The Best Happiness Quotes
We don’t laugh because we’re happy – we’re happy because we laugh. William James
Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. Guillaume Apollinaire
That’s your unlimited desires that are clouding your peace, your happiness. Naval Ravikant
Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. Ludwig Jacobowski
Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness. Frank Tyger
There is more to life than increasing its speed. Mahatma Gandhi
When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us. Helen Keller
Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it. Lou Holtz
True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self. Joseph Addison
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. Marthe Troly-Curtin
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. Joseph Addison
Happiness, not in another place but this place…not for another hour, but this hour. Walt Whitman
Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be. Abraham Lincoln
Happiness? That’s nothing more than health and a poor memory. Albert Schweitzer
Don’t take life too seriously. You’ll never get out of it alive. Elbert Hubbard
Seek it outside and you’ll be exhausted. Seek it inside you’ll find a path. Maxime Lagacé
It’s the moments that I stopped just to be, rather than do, that have given me true happiness. Richard Branson
I am very happy because I have conquered myself and not the world. I am very happy because I have loved the world and not myself. Sri Chinmoy
What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner. Colette
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. Maya Angelou
Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits. Thomas Jefferson
People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy. Anton Chekhov
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. Dale Carnegie
Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time…serenity, that nothing is. Thomas Szasz (This is one of my favorite happiness quote. Leave a reply here and let me know what’s yours!)
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The Most Famous Happiness Quotes (Einstein, Gandhi, Buddha, etc.)
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Confucius
The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up. Mark Twain
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. Dalai Lama
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. Dalai Lama
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. Mahatma Gandhi
In our lives, change is unavoidable, loss is unavoidable. In the adaptability and ease with which we experience change, lies our happiness and freedom. Buddha
Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. Buddha
The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams. Oprah Winfrey
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. Ernest Hemingway
The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters. Audrey Hepburn
The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time. Friedrich Nietzsche
Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness. Ayn Rand
Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. Augustine of Hippo
Happiness depends upon ourselves. Aristotle
Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile. Albert Einstein
Short Happiness Quotes
Happiness is a state where nothing is missing. Naval Ravikant
The constant happiness is curiosity. Alice Munro
Be happy. It’s one way of being wise. Colette
Finding happiness is easy: stop being busy. Maxime Lagacé
Being happy is being satisfied. Being satisfied means accepting. Maxime Lagacé
Doing what you were born to do… That’s the way to be happy. Agnes Martin
Being happy is not the only happiness. Alice Walker
Enjoy it. Because it’s happening. Stephen Chbosky
Happiness is inversely correlated with desire. Unknown
No medicine cures what happiness cannot. Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez
It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it. Seneca
The thicker the skin, the happier the man. Life Math Money
Happiness is acceptance. Unknown
All happiness depends on courage and work. Honoré de Balzac
It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. Charles Spurgeon
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet. James Oppenheim
There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved. George Sand
Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon. Winnie the Pooh
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life. Omar Khayyam
I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve. Jane Austen
Whoever is happy will make others happy. Anne Frank
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. Franklin D. Roosevelt
We forge the chains we wear in life. Charles Dickens
I’m happy. Which often looks like crazy. David Henry Hwang
Inspirational And Positive Happiness Quotes
Happiness does not lead to gratitude. Gratitude leads to happiness. David Steindl-Rast
Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes. Charles Dickens
What is happiness? The feeling that power is growing, that resistance is overcome. Friedrich Nietzsche
The deepest satisfaction you’ll find will be when you give all you’ve got on one thing, or when you’ll do absolutely nothing and accept life as it is. Think On and Off. Avoid the middle. Maxime Lagacé
A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one’s neighbor — such is my idea of happiness. Leo Tolstoy (Family Happiness)
It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life. Henrik Ibsen
So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed? Hunter S. Thompson
The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open. Chuck Palahniuk
People are unhappy when they get something too easily. You have to sweat – that’s the only moral they know. Dany Laferrière
The greatest secret to happiness and peace is letting every life situation be what it is, instead of what you think it should be. Then, make the very best of it. Thibaut
If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes. Andrew Carnegie
Today is life – the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto. Dale Carnegie
What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds. Wayne Dyer
There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. Nelson Mandela
If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. Jim Rohn
Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is. Mary Anne Roadacher-Hershey
The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness. William Saroyan
In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln
Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. Samuel Johnson
On the whole, the happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so. William R. Inge
Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it. William Feather
I have only two kinds of days: happy and hysterically happy. Allen J. Lefferdink
Funny Happiness Sayings (Some Will Surprise You)
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. Unknown
Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth. Unknown
There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness. Lady Blessington
To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost. Gustave Flaubert
Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination. Mark Twain
Expecting life to treat you well because you are a good person is like expecting an angry bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian. Shari R. Barr
Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important. Janet Lane
You can’t buy happiness but you can buy ice cream. And that’s kind of the same thing. Unknown
When someone told me I lived in a fantasy land I nearly fell of my unicorn. Unknown
Some days I amaze myself. Other days I put my keys in the fridge. Unknown
Happiness does not have a price tag so smile. Unknown
The best vitamin to be a happy person is B1. Unknown
Be happy. It really annoys negative people. Ricky Gervais
Happiness Quotes From Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, Twitter
One day, or day one, you decide.
Happiness is not out there, it’s in you.
Difficult roads often leads to beautiful destinations.
The key to being happy is knowing you have the power to choose what to accept and what to let go.
Don’t let the silly little things steal your happiness.
There is no happiness; there are only moments of happiness.
People wait all week for Friday, all year for summer, all life for happiness.
Cheerfulness is the very flower of health.
The secret of being happy is accepting where you are in life and making the most out of everyday.
There are so many beautiful reasons to be happy.
Life only comes around once, so do whatever makes you happy, and be with whoever makes you smile.
Someday you’ll look back and understand why it all happened the way it did.
Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.
We can’t direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
Cute Happiness Sayings
Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting. Bernard Meltzer Click to tweet
Happiness: A butterfly, which when pursued, seems always just beyond your grasp; but if you sit down quietly, may alight upon you. Daily Crescent
Gather the crumbs of happiness and they will make you a loaf of contentment. Unknown
Happy girls are the prettiest. Audrey Hepburn
Be you. Do you. For you. Unknown Click to tweet
Happiness Proverbs
Happiness is a place between too much and too little. Finnish proverb
Seeking happiness is a straight way to misery. English proverb
You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent their making a nest in your hair. Chinese proverb
If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. Chinese proverb
Tension is who you think you should be, relaxation is who you are. Chinese proverb
Deep And Wise Happiness Quotes (Words Of Wisdom)
If we would just slow down, happiness would catch up to us. Richard Carlson
Don’t let your happiness depend on something you may lose. C.S. Lewis
Not wanting something is as good as having it. Naval Ravikant
With my desire to improve everything, I destroy the moment. Naval Ravikant
Happiness is a choice and a skill and you can dedicate yourself to learning that skill and making that choice. Naval Ravikant
School, politics, sports, and games train us to compete against others. True rewards – wealth, knowledge, love, fitness, and equanimity – come from ignoring others and improving ourselves. Naval Ravikant
One happiness scatters a thousand sorrows. Chinese proverb
There is great happiness in not wanting, in not being something, in not going somewhere. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Your mind will seek security and comfort in accumulation (of knowledge, material, status, etc.). This is a never ending game. Be above that. Play the long game. Maxime Lagacé
Say no more often so you can say yes to what’s important for you. Maxime Lagacé
The more people need to show the’re happy, the less they are. Maxime Lagacé
It’s been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will. L.M. Montgomery
If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway. Mother Teresa
There are two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations. Jodi Picoult
Don’t postpone joy until you have learned all of your lessons. Joy is your lesson. Alan Cohen
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities. Aristotle
It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else. Arthur Schopenhauer
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. Carl Sandburg
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Reinhold Niebuhr
Happiness is the default state. It’s what’s there when you remove the sense that something is missing in life. Naval Ravikant
Security is when everything is settled, when nothing can happen to you; security is the denial of life. Germaine Greer
There is some kind of a sweet innocence in being human- in not having to be just happy or just sad- in the nature of being able to be both broken and whole, at the same time. C. JoyBell C.
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. Freya Stark
In every part and corner of our life, to lose oneself is to be a gainer; to forget oneself is to be happy. Robert Louis Stevenson
Persons of high self-esteem are not driven to make themselves superior to others; they do not seek to prove their value by measuring themselves against a comparative standard. Their joy is being who they are, not in being better than someone else. Nathaniel Branden
A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour. Unknown
Is it not clear, however, that bliss and envy are the numerator and denominator of the fraction called happiness? Yevgeny Zamyatin
Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so. John Stuart Mill
There is no way to happiness — happiness is the way. Thich Nhat Hanh
Enjoyment is just the sound of being centered. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content. Niccolo Machiavelli
Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. Nathaniel Hawthorne
Sometimes we don’t find the thing that will make us happy because we can’t give up the thing that was supposed to. Robert Brault
Joy is more divine than sorrow; for joy is bread, and sorrow is medicine. Henry Ward Beecher
Usefulness is happiness, and… all other things are but incidental. Lydia Maria Child, The American Frugal Housewife
Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we approve. Robert S. Lynd
To be happy, you must fancy that everything you have is a gift, and you the chosen, though you worked your tail off for every bit of it. Robert Brault
The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. Aristotle
Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length. Robert Frost
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. Bertrand Russell
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