Happiness Quotes

"I’m old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most glorious pastime that humankind has yet devised."

- Wisława Szymborska

"The only way to be happy is to live in the present moment, and to accept it as it is."

- Eckhart Tolle

"'Sunrise Sunset' is about trying to get to a place where life is simple and not letting the stress and happenings in the world get in the way of your happiness."

- Benny Cassette

"BETTER TO HAVE A SHORT LIFE THAT IS FULL OF WHAT YOU LIKE DOING, THAN A LONG LIFE SPENT IN A MISERABLE WAY."

- Alan Watts

"You don't stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing."

- George Bernard Shaw

"Happiness is not a goal... it's a by-product of a life well-lived."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"Let your joy be in your journey, not in some distant goal."

- Tim Cook

"You take away all the other luxuries in life, and if you can make someone smile and laugh, you have given the most special gift: happiness."

- Brad Garrett

"Whoever is happy will make others happy too"

- Anne Frank

"Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about"

- Marilyn Monroe

"Love the life you live. Live the life you love"

- Bob Marley

"People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself."

- Ernest Hemingway

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

- Buddha

"The thing about happiness is that you only know you had it when it’s gone. I mean, you may think to yourself that you’re happy. But you don’t believe it. You focus on the petty bull ****, or the next job, or whatever. It’s only looking back by comparison with what comes after that you understand, that’s what happiness felt like."

- Fallout 4

"Many people think excitement is happiness...But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace."

- Thich Nhat Hanh

"The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy."

- Thich Nhat Hanh

"Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness."

- George Orwell

"The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness."

- Dalai Lama

"People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost."

- Dalai Lama

"Happy people build their inner world, unhappy people blame their outer world."

- Dalai Lama

"Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get"

- W.P. Kinsella

"Be happy with what you have. Be excited about what you want."

- Alan Cohen

"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

"Happiness is homemade with family love."

"Do More Of What Makes You Happy"

"Cheers to you on your birthday! May your day be filled with cake, cocktails, and a little bit of chaos."

"Happy birthday to someone who still thinks it’s cool to party like it’s 1999. May you dance moves continue to make me cringe for years to come."

"Happiness does not come from consumption of things."

"Many people think excitement is happiness.... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace."

"Our notions about happiness entrap us. We forget that they are just ideas. Our idea of happiness can prevent us from actually being happy. We fail to see the opportunity for joy that is right in front of us when we are caught in a belief that happiness should take a particular form."