The link between money and happiness

by Kenda Robertson

10 Ways Money Can Buy You Happiness Perhaps money doesn't "buy" happiness as much as it gives you control and choices in your life. And who wouldn't be happy with that? I will be the first to admit, I really like mon...read more

by Carole Silverman

My mother used to say, "If I have to struggle, I'll struggle alone." Since my mother was a war widow, I also remember what she said when she learned that her beloved husband would never come home again. She said, "Lee, w...read more

by Diane Palmer

Personally I don't think the link to happiness is money itself. I believe the link to happiness, is to be "debt free". Lets face it, it would be great to make more money, but in the end our expenses tend to rise to ...read more

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by Christine G.

Can money buy happiness? Popular wisdom continues to say "no", but people keep acting as if the answer were "yes". The drive to accumulate assets is a major drive in many lives. That may be an attempt to give meaning to...read more

by Marco Angioni II

We all have some idea of what constitutes success. I am sure that you have daydreamed about a big house, a fast, expensive car, and endless vacations around the world. It is fun to think about these things and this way o...read more

by Leo Poh Lee

You may have heard it said that money can't buy happiness, or love, or friends. Of course the snappy comeback is that it can buy you a better class of sadness, sycophants, and enemies. But what is the real link between ...read more

by Yusuf Alzeera

I am not quite sure if there is a link at all to begin with. Happiness is an emotional experience that is expressed deep within one's self. It ranges from contentment and satisfaction to bliss and intense joy. Happiness br...read more

by Rob Bryant

Happiness is much more strongly linked to culture than to money. Anyone in any culture who has trouble with the necessities of life, food, shelter, and clothing, is not likely to be happy. In general, wealthy people tend t...read more

by Vernon McDaniel

Money and happiness are not linked at all, if we're just talking about pieces of paper and that little emotion we all wish we had in abundance. When we include ourselves in the picture, though, we could all conjure image...read more

by Elizabeth Fetkenhour

There is a link between money and happiness to a certain degree. Living in abject poverty without the means to purchase basin needs such as food and housing not only diminishes happiness it can literally kill via starvati...read more

by Yan Deng

Money, fortune, happiness? Do they really have a tight link between each other? Everyday we can hear all kinds of people complaining too little money, thus cannot afford their needs. When they are groaning they really look...read more

by Jyoti Pandey

Happiness is a state of mind and it sure is not dependent on money. Look at that child outside, he is so happy playing in the mud or the sprinkler or just swinging or sliding in the park. This is inherently who we are. Nob...read more

by Adewale Atewogbade

According to a definition of happiness found on the website answers.com it is: "An agreeable feeling or condition of the soul arising from good fortune or propitious happening of any kind; the possession of those circumsta...read more

by Matthew Lieff

Money relates to happiness in two completely different ways, depending on where a person ranks on the economic scale. A little bit of money can make a great deal of difference to people who are trapped in desperate pov...read more

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by Roxanne Dubarry

There is a link between charitable giving and happiness, if the donor of the gift follows Biblical principles. "But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, That your cha...read more

by Estela

Even if almost everything has a price tag. It is not a guarantee that having a lot of money will make us really happy. Rich people can afford to have every material thing desired because they have money. But I doubt if th...read more

by Scott Holloway

Money can't make a person happy only people themselves can. You can be wealthy and still be miserable or you can be poor and perfectly content. Since everyone has their own set of values and expectations, happiness has dif...read more

by E. V. SHAW

I walked into a Walgreen's drugstore this morning, feeling like the weight of the world was on my shoulders. Tears were ready to pour down my cheeks. I couldn't explain to myself or anyone that that's how I've been feeli...read more

by L M Reid

If you have enough money to get the living conditions you want, the educaton for your children or yourself then of course it brings happiness. As far as I am concerned if I had a certain amount of money I could change thin...read more

by Robert Kintigh

Money is no different than anything else in life. You decide how money makes you feel. Tying emotion to it is decided by the individual. I do not think money buys you happiness unless you decide it does. I also do not beli...read more