Quotes about pursuit-of-happiness
pursuit-of-happiness rights three
The three basic material rights -- continuity, mutual obligation, and the pursuit of happiness. David Brin
pursuit-of-happiness law community
When...we, as individuals, obey laws that direct us to behave for the welfare of the community as a whole, we are indirectly helping to promote the pursuit of happiness by our fellow human beings. Aristotle
pursuit-of-happiness differences america
The issue, perhaps, boils down to one of how perceptions or misperceptions of racial difference impact various 'individuals', or groups of 'individuals', experience of freedom in America. Some would argue that it goes beyond hampering their "pursuit of happiness" to outright obliterating it. Aberjhani
pursuit-of-happiness past ideas
If there is an abiding theme in 'The Pursuit of Happiness,' it is the idea that you come into the world already shaped by other people's past histories. Douglas Kennedy
pursuit-of-happiness essence liberty
For the majority of contemporary Americans, the essence of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness centers on a relentless personal quest to acquire, consume, to indulge, and to shed whatever constraints might interfere with those endeavors. Andrew Bacevich
pursuit-of-happiness views justice
To us all, life is a gift, liberty is a right, and the pursuit of happiness is the object supreme. But our conduct in the pursuit differs in accordance with the measure of justice we uphold. A common measure is only possible when we begin to understand and learn to appreciate each other's point of view and point of direction. Ameen Rihani
pursuit-of-happiness emotional hands
If a person's basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a painful physical experience. On the other hand, if someone is suffering from depression, anxiety, or any form of emotional distress, then even if he or she happens to be enjoying physical comforts, he will not really be able to experience the happiness that these could bring. Dalai Lama
pursuit-of-happiness thinking unhappy
That word again. Happy. It’s a curse. The pursuit of happiness makes us deeply unhappy. It’s a trap.Before anything else happened, there was me in bed, thinking of who you used to be. I don’t want you to think I forgot. David Levithan
pursuit-of-happiness constitution pursuit
The pursuit of happiness is in our Constitution. We're all entitled to have the best we can Loretta Swit
pursuit-of-happiness pursuit
It is the pursuit of happiness that brings us happiness, and not the happiness achieved. Jack White
pursuit-of-happiness light littles
Modern Americans travel light, with little philosophic baggage other than a fervent belief in their right to the pursuit of happiness. George Will
pursuit-of-happiness want-something people
People can't do something themselves, they want to tell you that you can't do it. You want something? Go get it. Chris Gardner
pursuit-of-happiness thinking independence
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 only pursue and maybe we can actually never have it. No matter what. How did he know that?
pursuit-of-happiness america government
America stands for liberty, for the pursuit of happiness and for the unalienable right for life. This right to life cannot be granted or denied by government because it does not come from government, it comes from the creator of life. George W. Bush
pursuit-of-happiness games pursuit
It's a great game - the pursuit of happiness. Eugene O'Neill
pursuit-of-happiness people liberty
All unprejudiced persons objectively surveying the grim events in Bangla Desh since March 25 have recognized the revolt of 75 million people, a people who were forced to the conclusion that neither their life, nor their liberty, to say nothing of the possibility of the pursuit of happiness, was available to them. Indira Gandhi
pursuit-of-happiness america political
America's political system used to be about the pursuit of happiness. Now More and more of us want to stop chasing it and have it delivered. Jonah Goldberg
pursuit-of-happiness emotional romantic-love
I had always been taught that the pursuit of happiness was my natural (even national) birthright. It is the emotional trademark of my culture to seek happiness. Not just any kind of happiness, either, but profound happiness, even soaring happiness. And what could possibly bring a person more soaring happiness than romantic love. Elizabeth Gilbert
pursuit-of-happiness roots tolerance
Liberal relativism has its roots in the natural right tradition of tolerance or in the notion that everyone has a natural right to the pursuit of happiness as he understands happiness; but in itself it is a seminary of intolerance. Leo Strauss
pursuit-of-happiness discovery funeral
There is no such thing as the pursuit of happiness, but there is the discovery of joy. Joyce Grenfell
pursuit-of-happiness unhappiness pursuit
The pursuit of happiness is the source of all unhappiness. Lulu
pursuit-of-happiness important just-be-happy
It is an important thing, in our never-ending pursuit of happiness, to stop and just be happy for a while. Mark Twain
pursuit-of-happiness dramatic-life nerd
Software-industry battles are fought by highly paid and out-of-shape nerds furiously pounding computer keyboards while they guzzle diet Coke. The stakes aren't very dramatic. Life? Liberty? The pursuit of happiness? Nope, it's about stock options. Nathan Myhrvold
pursuit-of-happiness shining gold
I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know, everything that shines ain't always gonna be gold. But I'll be fine once I get it, I'll be good. Kid Cudi
pursuit-of-happiness self people
The pursuit of happiness is enshrined in the Declaration of Independence as a right of all Americans, as well as on the self-improvement shelves of every American bookstore. Yet the scientific evidence makes it seem unlikely that you can change your level of happiness in any sustainable way. It suggests that we each have a fixed range for happiness just as we do for weight. And just as dieters almost always regain the weight they lose, sad people don't become lastingly happy, and happy people don't become lastingly sad. Martin Seligman
pursuit-of-happiness world misery
The "pursuit of happiness" is responsible for a good part of the ills and miseries of the modern world. Malcolm Muggeridge
pursuit-of-happiness men liberty
All men are created equal and have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Thomas Jefferson
pursuit-of-happiness government people
Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government...
pursuit-of-happiness men interesting
The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish, and spirits must flow. There must be courage. There are no easy ruts to get into which lead to happiness. A man must become interesting to himself and must become actually expressive before he can be happy. Robert Henri
pursuit-of-happiness men law
If [God] has made it a law in the nature of man to pursue his own happiness, He has left him free in the choice of place as well as mode, and we may safely call on the whole body of English jurists to produce the map on which nature has traced for each individual the geographical line which she forbids him to cross in pursuit of happiness.
pursuit-of-happiness thinking play
I think government has a major role to play in helping us with the pursuit of happiness. William Weld
pursuit-of-happiness liberty fiber
The rub is that the pursuit of happiness, as an end in itself, tends automatically, and widely, to be replaced by the pursuit of pleasure with a consequent general softening of the fibers of will, intelligence, spirit. Whittaker Chambers
pursuit-of-happiness simple giving
Simple morality dictates that unless and until someone can prove the unborn human is not alive, we must give it the benefit of the doubt and assume it is (alive). And, thus, it should be entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Ronald Reagan