“Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.”

“The pursuit of happiness is more about the pursuit than the happiness.”

Mark Manson book Everything Is Fucked

“The pursuit of individual happiness within those limits prescribed by social conditions, is the first requisite to the attainment of the greatest general happiness.”

Herbert Spencer (1820–1903) English philosopher, biologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist

“My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute.”

Ayn Rand (1905–1982) Russian-American novelist and philosopher

“Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.”

Guillaume Apollinaire (1880–1918) French poet

“It's a great game - the pursuit of happiness.”

Eugene O'Neill (1888–1953) American playwright, and Nobel laureate in Literature

“The pursuit of happiness is a lifelong struggle.”

Gandolfo – (RJ Intindola)

“The pursuit of happiness never ends.”

Gandolfo – (RJ Intindola)

“It’s better to be happy than in pursuit of it.”

Ron English (1959) American artist

“Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness; on the happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit, followed not as a means, but as itself an ideal end. Aiming thus at something else, they find happiness by the way.”

John Stuart Mill book Autobiography