Inspirational Quotes About Happiness
Everyone chases after happiness, but very few understand where it comes from. There is no single definition of happiness. Happiness really isn’t a destination, but a journey that you’re experiencing every single day — embracing the negative and the positive.
Here you will find the most inspiring quotes about happiness and always remember that the happiest and wisest people are the ones who chase nothing. They just say “yes” to what happens with a smile on their face.
40 Inspirational Quotes About Happiness
“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
Buddha
“Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy. No person will make you happy unless you decide to be happy. Your happiness will not come to you. It can only come from you.” Ralph Marston
True happiness is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. Helen Keller
Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older. — William Phelps
Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values. Ayn Rand
“Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.” Frank Tyger
“Happiness is the art of never holding in your mind the memory of any unpleasant thing that has passed.”
Unknown
Unknown
“Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like and celebrating it for everything that it is.” Mandy Hale
If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more. Roy T. Bennett
Two things prevent us from happiness; living in the past and observing others.
I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it. – Groucho Marx
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou
“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.”
Chinese Proverb
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.”
Chinese Proverb
“The key to being happy is knowing you have the power to choose what to accept and what to let go.” Dodinsky
Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes. Charles Dickens
Train your mind to see the good in everything. Positivity is a choice. The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.
“Take responsibility of your own happiness, never put it in other people’s hands.”
― Roy T. Bennett
― Roy T. Bennett
“If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the world belongs to you.” Lao Tzu
Inspiring Quotes About Happiness & Joy
“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.” Epictetus
“Be happy, not because everything is good, but because you can see the good in everything.”
We don’t laugh because we’re happy – we’re happy because we laugh. William James
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present. — Jim Rohn
“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”― Dalai Lama XIV
“Nobody really cares if you’re miserable, so you might as well be happy.” – Cynthia Nelms
“If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.” Andrew Carnegie
“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
Frederick Keonig
“There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.” Buddha
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
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. Mahatma Gandhi
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things. — Henry Ward Beecher
“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.” – Carl Jung
“You cannot judge what should bring others joy, and others cannot judge what should bring you joy.” Alan Cohen
“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
Thich Nhat Hanh
“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.” Denis Waitley
The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think you are. — Goldie Hawn
“Happiness consists more in conveniences of pleasure that occur everyday than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom.” – Benjamin Franklin
Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness. Steve Maraboli
“Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.” Margaret Lee Runbeck