Quotes on Happiness

Here you will find cute quotes and excerpts on happiness to inspire you. We hope you find some cute quotes that make you smile but also make you think about what being happy really is. We like the words of Abraham Lincoln, "Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."

What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
Baruch Spinoza

Happiness is never stopping to think if you are.
Palmer Sondreal

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others.
Buddha

But what is happiness except the
simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?
Albert Camus

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
Mark Twain

If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.
Edith Wharton

Everything exists in limited quantity - especially happiness.
Picasso

Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead.
Scottish Proverb

Happiness doesn't come from doing what we like to do but from liking what we have to do.
Peterson, Wilferd. The Art of Living. Simon and Schuster, 1961, p. 29.

I deeply believe that every person can find more real happiness, if he can find the true adventure which life is meant to be.
Shoemaker, Samuel. How You Can Find Happiness. E.P. Dutton and Co., Inc., 1947, p. 8.

One of the keys to happiness is the ability to not only laugh at life, but to be able to laugh at yourself.
Pulsifer, Catherine. Wings of Wisdom. Anncath-Roby Books, 1998, p. 219.

Happiness is a choice you make. It is not dependent on anything outside of yourself but acts independently.
Richards, Shadonna. Think and Be Happy. Infinity Publishing, 2009, p. 2.

Happiness is to desire something, to work for it, and to obtain at least a part of it.
Ehhrmann, Max. The Desiderata of Happiness Blue Mountain Arts Inc., 1948, p.28.

Anyone can earn happiness; oftentimes it is close at hand yet unseen. Kopplin, Dorothea. Something to Live By. Permabooks, 1948, p. 1.

One cannot be happy or interact well with others if he is not on very good terms with himself. Neviaser, Donald. The Inner View. Kanevia Books, 2000, p. 10.

The happiest people are those with the fewest regrets. It is not because they have succeeded in everything they've tried; rather, they're happier because they at least put forth the effort - win or lose -and tried to make their thoughts and dreams a reality." Ian K. Smith, M.D., happy Simple Steps to Get the Most Out of Life