Motivational Quotes

Happiness

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.

- Baruch Spinoza

Best Quotes about Happiness

1.

Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.

Aurelius, Marcus

2.

No man is happy who does not think himself so.

Publilius Syrus

3.

Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be taken in small doses.

Baker, Russell (Wayne)

4.

Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in stranger's gardens.

Jerrold, Douglas William

5.

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Abraham Lincoln

6.

Be open to your happiness and sadness as they arise.

Thomas, John M.

7.

The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.

Russell, Bertrand

8.

All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.

La Bruyere, Jean De

9.

Act happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love, and do what you will.

Millman, Dan

10.

The thing that counts most in the pursuit of happiness is choosing the right companion.

11.

The loss of wealth is loss of dirt, as sages in all times assert; The happy man's without a shirt.

Heywood, John

12.

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.

Waitley, Denis

13.

A great obstacle to happiness is to expect too much happiness.

Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier

14.

Happiness is not a reward -- it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment -- it is a result.

Ingersoll, Robert Green

15.

Not what you have, but what you see; Not what you see, but what you choose; Not what seems fair, but what is true; Not what you dream, but what you do; Not what you take, but what you give; Not as you pray, but as you live. These are the things that mar or bless The sum of human happiness.

16.

Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.

Josh Billings

17.

Happiness consists in activity -- it is a running stream, not a stagnant pool.

Mason, John L.

18.

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

Johnson, Samuel

19.

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

Lubbock, Sir John

20.

Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.

Storm Jameson

21.

In order to be truly happy, you must live along with, and you must stand for something larger than yourself.

Oprah Winfrey

22.

In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it.

Kafka, Franz

23.

Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens.

Rooney, Andy

24.

We take greater pains to persuade others we are happy than in trying to think so ourselves.

Confucius

25.

After what we can say you can be sure the happy heart will make the happy day.

26.

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

27.

It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.

Kin Hubbard

28.

Happiness arises in a state of peace, not of tumult.

Ann Radcliffe

29.

Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.

Epictetus

30.

Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible.

Proust, Marcel

31.

Happiness is a journey not a destination.

Sweetland, Ben

32.

Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.

Alcott, Louisa May

33.

I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure.

Lawana Blackwell

34.

If we cannot live so as to be happy, let us least live so as to deserve it.

Immanuel Hermann Fichte

35.

Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.

Thomas Szasz

36.

My happiness derives from knowing the people I love are happy.

Ketchel, Holly

37.

Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.

Rubin, Theodore I.

38.

Work and live to serve others, to leave the world a little better than you found it and garner for yourself as much peace of mind as you can. This is happiness.

Sarnoff, David

39.

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

Epicurus

40.

Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.

Goodman, Roy

41.

No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.

Solon

42.

There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.

Sivananda, Sri Swami

43.

The highest happiness of man is to have probed what is knowable and quietly to revere what is unknowable.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

44.

Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response.

Barthel, Mildred

45.

Happiness ain't a thing in itself --it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant. And so, as soon as the novelty is over and the force of the contrast dulled, it ain't happiness any longer, and you have to get something fresh.

Twain, Mark

46.

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

Stossel, John

47.

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

Russell, Bertrand

48.

While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.

Proverb, Hasidic

49.

For who is pleased with himself.