Over 80 quotes on happiness by famous personalities,A large collection of happiness quotes

Over 80 quotes on happiness by famous personalities,A large collection of happiness quotes

1.
“It is not happiness until you capture it and store it out of the reach of time. ” ~Robert Brault 

2.
“I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy. ” ~J.D. Salinger

 
3.
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”  ~Marcel Proust

4.
“For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”  ~Author Unknown

5.
“To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. ” ~Bertrand Russell 

6.
“Don’t shade your eyes from the bright joy of the world.”  ~Terri Guillemets

7.
“Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response.”  ~Mildred Barthel

 
8.
“Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.”  ~Robert Frost

9.
“The best way for a person to have happy thoughts is to count his blessings and not his cash.”  ~Author Unknown

10.
“Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling. ” ~Margaret Lee Runbeck

11.
“Many people are extremely happy, but are absolutely worthless to society.”  ~Charles Gow

12.
“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 

 
13.
“ost of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we approve.”  ~Robert S. Lynd

14.
“So often the shortest distance to happiness is the length of an about-face.”  ~Robert Brault 

15.
“I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot: they amount to fourteen.”  ~Abd-El-Raham

 

16.
“Happiness is the soundtrack of my life. ” ~Terri Guillemets

17.
“The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you’ll never find it.”  ~C.P. Snow
 

 
18.
“Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul. ” ― Democritus

19.
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts; therefore guard accordingly. ” ― Marcus Aurelius

20.
“People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest.”   ― George Matthew Allen

21.
“Happiness is not a goal, but a by-product. ” ― Eleanor Roosevelt

22.
“Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities. ” ― Aldous Huxley

 
23.
“The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life.”  ― Euripides

24.
“There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something. ” ― Henry Ford

25.
“Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.”  ― Various Attributions

26.
“Happiness consists in activity: such is the constitution of our nature; it is a running stream, and not a stagnant pool. ”  ― John M. Good

27.
“Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.”   ― Margaret Lee Runbeck

28.
“A light heart lives long. ” ― William Shakespeare

29.
“We deem those happy who, from the experience of life, have learned to bear its ills, without being overcome by them. ” ― Juvenal

 

30.
“Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.”  ― Alice Meynell

31.
“Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.”  ― Epictetus

32.
“Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.”  ― Benjamin Franklin

33.
“There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.”   ― Epictetus

 

34.
“You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.”  ― Robert F. Kennedy

35.
“Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.”  ― William Ellery Channing

36.
“The greater part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances.”  ― Martha Washington

 
37.
“The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach. ” ― Lin Yutang

38.
“There is more to life than increasing its speed. ” ― Mahatma Gandhi

39.
“Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens. ” ― Douglas Jerrold

40.
“Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.”  ― J. Petit Senn

41.
“To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.”  ― Albert Camus

42.
“The only way on earth to multiply happiness is to divide it.”  ― Paul Scherer

43.
“Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.”  ― George Santayana

44.
“No man is happy who does not think himself so.”  ― Publilius Syrus

45.
“Our minds are as different as our faces: we are all traveling to one destination; happiness; but few are going by the same road. ” ― Charles Caleb Colton 

 

46.
“This much is certain: when a man is happy, happy to the core and root beatitude, he is no longer conscious of himself or anything else.” –Meister Eckhart

47.
“There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.” –Thich Nhat Hanh

48.
“Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.” –Helen Keller

49.
“By bringing about a change in our outlook toward things and events, all phenomena can become sources of happiness.” — The Dalai Lama

50.
“Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy with what you have.” –Zig Ziglar

51.
“If you let go a little you will have a little happiness. If you let go a lot you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely you will be free.” –Ajahn Chah

 

52.
“The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise man grows it under his feet.” –James Oppenheim

 

53.
“Whoever is happy will make others happy.” –Anne Frank

 

54.
“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” –Buddha

55.
“Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson

56.
“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” –Omar Khayyam

 

57.
“Compassion automatically brings happiness and calmness.” –The Dalai Lama

58.
“There is great freedom in simplicity of living. It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest.” –Peace Pilgrim

 

59.
“Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.” –Mark Twain

60.
“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.” — Abraham Lincoln

61.
“Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness.” –Thich Nhat Hanh

 

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“Happiness must be shared. Selfishness it its enemy; to make another happy is to be happy one’s self. It is quiet, most easily won in moments of solitude and reflection. It comes from within.” –William Ogden

63.
“There is no waiting for happiness. It’s now or never. I choose NOW.” –Zia Holte

64.
“Happiness does not depend on what you have or who you are it solely relies on what you think.” –Buddha

65.
“Be so happy that when others look at you, they become happy too.” –Yogi Bhajan

66.
“Without the understanding of life’s wholeness the search for truth or happiness must lead to illusion.” –Krishnamurti

67.
“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” –Dalai Lama

68.
“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” –M. Gandhi

 

69.
“Happiness held is the seed. Happiness shared is the flower.” – John Harrigan

70.
“For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson

71.
“It is not happy people who are thankful. It is thankful people who are happy.” — author unknown

72.
“The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now.” — Robert G. Ingersoll

73.
“Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” –Guillaume Apollinaire

74.
“If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.” –Roald Dahl

 

75.
“True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.” –Seneca

 

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“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” ― Abraham Lincoln 

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“The secret of happiness is to make others believe they are the cause of it. ”―Al Batt

78.
“Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory. ”― Albert Schweitzer

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“The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.” ― Alfred Lord Tennyson

 

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“A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance. ”― Anatole France