Quotes by Pursuit Of Happiness The Constitution guarantees us our rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That's all. It doesn't guarantee our rights to charity. Jesse Ventura pursuit-of-happiness rights life I believe everyone on this planet deserves equal rights to their own pursuit of happiness. Joel Madden pursuit-of-happiness gay believe I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. John D. Rockefeller pursuit-of-happiness life believe Reading is by far the most successful pursuit of happiness. John Grisham pursuit-of-happiness reading successful Some of us learned in a school of philosophy which taught that all was for the common good and nothing for oneself and have never, in any case, regarded the pursuit of happiness as anything other than an aberration of the human spirit. John Grierson pursuit-of-happiness philosophy school People truly reaching across boundaries - be they religious or race, political or geographic. A state that is sincerely civil and respectful of each individual's pathway toward life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness will be our goal. Jon Huntsman, Jr. pursuit-of-happiness race religious 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 political america Personally, I've never had it as a goal in life to be happy. Seems impossible to achieve. Even the Declaration of Independence seems to acknowledge this. They talk about the pursuit of happiness, not happiness itself. Jonathan Ames independence pursuit-of-happiness goal There is no such thing as the pursuit of happiness, but there is the discovery of joy. Joyce Grenfell pursuit-of-happiness funeral discovery I'm on the pursuit of happiness, and I know, Everything that shine ain't always gonna be gold, Hey, I'll be fine once I get it, I'll be good... Kid Cudi pursuit-of-happiness shining gold 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 tolerance roots The pursuit of happiness is the source of all unhappiness. Lulu unhappiness pursuit-of-happiness source our country in general assumes that "the pursuit of happiness" really means "the pursuit of pleasure" and that therefore pleasure is the greatest good. Madeleine L'Engle pursuit-of-happiness mean country The "pursuit of happiness" is responsible for a good part of the ills and miseries of the modern world. Malcolm Muggeridge misery pursuit-of-happiness world If two people want to get married, it’s their prerogative - we hope. Everybody should be able to do what they want to do and be in the pursuit of happiness. Mariah Carey pursuit-of-happiness gay two [Book's subtitle:] Designed as a beacon of light to guide women to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness, but which may be read by members of the sterner sect, without injury to themselves or the book. Marietta Holley pursuit-of-happiness light book 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 self people When I was growing up, I don't remember being told that America was created so that everyone could get rich. I remember being told it was about opportunity and the pursuit of happiness. Not happiness itself, but the pursuit. Martin Scorsese pursuit-of-happiness growing-up opportunity In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men - yes, black men as well as white men - would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness... America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked 'insufficient funds.' Martin Luther King, Jr. pursuit-of-happiness men fall A human life is defined by its relationship with others: by its duty to its species. In the face of this duty, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are meaningless. What you call individual rights are merely the cultural fantasy of a failed civilization. Matthew Woodring Stover pursuit-of-happiness rights civilization «1234567»
