Happiness Quotes

"The pleasure which we most rarely experience gives us greatest delight."

- Epictetus

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

- Marcus Aurelius

"I wake up every morning with a great desire to live joyfully."

- Anna Howard Shaw

"There is no path to happiness; happiness is the path."

- Buddha

"I have chosen to be happy because it's good for my health."

- Voltaire

"Happiness is making the most of what you have, and riches is making the most of what you’ve got."

- Rosamunde Pilcher

"Joy is not in things; it is in us."

- Richard Wagner

"A Night can NEVER defeat the Sunrise."

- Sumit Sharma

"It’s not about being happy all the time, or being sure of all your choices. It’s about knowing that life is precious, even when it’s tough."

- Topher Kearby

"A happy life is one spent in learning, earning, and yearning."

- Lillian Gish

"Don’t ever be ashamed of loving the strange things that make your weird little heart happy."

- Elizabeth Gilbert

"There are always flowers for those who want to see them."

- Henri Matisse

"Misery might love company, but so does joy. And joy throws much better parties."

- Billy Ivey

"Happiness held is the seed; happiness shared is the flower."

- John Harrigan

"We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents."

- Bob Ross

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

- John Lubbock

"Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like."

"Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time."

"The mere sense of living is happiness enough."

"The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are."

"We don’t laugh because we’re happy – we’re happy because we laugh."

"Some days, you just have to create your own sunshine."

"Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks."

"Happiness is the best makeup."

"Happiness? That’s nothing more than good health and a poor memory."

"The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions."

"Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."

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

"Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit."

"How simple it is to see that we can only be happy now, and there will never be a time when it is not now."