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If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time. -- Edith Wharton
We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves. -- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Just try to be happy. Unhappiness starts with wanting to be happier. -- Sam Levenson
The only reason why you are unhappy is because you are trying to be happy. -- Jaggi Vasudev
I have given up trying to be happy. It is no use an leads to nothing. -- Anna Held
Don't care about all the pain in front of me, cause I'm just trying to be happy. -- Leona Lewis
Giving up control and just trying to be happy at the moment has proven to be the best thing for me. -- Taya Kyle
We ask for happiness but what we get is unhappiness. We all put our efforts into trying to be happy but we make a fundamental mistake: happiness is not related to the effort, happiness is related to not asking for it... -- Rajneesh
Trying to be happy in this world is greatest illusion. -- Radhanath Swami
We should try to be happy, just to set an example -- Jacques Prevert
I have given up trying to be happy. It is no use and leads to nothing. -- Anna Held
Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body -- George Carlin
To try to be happy is to try to build a machine with no other specification than that it shall run noiselessly. -- J. Robert Oppenheimer
So, you're telling me that no matter what, you can't be happy? Well, darling, it's no wonder you're miserable. It's what you want...So then try (to be happy). -- Elizabeth Scott
If loneliness was a choice, what was the other option? To settle for second-best and try to be happy with that? And was that fair to the person you settled for? -- Lisa Kleypas
Oh, most unhappy man,' he cried, 'try to be happy! You have red hair like your sister.'My red hair, like red flames, shall burn up the world,' said Gregory. -- G.K. Chesterton
By going into third world countries and serving, by actually feeding and helping people, I've been led to focus a little more on how people here try to be happy by ignoring other people who are unhappy. -- Ram Dass
Try to be happy within the context of the life we are actually living. Happiness is not a situation to be longed for or a convergence of lucky happenstance. Through the power of our own minds, we can help ourselves. -- Wayne Coyne
To live a life that is wrong for you is a form of dying. There are people who have lives that look perfect. They try to be happy, they believe they should be happy, they are trying to like it, but if it's off course from their north star, they aren't satisfied. -- Martha Beck
Try to have a good day today, wherever you are, whatever you do, whoever is near, if no one is near. Try to be happy, because you may not see tomorrow. There is someone this morning, who didn't wake up, who will never see this day. Try to feel lucky that this is not you. -- Margaret Cho
On the one hand, we all want to be happy. On the other hand, we all know the things that make us happy. But we don't do those things. Why? Simple. We are too busy. Too busy doing what? Too busy trying to be happy. This is the paradox of happiness that has bewitched our age. -- Matthew Kelly
I'm not so stupid as to believe that you've completely forgotten about your former boyfriend. I know you think there are others here more suited for me and this life, and I wouldn't want you to rush into trying to be happy with any of this. I just... I just want to know if it's possible... -- Kiera Cass
If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time. -- Edith Wharton
My songs are always about overcoming things, whether it's breaking up with a guy or just trying to be happy. They're always about being better. -- Estelle
It was like we were all so busy trying to be happy or saying we were happy, but underneath there was nothing but bitterness, the kind that could only be bled out in ink, in unspoken word. -- Elizabeth Scott
I try not to get too ahead of myself. I try to be happy where I am. -- Miranda Lambert
If you try to hold on to something you don't have anymore, you can't be happy in the moment. -- Jennifer Grey
You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -- Ernie Banks
Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we approve. -- Robert Staughton Lynd
I couldn't be happier to not be acting. I miss it, but I don't miss the auditioning or trying to get work. -- Paul Feig
Really, what I try to instill in my fans is to be healthy and happy. I have no desire to be super-skinny. -- Kelly Clarkson
I'm trying to do it my way. For me to be happy in the business means I have to do it myself. -- Julian Cope
I so much appreciate it when anybody tries to make something and tries to be an artist - I'm happy to see the work. -- Laurie Anderson
I try to be happy, but I'm never happy. I don't believe in happiness. I was happy yesterday, but today and tomorrow is a different story. -- Sirio Maccioni
I am very much interested in getting parents to read to children, and trying to get people mentoring children. If I can do both I'll be happy. -- Walter Dean Myers
Any time you're trying to do a movie with a happy ending, it's very difficult because it's been done before and you don't want to be manipulative. -- Tim Robbins
I've learned that I have to be happy with creating discussion and debate and that I shouldn't be trying to write a book that appeals to the consensus. -- Miguel Syjuco
I don't need many things. I don't need glamour and attention to be happy. I'm very happy being settled and working my butt off and trying to win grand slams. -- Maria Sharapova
I think that women out there should just be happy with how they look, and they shouldn't really try to conform to any stereotype. Just be happy and, hopefully, healthy. -- Rebel Wilson
To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all. -- Helen Rowland
I think the attitude I was trying to learn myself was to really try hard, to give a great effort, to really care, and to let the results go where they are going to go. But at the same time, I don't have to be happy, and I shouldn't be happy, with less than my best. -- Tom Lehman
I'm not trying to keep anybody happy. -- Bill Parcells
I'm happy 'bout life. Still trying. I ain't giving up on life. -- Leon Spinks
If you're trying to make someone happy, you gotta try and make them happy. -- Jonah Hill
The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you. -- Bette Midler
I'm a yes person. I'm too concerned with trying to make too many people happy. -- Jorja Fox
All marriages are happy. It's trying to live together afterwards that causes all the problems. -- Shelley Winters
In Hollywood, all marriages are happy. It's trying to live together afterwards that causes the problems. -- Shelley Winters
All I'm trying to do is make music that people like and that makes people happy. -- Zachary Cole Smith
Maybe if we stopped trying to achieve movie standards of greatness, we'd be happy with what we have. -- Amber L. Johnson
We made happy sounds because we were upset... just trying to make a positive situation out of a negative one. -- Ian Williams
I am happy to keep working on books because I'm always reading, and I'm always trying to fall in love. -- Nina Jacobson
I know what makes me happy. I know what makes me miserable. I'm trying to stay on the happy side. -- Chamique Holdsclaw
I'm happy to be part of this chorus of people who are trying to tell more complex stories about Haiti. -- Edwidge Danticat
I'm trying to decide whether to be happy or sad. We have to be better than this or we will struggle. -- Mark Richt
Trying to be happy without a sense of Godâ??s presence is like trying to have a bright day without the sun. -- Aiden Wilson Tozer
By trying so hard to provide the perfectly happy childhood, we're just making it harder for our kids to actually grow up, -- Lori Gottlieb
I was trying not to be happy, hopeful. I did not believe I deserved happiness or even hope, if you knew my soul. -- Joyce Carol Oates
Every writer has his own voice. Other than that I'm always trying to do change-ups and publishers haven't always been happy about that. -- Dean Koontz
If you spend your life trying to please people or letting them control you, you may make them happy, but you'll miss your destiny. -- Joel Osteen
While being you and truly sharing what you do will bring happiness to others, you won't find contentment merely trying to keep others happy. -- Rasheed Ogunlaru
Life's too short to spend it trying to keep others happy. You can't please everyone. To fulfill your destiny, stay true to your heart. -- Joel Osteen
Stop trying to do things that will make you happy. Happiness is a state of mind; because otherwise, you are a slave to circumstance. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
I'm not trying to make myself look like a girl because I'm not a girl anymore. I'm very happy about being a grown woman. -- Sharon Stone
I am now trying to trust the universe to take care of me and not necessarily rely on other people to make me happy. -- John Magaro
Don't marry a rich man. Marry a good man. He will spend his life trying to keep you happy. No rich man can buy that! -- Staness Jonekos
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I'm not trying to be a spokeswoman for the transgender community; I just want to be looked at as a living, breathing, happy human being. -- Candis Cayne
I'm not trying to redefine sexuality or humanity or say that my answer is right and yours is wrong. I'm just happy with who I am. -- Nico Tortorella
I had forgotten that talking to you is like trying to pet a cactus." Saiman said dryly. "Thank you for reminding me." "Always happy to oblige. -- Ilona Andrews
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The women I love most are Latina - my sister, mother, and daughter. They're spontaneous but spend a majority of their time trying to make others happy. -- William Levy
I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck at night. We'll keep him happy. -- Nat King Cole
A happy life is just a string of happy moments. But most people don't allow the happy moment, because they're so busy trying to get a happy life. -- Esther Hicks
What civilization is, is 6 billion people trying to make themselves happy by standing on each other's shoulders and kicking each other's teeth in. It's not a pleasant situation. -- Terence McKenna
So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be. -- Stephen Chbosky
The hardest situation to stay happy in, I think, is when you're trying to find love, and yourself at the same time. It just doesn't seem to fit well. -- Sophia Bush
I'm sure that's when you really know you are happy - when you wake up wanting to embrace your future, rather than trying to squirm away from your past. -- Peter James
You know when people smile too much? It's painful. I find it really painful. Happy is not very reliable. I'm trying to live like, um, with a fierce calm. -- Tori Amos
You can't make a woman happy. That's like trying to cure a fatal disease. The goal is to treat the symptoms so you can comfortably live with the illness. -- Wanda Sykes

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