Quotes about happiness
Welcome to our Happiness collection, a haven of positivity, joy, and the pursuit of a life well-lived. In this curated compilation of quotes, we dive into the multi-faceted world of happiness, exploring the emotions, perspectives, and pathways that lead to a fulfilled and contented life.
Happiness is more than a fleeting emotion; it's a state of mind, a journey, and a universal aspiration that transcends cultures and backgrounds. Our Happiness quotes celebrate the essence of joy, the art of gratitude, and the transformative power of choosing happiness as a guiding principle.
Whether you're on a quest for inner contentment, seeking inspiration to uplift your spirits, or simply curious about the philosophy of happiness, these quotes offer insights into the facets of life that bring us true joy.
Embark on a journey that explores the psychology of happiness, the moments that elicit smiles, and the significance of cultivating positive attitudes. Discover the happiness that comes from meaningful connections, self-discovery, and the small pleasures that remind us of the beauty in each day.
Kathryn Stockett
— NovelistMiss Celia stares down into the pot like she's looking for her future. "Are you happy, Minny?" "Why you ask me funny questions like that?" "But are you?" "Course I's happy. You happy too. Big house, big yard, husband looking after you." I frown at Miss Celia and I make sure she can see it. Because ain't that white people for you, wondering if they are happy ENOUGH.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorThe great happiness in life in creativity belongs to amateurs.
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterI have committed the worst of sins one can commit... I have not been happy.
Perry Como
— SingerCatch a falling star and put it in your pocket / Never let it fade away / Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket / Save it for a rainy day
Sarah Vowell
— AuthorWhile I gave up God a long time ago, I never shook the habit of wanting to believe in something. So I replaced my creed of everlasting life with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Flora Thompson
— Novelisthappiness depends more upon the state of mind - and body, perhaps - than upon circumstances and events.
Meryl Davis
— Ice dancerI am a much happier 27-year-old than I was at 20 years old. I am so fortunate because I have an amazing family, amazing friends and a great support system. I think at 27 it is much easier for me to look at life and appreciate what I have rather than stressing about the little things day to day.
E. B. White
— Versatile Writer & Author of Beloved ClassicsBooks are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people-- people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.
D.T. Suzuki
— Pioneer of Zen Buddhism in the WestWhen we start to feel anxious or depressed, instead of asking, "What do I need to get to be happy?" The question becomes, "What am I doing to disturb the inner peace that I already have?"
Kathleen McGowan
— Historical Novelist Weaving Spirituality & HistoryThe only thing sweeter than union is reunion.
Stan Lee
— Comic Book Icon & Creator of Marvel HeroesI'm happiest when I'm working. If I'm not working, I feel like I'm wasting my time.
Jeff Pinkner
— Acclaimed Screenwriter & Producerhen, there's such a temptation to just constantly write things that are going to make the fans happy. Sometimes it takes a little bit of unhappiness to make those happy pay-offs work better. That's something that is fascinating to us and I think has really changed the way that stories are told.
Peter Deunov
— Spiritual Teacher & PhilosopherDo not look for happiness outside yourself. The awakened seek happiness inside.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerIt all comes down to this:
If you want one year of happiness, grow grain
If you want 10 years of happiness, grow trees
If you want 100 years of happiness, grow people
Daniel Craig
— Iconic James Bond ActorI think finding the right person and being with the right person is probably the answer to most things.
M. F. K. Fisher
— Pioneering Food WriterIn general, I think, human beings are happiest at table when they are very young, very much in love or very alone.
Ricky Martin
— MusicianI don't need anything to live, to be honest. Give me a mattress or a futon on the floor and I'll be the happiest camper.
Timothy Leary
— American psychologist and authorTake responsibility for making your own life beautiful.
Aisha Tyler
— American actress, comedian, director, and talk show hostEvery ethnic group has this where people within it will try and tell each other how they should be. So what I would say to other people is to just embrace who you are because you will become instantly happier.
Neil Patrick Harris
— American actor, singer, writer, producer, and television hostBabies laughing is like opium.
Will Ferrell
— American actor, comedian, producer, and writerI think anyone who has, you know, is in any sort of artistic pursuit, kind of goes up and down with the way they feel about their work. And I, for the most part, am pretty happy person. But, yeah. I go through definite periods of time where I'm not funny. I'm not good. I'm - I don't feel original.
Pope John XXIII
— Head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in 1963Every time I hear anyone speak of the Sacred Heart of Jesus or of the Blessed Sacrament I feel an indescribable joy. It is as if a wave of precious memories, sweet affections and joyful hopes swept over my poor person, making me tremble with happiness and filling my soul with tenderness.
Tracey Edmonds
— American businesswoman, television producer and personalityHappy Thursday! Life at work and at home is so much HAPPIER when you speak and act with kindness!! Share a SMILE and make it a great day:)!
Reba McEntire
— American country music singer, actress and businesswomanI have a lot to be thankful for. I am healthy, happy and I am loved.
Ranbir Kapoor
— Indian actor known for his work in Hindi-language filmsI truly believe that God has given us few brain cells, and you have to direct them to the right things that make you happy.
Bipasha Basu
— Indian actress and modelI want to tell women that you need to love yourself and make yourself a priority. It's only when you are happy yourself, can you make everyone else around you happy. I am still a dreamer and still believe in fairy tales, but there is only that much one should give another person. You need to keep something for yourself.
Craig Stone
— English footballerSmile sometimes: it won’t add years to your life, but it will add life to your years.
Eli Roth
— American film director, producer, and actorWhen I'm filming a kill scene [as a director], I just get happier and happier as we chop up body parts.
Leon Brown
— Baseball playerDrop jealousy and envy, for they make you ugly. Be loving, be accepting, and most of all... be happy just the way you are.
David Hume
— Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, librarian and essayistDelicacy of taste has the same effect as delicacy of passion; it enlarges the sphere both of our happiness and our misery.
Sheri Fink
— American journalist who writes about health, medicine and sciencBeing your authentic self is the ultimate secret to happiness in life!
Vivien Leigh
— British actressYou know the passage where Scarlett voices her happiness that her mother is dead, so that she can't see what a bad girl Scarlett has become? Well, that's me.
Lucille Ball
— American actress, comedian, and producerChildren internalize their parents' unhappiness. Fortunately, they absorb our contentment just as readily.
Iggy Azalea
— Australian rapperI always say: 'Share your happiness with the world, give other people that happiness and let it come back,' but some things make me question it. I don't know if I want some people to know that I am happy. I think a lot of people want to take it away from you, and that's really scary.
Ben Jonson
— English playwright and poetTrue happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.
Kate Winslet
— English actressFemininity for me means happiness and freedom...freedom of being who you are in whatever shape or size you come in.
Napoleon Bonaparte
— French military and political leaderI haven't known 6 days of happiness in my life.
Beyonce
— American singer, songwriter, and actressPower means happiness; power means hard work and sacrifice.
Oprah Winfrey
— American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropistI am guided by the vision of what I believe this show can be. Originally our goal was to uplift, enlighten, encourage and entertain through the medium of television. Now, our mission statement for The Oprah Winfrey Show is to use television to transform people's lives, to make viewers see themselves differently and to bring happiness and a sense of fulfillment into every home.
Olive Ann Burns
— American writerOlive Ann describes Sanna as 'a perfectionist and a worrier.' She is obsessed with the idea of finding happiness, and for her, as Olive ann wrote in her notes for the novel, 'happiness means being first with somebody, having perfect, loving children...The theme of Sanna is disillusionment,' Olive Ann wrote. 'Her life is the pursuit of happiness and perfection, but she finds happiness and perfection impossible to obtain-her idea of happiness is constant joy, no changes.
Kesha
— American singer and songwriterThere is no correlation between happiness and amounts of money.
Bobby McFerrin
— American folk-jazz vocalistI think we listen to music because we want to be changed. Music is not solely for our entertainment. Music has such tremendous power to bring joy. To me, that's our job as artists. Not happiness, not a groove, whatever. You must bring joy. I think that's the assignment. I have no doubt about it.
Julie Andrews
— English actress, singer, and authorSuccess is terrifying. Like happiness, it is often appreciated in retrospect. It's only later that you place it in perspective. Years from now, I'll look back and say, ‘God, wasn't it wonderful.’
Katharine Hepburn
— American actress of film, stage and televisionThe notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one's responsibilities: That's happiness.
Nick Vujicic
— Australian American Christian evangelist and motivational speakerIf you're looking for happiness in things, you'll never find it.
Gabrielle Bernstein
— New York Times Bestselling author, motivational speaker, spiritual leader, and podcast hostI learned that real happiness doesn’t come from getting but from giving.
Ludwig von Mises
— Austrian School economist, historian, logician, and sociologistTrue, man cannot escape death. But for the present he is alive; and life, not death, takes hold of him... It is mans innate nature that he seeks to preserve and to strengthen his life, that he is discontented and aims at removing uneasiness, that he is in search of what may be called happiness.
Celia Cruz
— Cuban-American singerWhen people hear me sing, I want them to be happy, happy, happy. I don't want them thinking about when there's not any money, or when there's fighting at home. My message is always felicidad - happiness.
Isaac Watts
— English Congregational minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logicianDo not be deceived; happiness and enjoyment do not lie in wicked ways.
Jon Foreman
— American musician, the lead singer, guitarist, main songwriter and co-founderHappiness is like peeing in your pants. Everyone can see it, but only you can feel the warmth.
Al Green
— American singer, songwriter, pastor and record producerThe music is the message, the message is the music. So that's my little ministry that the Big Man upstairs gave to me - a little ministry called love and happiness.
Herman Melville
— American novelist, short story writerAh, happiness courts the light so we deem the world is gay. But misery hides aloof so we deem that misery there is none.
John Gray
— English political philosopher and authorIf I seek to fulfill my own needs at the expense of my partner, we are sure to experience unhappiness, resentment, and conflict. The secret of forming a successful relationship is for both partners to win.
Clifton Anderson
— American jazz trombonistThere are some things we can control and others we simply cannot. And our ability to distinguish between them is critical to our happiness and wellbeing. Sometimes unexpected stuff will happen to us or around us. Our true power lies in our response.
Geoff Mulgan
— Professor of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy and Social Innovation at University College LondonDeeper fulfilment is rather different from the happiness of seeing a good film or watching your team win at football, and it doesn't come at the push of a button.
John Adams
— American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding FatherAs the happiness of the people is the sole end of government, so the consent of the people is the only foundation of it.
Grace Kelly
— American actressI've had happy moments in my life, but I don't think that happiness-- being happy-- is a perpetual state that anyone can be in. Life isn't that way.
Jeff Bezos
— American entrepreneur, media proprietor, investor, computer engineer, and commercial astronautRead the Declaration of Independence to your children as a tradition every Fourth of July. Make sure they understand why the word "pursuit" precedes the word "happiness."
Abd-ar-Rahman III
— PrinceI have now reigned above fifty years in victory and peace, beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honors, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does any earthly blessing appear to be wanting for my felicity. In this situation, I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot: they amount to fourteen. O man, place not thy confidence in this present world!
Benjamin Rush
— Politician, physician, philosopher, educator, one of the founding fathers of the United States in the broadest sense of the termA belief in God's universal love to all his creatures, and that he will finally restore all of them that are miserable to happiness, is a polar truth. . . It establishes the equality of [humanity]. . .
Felix Dennis
— English publisher, poet, spoken-word performer and philanthropistThere are as many forms of happiness as sorrow, though most prove fleeting.
Denise Austin
— American fitness instructor, author, and columnist, and a former member of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and SportsHappiness and a positive attitude are gifts you can pass along. So get out there and start giving.
George Allen
— American football coachHealth, happiness and success depend upon the fighting spirit of each person. The big thing is not what happens to us in life, but what we do about what happens to us.
Erykah Badu
— American singer-songwriter, record producer and actressI don't require sex for happiness - I need companionship. I need a partner I can depend on, that I can love and grow with.
Ann Landers
— ColumnistBragging may not bring happiness, but no man having caught a large fish goes home through an alley.
Yves Saint Laurent
— French fashion designerThe most beautiful clothes that can dress a woman are the arms of the man she loves. But for those who haven’t had the fortune of finding this happiness, I am there.
Arundhati Roy
— Indian authorIf you are happy in a dream, Ammu, does that count? Estha asked. "Does what count?" "The happiness does it count?". She knew exactly what he meant, her son with his spoiled puff. Because the truth is, that only what counts, counts....."If you eat fish in a dream, does it count?" Does it mean you've eaten fish?
Brian Jacques
— English novelistYou will find joy, frustration and sorrow in your quest. Never forget that friendship and loyalty are more precious than riches...Happiness can be brief, but it knows no time in the land of dreams.
Alexander Pope
— English poet, translator, and satirist of the Augustan periodFalse happiness is like false money; it passes for a time as well as the true, and serves some ordinary occasions; but when it is brought to the touch, we find the lightness and alloy, and feel the loss.
Alan Alexander Milne
— English author, author of books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-PoohLove is taking a few steps backward, maybe even more ... to give way to the happiness of the person you love.
Buddha
— LeaderTo enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
Albert Camus
— French PhilosopherYour successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.
Gisele Bundchen
— Brazilian model, activist, and businesswomanI don't like Paris so much, and it's only eight shows. I mean, don't tell them that, of course. But everyone always thinks they're so important. And I'm sure they are. But to me, my happiness is more important.
Albert Benjamin Simpson
— Founder of the Christian and Missionary AllianceBegin to rejoice in the Lord, and your bones will flourish like an herb, and your cheeks will glow with the bloom of health and freshness. Worry, fear, distrust, care-all are poisonous! Joy is balm and healing, and if you will but rejoice, God will give power.