Quotes About Happiness to Brighten Everyone's Day
Happiness is... what? We are all involved in the pursuit of happiness and it can mean something different to each of us. And something different at different points in our lives. So it is something to periodically re-ponder - what does happiness mean to me and am I happy and how important is that to me?
Here is a large curated collection of the best happiness quotes we could find for you to reflect upon and enjoy.
Our hope is that some will resonate with you and thus brighten your day! Please share widely and spread the happy!
We also have a sister collection of curated Happy Quotes and yet another collection on Happiness is a Choice.
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.
There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
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Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. The joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgotten in the mad chase of evanescent profits. These dark days will be worth all they cost us if they teach us that our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men.
No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.
Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.
The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.
As people spin faster and faster in the pursuit of merely personal happiness, they become exhausted in the futile effort of chasing themselves.
The following terms all mean one and the same thing: God, goodness, mental health, truth, decency, happiness, freedom, reality, peace, love, sensibleness.
Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.
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.
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we approve.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.
The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.
Money can't buy happiness.
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Money can't buy happiness, but it certainly is a stress reliever.
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.
There are so many ways to seek and find pleasure, but only one way to search and gain happiness; which is through your mind.
Happiness is not always through success. Equally, the constant pursuit of success is sure unhappiness. But we have to find the balance.
The single most important factor in our long-term happiness is the relationships we have with our family and close friends.
I always had a larger view. I'm interested in real life -- my family, my friends. I have tried never to define myself by my success, whatever that is. My happiness is way beyond roles and awards.
True happiness is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
Compassion is one of the principal things that make our lives meaningful. It is the source of all lasting happiness and joy.
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.
The goal of all goals is happiness, and our emotions are like road signs on that journey toward the goal of happiness.
If my heart can become pure and simple, like that of a child, I think there probably can be no greater happiness than this.
Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don't put off being happy until some future date.
Perfectionism is the enemy of happiness. Embrace being perfectly imperfect. Learn from your mistakes and forgive yourself, you'll be happier. We make mistakes because we are imperfect. Learn from your mistakes, forgive yourself, and keep moving forward.
Happiness is not a goal -- it's a by-product of a life well lived.
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Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product. For what keeps our interest in life and makes us look forward to tomorrow is giving pleasure to other people.
Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.
Do not set aside your happiness. Do not wait to be happy in the future. The best time to be happy is always now.
Always find opportunities to make someone smile, and to offer random acts of kindness in everyday life.
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Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent their making a nest in your hair.
Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.
If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.
The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.
True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self.
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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
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.
The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid.
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.
Happiness is the resultant of the relative strengths of positive and negative feelings rather than an absolute amount of one or the other.
Happiness is the default state. It's what's there when you remove the sense that something is missing in life.
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.
Happiness is a constant work-in-progress, because solving problems is a constant work-in-progress -- the solutions to today's problems will lay the foundation for tomorrow's problems, and so on. True happiness occurs only when you find the problems you enjoy having and enjoy solving.
There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.
Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so.
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Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so. The only chance is to treat not happiness, but some end external to it, as the purpose of life.
Real happiness is not of temporary enjoyment, but is so interwoven with the future that it blesses forever.
Happiness is being content with what you have, living in freedom and liberty, having a good family life and good friends.
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.
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.
Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there -- and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
The intimate contest for self-command never ends, and lifetime happiness requires finding the right balance between present impulses and future well-being.
Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it.
To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to have deserved it.
Virtue is simply happiness, and happiness is a by-product of function. You are happy when you are functioning.
One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.
Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
The greatest happiness comes from being vitally interested in something that excites all your energies.
Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.
We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.
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We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns.
When top scientists and psychologists talk about what's important to our overall wellbeing and how satisfied we are with our lives, the only thing that they all agree on is that social relationships are probably the single best predictor of our overall happiness.
Before the palefaces came among us, we enjoyed the happiness of unbounded freedom and were acquainted with neither riches, wants, nor oppression.
You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness.
I do not equate productivity to happiness. For most people, happiness in life is a massive amount of achievement plus a massive amount of appreciation. And you need both of those things.
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.
To be stupid and selfish and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness. Though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless.
I think if we want to find happiness by finding a life partner, then it's a little selfish. You should be complete within yourself, so that when you're in a relationship, you can give out happiness rather than expect it.
Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.
The closest synonym of happiness is excitement, and you can generate it by doing something that you can't completely comprehend. This understanding makes the process rich and exciting.
When you're happy you find pure joy in your life. There are no regrets in this state of happiness -- and that's a goal worth striving for in all areas of your life.
A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.
It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It's also a very clear path to happiness.
Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it.
Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity.
Whoever labors for the happiness of those he loves elevates himself, no matter whether he works in the dreary shop or the perfumed field.
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
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Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety. Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt crept in. Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays.
There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all.
Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a goal and an essential part of my life -- a kind of destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running wherever they are.
