Happiness is inward and not outward and so it does not depend on what we have but on what we are.

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent and he is never bored and life is only too short and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness.

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.

Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have it depends solely on what you think.

Independence is happiness.

Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.

Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens.

All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.

If your happiness depends on what somebody else does I guess you do have a problem.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore guard accordingly and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune it is a certain air which distinguishes us and seems to destine us for great things it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.

Big-government proponents embrace both the power of the federal government and the idea that millions of Americans ought to be dependent on its largesse. It's time to return to our Founders' love for small government. More is not always better.

I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services.

You've got the Democratic Party that now depends on more government spending and actual building the dependence on government in order to increase their political party.

The Declaration of Independence says when government fails the people have the right to replace it. Well New York State government has failed and the people have the right indeed the people have the the people have the obligation to act.

As far as your personal goals are and what you actually want to do with your life it should never have to do with the government. You should never depend on the government for your retirement your financial security for anything.

Government cannot do it all. As we work hard to break welfare dependency and get young people ready for the labour market we need businesses to give them a chance and not just fall back on labour from abroad.

It matters enormously to a successful democratic society like ours that we have three branches of government each with some independence and some control over the other two. That's set out in the Constitution.

We believe in government involvement that leads to independence: good schools quality roads and the best health care.