50 Happiness Quotes
Not everyone is born a cheerful person. Some people are more open-minded and live a happier life, and some people get anxiety more often and often look at the bad side of life. But the good thing is, happiness is something that you can work on. If you want to be a more cheerful person, then you need to work on it. Here are some quotes about happiness that will inspire you to be a happier person.
1. “Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.” – Marquis de Condorcet.
Everyone has their own achievements in life, so don’t compare what you have with others. That is true happiness.
2. “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama.
Happiness is not something you can buy, rather how you treat yourself and the people around you.
3. “Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” – Marthe Troly-Curtin.
If you spend time doing something that makes you happy, you shouldn’t consider the time spent a waste, rather a moment in your life you should embrace.
4. “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” – George Bernard Shaw.
Being happy is not counted by your age, but rather how you act as a person. If you want to live happy and enjoy life, then do things that make you happy, doesn’t matter how old you are.
5. “Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.” – Greg Anderson.
Happiness is not whether you had completed something or not. It is more about how you behaved along the way, whether you prefer to stay positive or not.
6. “Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.” – James Dean.
Enjoy every moment of your life. Fill your time out with happiness and disregard any things that upset you.
7. “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.
You need to let go of things that used to bring you happiness and doesn’t anymore, and focus on the things in your life currently that makes you happy.
8. “You cannot judge what should bring others joy, and others cannot judge what should bring you joy.” – Alan Cohen.
Don’t depend your happiness on others. Only you can bring happiness to yourself.
9. “Learn to let go. That is the key to happiness.” – Buddha.
If you hold on to things in the past that constantly makes you depressed, then you are far from being happy.
10. “Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy with what you have.” – Zig Ziglar.
The first thing you should accept if you want to be happy is not what you own, or what you wear, or how many friends you have, but rather accepting and being happy with yourself.
11. “Happiness is like a plant: It must be watered daily with giving thoughts and actions.” – Paramhansa Yogananda.
To be happy is to nurture your thoughts the right way. Give yourself positive encouragement and think of happy things.
12. “Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation.”- Leo Tolstoy.
If you want to live happy every day you need to enjoy life as if you are on a vacation.
13. “Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it.” – Andy Rooney.
Many people are too busy achieving goals in their lives but forget that the journey of them getting to their goals is true happiness.
14. “It’s Not Selfish to Love Yourself, Take Care of Yourself, and To Make Your Happiness a Priority. It’s Necessary.” – Mandy Hale.
We need to give happiness to others if we want to be happy, but that doesn’t mean we should neglect our own happiness. In fact, we need to first be selfish, to make sure we are happy before we can spread the love.
15. “We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.” – Frederick Keonig.
Happiness doesn’t mean getting everything you want on your bucket list. It is more about knowing what you currently have in life and appreciate them.
16. “If it makes you happy, no one else’s opinion should matter.” – Unknown.
Everyone has a different definition of happiness. Don’t allow other people to tell you how you should be happy. Listen to your own thoughts.
17. “If you do not choose to be happy, no one can make you happy. And if you choose to be happy, no one can make you unhappy.” – Paramhansa Yogananda.
You need to learn to know what brings you happiness, and not allow others to affect you in the progress.
18. “To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.” – Albert Camus.
You must first make yourself happy, and to do this you have to be selfish and focus on your own needs before getting to others.
19. “Happy people plan actions, they don’t plan results.” – Dennis Waitley.
Being happy is not about how you want your results to be, but rather what you should do to get there.
20. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” - Herman Cain.
Happiness is not about how well known or how much money you own, but rather if you are happy with what you do.
21. “Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.” – Frank Tyger.
If you do not like what you are doing, you will never achieve happiness.
22. “Happiness is where we find it, but very rarely where we seek it.” – J. Petit Senn.
Happiness is not for you to find. It has always been right in front of you. You just need to notice it.
23. “If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.” –Morris West.
Don’t look at the bad things in life and neglect all the good things that are happening around you. Spending time to enjoy the happiness before it ends.
24. “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.” – Marcel Pagnol.
If you do not let go of the good things in the past, you will never move on and find happiness
25. “Most people would rather be certain they’re miserable, than risk being happy.” – Dr. Robert Anthony.
Happiness is something you work for, something you need to step out of your comfort zone to find. If you are not brave enough to go out and look for it, you’ll never find happiness.
26. “Tension is who you think you should be, relaxation is who you are.” – Chinese Proverb.
If you want to be happy, you need to stop approaching life too strictly, and just take time to loosen up and be gentle in life and to yourself.
27. “We can have peace if we let go of wanting to change the past and wanting to control the future.” – Lester Levinson.
Learn from your mistakes from the past and stop worrying about the future. Just let things be, and then you’ll find happiness within yourself.
28. “Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.” – Mary Lou Retton.
If you train yourself to be a more optimistic person, everything in life will turn into something less intimidating and more forgiving.
29. “In our daily lives, we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but the gratefulness that makes us happy.” – Albert Clarke.
Being happy is not about owning things you want, but rather knowing what you own and appreciate them.
30. “Just because it didn’t last forever, doesn’t mean it wasn’t worth your while.” – Unknown.
Nothing bad lasts forever, the same goes for the good things. You need to know that everything is just temporary, and if you learn to accept this you will find happiness.
31. “Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.” – Margaret Lee Runbeck.
To be happy is not just whether you’ve achieved what you’ve done, but rather the things along the way that you encountered.
32. “Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.” – Betty Smith.
In order to be happy you need to appreciate things as if they only come to you once in your lifetime, rather than taking them for granted.
33. “There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them.” – Anthony de Mello.
Finding happiness is all about the matter in your hands. If you do not try to look for it or even take notice of it, you can never find it.
34. “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts”. – Marcus Aurelius.
No matter how many expensive and branded things you own, even if you are constantly filling your mind with toxic thoughts you will still be unable to find happiness.
35. “The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now.” – Robert G. Ingersoll.
Happiness is not something to be postponed. If you are happy at the current moment, at where you are, then you’ve found it.
36. “Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive everything, you will be happier. Love everything, you will be happiest.” – Unknown.
Your mind plays a huge role in deciding whether you want to be happy or not. You need to learn to stop judging others (it is none of your business), forgive people who’ve failed you (just letting go of the past), and spread the love around you (and you’ll be loved).
37. “We think happiness is a destination, when it’s actually a starting point. It enables all the positive outcomes in our lives if we choose to do it first.” – Pasricha.
If you want to be truly happy, you need to first get your mindset right and fill your head with positive thoughts.
38. “The only joy in the world is to begin.” – Cesare Pavese.
The key to being happy is not to go through many stages of unhappiness, rather to start being happy from the very beginning.
39. “Be nice to yourself. It’s hard to be happy when someone is mean to you all the time.” – Christine Arylo.
When others are being mean to you, it is difficult for you to stay happy. The same goes for you. If you are being mean to yourself, it is difficult for you to stay happy as well.
40. “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.” – Maxim Gorky.
You should try to be appreciative of the things around you, because you’ll never know when will they leave you, and you will regret it when they do.
41. “Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.” – Benjamin Disraeli.
If you do not even try to look for happiness, you will never find it.
42. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt.
People can never take your happiness away from you unless you allow them to.
43. “Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.” – Dale Carnegie.
Being successful doesn’t always mean you are happy. On the other hand, if you do things that you like, even if you are not that successful, you’ll still find happiness.
44. “Happiness comes when we stop complaining about the troubles we have, and be thankful for all the troubles we don’t have.” – Unknown.
To be happy, don’t focus on all the bad things in life, rather be thankful for the unfortunate that didn’t happen to us.
45. “Happy people don’t go through life collecting and seeking recognition. They go through life giving it away.” – Dodinsky.
Don’t go around expecting others to give you happiness. You are capable of doing that, and if you spread your happiness to others, that is what it really is.
46. “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” – Mahatma Gandhi.
When what you think, what you say, and what you do are not the same, that means you are in conflict with yourselves, and you can never find happiness in that.
47. “Overthinking is the biggest cause of our unhappiness. Keep yourself occupied. Keep your mind off things that don’t help you. Think positive.” – Unknown.
In order to be happy you need to keep your head occupied in positive thoughts and forget about the negative thoughts that only worry you.
48. “Happiness cannot be far behind a grateful heart and a peaceful mind.” – Unknown.
If you are constantly thinking of the good things in life, that means you are being grateful for the things in life and your mind is at ease with the thoughts. That is crucial in finding happiness.
49. “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.
Happiness comes and goes in your life. But if you do not slow down and grab onto it, you’ll regret not enjoying your moments.
50. “Being happy doesn’t mean everything is perfect. It means you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.” – Unknown.
No one is perfect, but if you are willing to look past your flaws and appreciate the fortunate things you have in life, that means you are in happiness.
Here are just some of the quotes about happiness that will cheer you up, or even motivate you to be a more cheerful person. Being happy will improve your physical and emotional health, that’s why it is important to make sure you are living your life as a happy person. Of course, that doesn’t mean to neglect all the bad things in life, but the key is to focus more on the good things.
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