<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Happiness - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66812]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers and laid entwined together on a bed of clover and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers and laid entwined together on a bed of clover and left there to sleep, left there to dream of their happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66675]]></link><description><![CDATA[My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66674]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our nation was founded on the principals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our nation was founded on the principals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness exists only if you have a lot of people to share it with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness exists only if you have a lot of people to share it with.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66356]]></link><description><![CDATA[The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is good health and a bad memory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is good health and a bad memory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66185]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there was one thing all the losses in her life had taught her it was that life was short, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66100]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there was one thing all the losses in her life had taught her it was that life was short, fleeting, and way too precious to waste waiting around for happiness to hit you over the head and make itself known. Happiness wasn't something you found, happiness was something you made - by living in the moment, by cherishing the people in your life right now, by finding the courage to change those things you didn't like]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66043]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66011]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65901]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heroism is accessible. Happiness is more difficult. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65858]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heroism is accessible. Happiness is more difficult.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember, happiness is a way of travel not a destination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember, happiness is a way of travel not a destination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn to value yourself, which means: to fight for your happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn to value yourself, which means: to fight for your happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65525]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65332]]></link><description><![CDATA[But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65236]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65199]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64979]]></link><description><![CDATA[True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64976]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64889]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64887]]></link><description><![CDATA[An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64827]]></link><description><![CDATA[If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64811]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can be happy where you are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64784]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can be happy where you are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness depends upon ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64699]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness depends upon ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64696]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64571]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is realizing that nothing is too important. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is realizing that nothing is too important.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64475]]></link><description><![CDATA[My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right?rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64452]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64384]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is perfume, you can't pour it on somebody else without getting a few drops on yourself.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64164]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is perfume, you can't pour it on somebody else without getting a few drops on yourself.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One's happiness depends less on what he knows than on what he feels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64010]]></link><description><![CDATA[One's happiness depends less on what he knows than on what he feels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who avoids complaint invites happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63866]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who avoids complaint invites happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How happy is the blameless vestal's lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63773]]></link><description><![CDATA[How happy is the blameless vestal's lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63772]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his own ground.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63751]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is a hard master, particularly other people's happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is a hard master, particularly other people's happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63733</guid></item></channel></rss>