have certainly confronted a fair number of sticky issues around how to measure, and even define, happiness.

Happiness isn't found in some finite checklist of goals that we can diligently complete and then coast. It's how we live our lives in the process. That's why the four pillars of happiness are faith, family, community and meaningful work. Those are priorities we have to keep investing in.

By asking the question 'Am I happy?,' and via the answer setting out what I mean by happiness, there is a political route that can be taken, by asking another question - 'Can politics deliver happiness, and should it try?'

Because we're actors we can pretend and fake it, but I'd rather the intimate investment was authentic.

People heal from their pain when they have an authentic connection with another human being.

I don't even really try to do something different. I just do what's authentic to me.

Seek happiness for its own sake, and you will not find it; seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine.

Speak in your authentic voice because people have a BS Meter

Authentic faith is lived wisdom, exact cognition, direct experience.

I think it's important to be authentic to who you are, and if you're inauthentic at all, people smell that from a mile away.

A modern, harmonic and lively architecture is the visible sign of authentic democracy.

What always appeals to us are real stories that are authentic and inspire people.

Happiness just wasn't part of the job description back then. You tried to find a helpmate to keep the cold wind and dogs at bay. Happiness just wasn't part of the equation. Survival was.

Remember: success does not lead to happiness - it's the other way around. Greater happiness is what leads to greater success.

People like authenticity and I think I have the courage of my convictions and am authentic.

Leadership is defined as authentic transformative energy that adds value to others

I’m the only authentic Vlad. Everyone else is merely an envious imitation.