261 Happy Quotes to Add More Happy to Your Day (Page 2 of 2)

Happiness is precious, and so I prefer to keep mine private. In a world where everyone shares everything, I can think of a lot of happy moments, but they're mine.

This obedience to the voice of the Earth is more important for our future happiness... than the desires of the moment.

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depend upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.

I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor.

I know that no business contract, no order or commercial consideration can ever be worth the happiness of one's home or the peace of one's mind.

It's not possible to experience constant euphoria, but if you're grateful, you can find happiness in everything.

I always was a rich person because money's not related to happiness.

Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

Getting married, for me, was the best thing I ever did. I was suddenly beset with an immense sense of release, that we have something more important than our separate selves, and that is the marriage. There's immense happiness that can come from working towards that.

We have the tendency to run away from suffering and to look for happiness. But, in fact, if you have not suffered, you have no chance to experience real happiness.

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. Follow some other object, and very possibly we may find that we have caught happiness without dreaming of it.

Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.

I do believe that if you haven't learnt about sadness, you cannot appreciate happiness.

What makes me happy is the appreciation of people around me.

First and foremost, you've got to make yourself happy. Essentially being who you are is the most important thing. When you're after truth, happiness always comes.

Everyday interactions we have with other people are definitely contagious, in terms of happiness.

Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.

The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be.

Every moment of your life that is not a complete nightmare is happiness.

We all of us deserve happiness or none of us does.

Being of service to others is what brings true happiness.

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.

The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness.

My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.

We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.

Happiness is spiritual, born of truth and love. It is unselfish; therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it.

What humans want is not just happiness. They want justice; they want meaning.

Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness.

Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you.

For me, happiness is doing my best and trying to be helpful.

There are no plans that always work in life. For me, the secret to happiness is being positive and looking at the brighter side of my life.

I just hope I can spread some of the happiness that's been coming my way.

I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.

Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable.

People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness.

There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness.

When you give as a family, not only are you sharing the happiness that giving brings you by watching it translate into positive change, but you are also transmitting your giving values to your children by engaging them in the giving process itself.

I discovered that joy is not the negation of pain, but rather acknowledging the presence of pain and feeling happiness in spite of it.

Off with you! You're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that!

Happiness is the only thing worth fighting for in your life.

One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken.

If you want to be happy, be.

What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.

All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.

I might look successful and happy being in front of you today, but I once suffered from severe depression and was in total despair.

Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness.

Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.

Happiness is not a brilliant climax to years of grim struggle and anxiety. It is a long succession of little decisions simply to be happy in the moment.

Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose.

The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower.

I used to say that 'happy' was like 'lucky,' kind of imaginary. But now that I'm married and have children, I find that happiness is a real space.

The only really important thing, at the end of the day, is your health. If you haven't got that, then all the money in the world isn't going to bring you happiness.

Happiness is not the same as life satisfaction, while neither are identical to what we might call flourishing.

Good and productive labor is valuable, and it doesn't mean you have to have a fancy job description. You don't have to become rich. You can be ordinary. Happiness lies there. Do good work, create good work for others.

I think happiness comes from self-acceptance. We all try different things, and we find some comfortable sense of who we are. We look at our parents and learn and grow and move on. We change.

God dislikes evil, and no happiness can be built on hate. Love one another as brothers.

Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin.

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may be.

The more I travel around the world, the more I see people want the same thing -- to be happy. We wouldn't be in a monetary system if we didn't have to work, so if my music can contribute to happiness, then that's my main responsibility.

Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's the pursuit that screws up happiness. If we drop the pursuit, it's right here.

To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own -- this is happiness.

Happiness isn't happiness unless there's a violin-playing goat.

A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug.

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

Bookstore operators tell us that the books which head the bestseller list are books on peace and happiness.

Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity.

America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy.

Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.

I have discovered the secret of happiness -- it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy.

Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves, until we end hatred and division.

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.

You can be happy where you are.

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.

The most simple things can bring the most happiness.

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

I think happiness is a combination of pleasure, engagement and meaningfulness.

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.

At the end of the day, you are in control of your own happiness. Life is going to happen whether you overthink it, overstress it or not. Just experience life and be happy along the way. You can't control everything in your life, but you can control your happiness.

The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives.

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

There is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.

True happiness... is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention.

If you are happy, you can give happiness. If you don't love yourself and if you are unhappy with yourself, you can't give anything else but that.

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family -- in another city.

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Of all the characteristics needed for both a happy and morally decent life, none surpasses gratitude. Grateful people are happier, and grateful people are more morally decent.

Physical comforts cannot subdue mental suffering, and if we look closely, we can see that those who have many possessions are not necessarily happy. In fact, being wealthy often brings even more anxiety.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.

Whoever is happy will make others happy too.

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.