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It is the people who can do nothing who find nothing to do, and the secret to happiness in this world is not only to be useful, but to be forever elevating one's uses.

— Sarah Orne Jewett

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.

— Harold Kushner

The great thing in life is efficiency. If you amount to anything in the world, your time is valuable, your energy precious. They are your success capital, and you cannot afford to heedlessly throw them away or trifle with them.

— Orison Swett Marden

I have found that the only thing that does bring you happiness is doing something good for somebody who is incapable of doing it for themselves.

— David Letterman

The necessary thing for anyone to be happy and contented as long as he lives is working for the ones who will come after him rather than working for himself... One can reach the true delight and happiness in the life only by working for the existence, honor, and happiness of the future generations.

— Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

You've got to ask! Asking is, in my opinion, the world's most powerful - and neglected - secret to success and happiness.

— Percy Ross

People feel powerless and useless in the world. But they can buy something. It can give them a sense of value, of power.

— Daphne Zuniga

The secret of happiness is something to do.

— John Burroughs

✗Opposing Perspectives

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

— Bertrand Russell

It is for others one must learn to do everything; for there lies the secret of happiness.

— Jules Verne

Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.

— Simone Weil