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.
Arnold Bennett
— English NovelistHappiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who feels that in some paramount affairs he failed to take up the challenge of life.
Cristela Alonzo
— American ComedianIf I'm laughing, you know I'm either very happy or very sad. I cope with things with jokes.
Christina Grimmie
— American MusicianI'm one of those people who laughs everything off. If I mess up, I just say, 'Ha! Totally didn't mean to do that.'
Aristotle
— Greek PhilosopherWithout friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
Abraham Lincoln
— American PresidentWhatever woman may cast her lot with mine, should any ever do so, it is my intention to do all in my power to make her happy and contented; and there is nothing I can imagine that would make me more unhappy than to fail in the effort.
Christian Dior
— French fashion designer, best known as the founder of one of the world's top fashion houses Christian Dior SEAll I required to be happy was friendship and people I could admire.
Kathryn Stockett
— NovelistBecause ain’t that white people for you, wondering if they are happy enough.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorWhy should I want what's good for me?' Beatrice asked him, smiling. 'Is that what you want for yourself - only what's good for you?
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterIt means much to have loved, to have been happy, to have laid my hand on the living Garden, even for a day.
E. B. White
— Versatile Writer & Author of Beloved ClassicsWhen I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today they peer beyond the seven seas, bury themselves waist deep in tidings, and by and large what they see and hear makes them unutterably sad.
Kathleen McGowan
— Historical Novelist Weaving Spirituality & HistoryPerhaps it is our obligation to be noble before it is our obligation to be happy.
Stan Lee
— Comic Book Icon & Creator of Marvel HeroesI'm just somebody who tries to write things that entertain people. And if I can do it in a way that makes them prefer to emulate the good guy than the bad guy, I'm happy.
Peter Deunov
— Spiritual Teacher & PhilosopherIf you pursue happiness, you are an ordinary person. If happiness pursues you, you are an extraordinary person. Do not chase happiness; let it chase you.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerLook in the mirror every day and say, I am in charge. You might not have control over every phase of your life, but you have more control than you realize, and you are responsible for your own happiness and success.
Ricky Martin
— MusicianEverything they do, from smiling to crying, feels like a blessing. Being a father feels amazing. This has been the most spiritual moment in my life.
Aisha Tyler
— American actress, comedian, director, and talk show hostI was not one of those people who wanted to be a comedian when I was growing up. I liked comedy, but didn't know it was something you could do for a living. I actually wanted to be an attorney. I did do things on the side like improv and sketch comedy, but law was my focus. I was a very bookish, academic kid. When I got out of college, I was really unhappy. I had a great job that I should have loved, yet I was miserable. I slowly realized that was because I wasn't performing. So I just tried stand-up and fell in love with it after one performance.
Tracey Edmonds
— American businesswoman, television producer and personalityHappy Tuesday! Stay in the LIGHT. Hold onto positive things that elevate your spirit & be with positive people who make your life dance !
Reba McEntire
— American country music singer, actress and businesswomanIf you're happy, you've got the Lord on your side.
Ranbir Kapoor
— Indian actor known for his work in Hindi-language filmsHappiness exists only if you have a lot of people to share it with.
Bipasha Basu
— Indian actress and modelI am a positive person. I am not cynical. If you are born in this world, no matter who you are, negative things will happen. If you aren't positive as a person, you'll be very unhappy. It's extremely important to be positive, to laugh, to be happy, to accept life as it comes.
Leon Brown
— Baseball playerLove is supposed to bring you peace and happiness. If you are not feeling this in a relationship, you are living an illusion.
Margaret Lindsay
— American film actressThis very moment is a seed from which the flowers of tomorrow's happiness grow.
Napoleon Bonaparte
— French military and political leaderI hope the time is not far off when I shall be able to unite all the wise and educated men of all the countries and establish a uniform regime based on the principles of the Quran which alone are true and which alone can lead men to happiness.
Beyonce
— American singer, songwriter, and actressHappiness comes from you. No one else can make you happy. You make you happy.
Oprah Winfrey
— American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropistYou will find true success and happiness if you have only one goal, there really is only one, and that is this: to fulfill the highest most truthful expression of yourself as a human being. You want to max out your humanity by using your energy to lift yourself up, your family and the people around you. Theologian Howard Thurman said it best. He said, “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
Julie Andrews
— English actress, singer, and authorI saw The Sound of Music again recently, and I loved it. Probably it's a more valuable film now than when it first came out, because some of the things it stood for have already disappeared. There's a kind of naive loveliness about it, and love goes by so fast ... love and music and happiness and family, that's what it's all about. I believe in these things. It would be awful not to, wouldn't it?
Nick Vujicic
— Australian American Christian evangelist and motivational speakerThere are no short and easy paths to a long and lasting happiness.
David Hume
— Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, librarian and essayistWe may observe that, in displaying the praises of any humane, beneficent man, there is one circumstance which never fails to be amply insisted on, namely, the happiness and satisfaction, derived to society from his intercourse and good offices.
Gabrielle Bernstein
— New York Times Bestselling author, motivational speaker, spiritual leader, and podcast hostStress is actually the number one thing that blocks people from their happiness and well-being and from getting what they want.
Ludwig von Mises
— Austrian School economist, historian, logician, and sociologistIn the land of the lotus-eaters there is no action. Action arises only from need, from dissatisfaction. It is purposeful striving towards something. Its ultimate end is always to get rid of a condition which is conceived to be deficient-to fulfill a need, to achieve satisfaction, to increase happiness.
Herman Melville
— American novelist, short story writerBoy, take my advice, and never try to invent any thing but happiness.
John Gray
— English political philosopher and authorIf we are to feel the positive feelings of love, happiness, trust, and gratitude, we periodically also have to feel anger, sadness, fear, and sorrow.
John Adams
— American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding FatherGovernment is nothing more than the combined force of society, or the united power of the multitude, for the peace, order, safety, good and happiness of the people.
Benjamin Rush
— Politician, physician, philosopher, educator, one of the founding fathers of the United States in the broadest sense of the termNow if the study of the Scriptures be necessary to our happiness at any time in our life, the sooner we begin to read them, the more we shall be attached to them.
Arundhati Roy
— Indian authorI do believe that fundamental to any real hope is that we do need to reconstitute what has been generally handed out as the recipe for "happiness" for the human race, and what has generally been decided counts as "progress." People arrive at a different understanding of happiness, however fragile it is. They find it in unexpected ways, in the most unexpected of places.
Alexander Pope
— English poet, translator, and satirist of the Augustan periodCount all th' advantage prosperous Vice attains,
'Tis but what Virtue flies from and disdains:
And grant the bad what happiness they would,
One they must want--which is, to pass for good.
Yves Saint Laurent
— French fashion designerWhen you feel good in a clothing anything can happen. A good clothing is a passport for happiness.
Gisele Bundchen
— Brazilian model, activist, and businesswomanIf you are happy, you can give happiness. If you don't love yourself and if you are unhappy with yourself, you can't give anything else but that.
Cristela Alonzo
— American ComedianLooking back, I remember my family laughing a lot. We were never the kind of people that dwelled on hard times. My family laughs when things are tough. Growing up like that, I got used to making jokes about things that were difficult. So when I started doing stand-up, that's what I went towards.
Kathryn Stockett
— NovelistFrying chicken always makes me feel a little better about life.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorFor what are the words with which to summarize a lifetime, so much crowded confused happiness terminated by such stark slow-motion pain?
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterHappy are the beloved and the lovers and those who can live without love.
E. B. White
— Versatile Writer & Author of Beloved ClassicsWhy is it, do you suppose, that an Englishman is unhappy until he has explained America?
Stan Lee
— Comic Book Icon & Creator of Marvel HeroesI don't really see a need to retire as long as I am having fun.
Peter Deunov
— Spiritual Teacher & PhilosopherStop in somebody's shadow to rest and cool down, and you are lost. No one can make anyone else happy.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerHappiness can be thought, taught and caught... but not bought.
Aisha Tyler
— American actress, comedian, director, and talk show hostI love to be busy and be challenged. I'm my happiest when I'm under pressure and almost overwhelmed by how much I have to get done.
Tracey Edmonds
— American businesswoman, television producer and personalityHappy Friday! Happiness begins with a loving heart! Open your heart and share time with those who warm your heart and make you smile!
Leon Brown
— Baseball playerPlant the seed of positivity into your mind, nourish it daily with love and happiness will flower, as fear begins to die.
Oprah Winfrey
— American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropistMost people when they're walking are thinking about where they have to go and what they have to do. But that removes us from happiness.
Nick Vujicic
— Australian American Christian evangelist and motivational speakerI found happiness when I realized that as imperfect as I may be, I am the perfect Nick Vujicic. I am God's creation, designed according to His plan for me. That's not to say there isn't room for improvement. I'm always trying to be better so I can better serve Him and the world!
David Hume
— Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, librarian and essayistThe great end of all human industry is the attainment of happiness. For this were arts invented, sciences cultivated, laws ordained, and societies modeled, by the most profound wisdom of patriots and legislators. Even the lonely savage, who lies exposed to the inclemency of the elements and the fury of wild beasts, forgets not, for a moment, this grand object of his being.
Gabrielle Bernstein
— New York Times Bestselling author, motivational speaker, spiritual leader, and podcast hostHappiness is your choice. You can choose today.
Ludwig von Mises
— Austrian School economist, historian, logician, and sociologistWar is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror. Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father of all things. Only economic action has created the wealth around us; labor, not the profession of arms, brings happiness. Peace builds, war destroys.
John Adams
— American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding FatherThe happiness of society is the end of government.
Alexander Pope
— English poet, translator, and satirist of the Augustan periodKnow then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.
Yves Saint Laurent
— French fashion designerGood clothing is a passport for happiness.
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterThe word happiness exists in every language; it is plausible the thing itself exists.
Peter Deunov
— Spiritual Teacher & PhilosopherBeing happy is a great science. If you are not happy, do not be confused. Happiness is hard to achieve.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerBeing rich isn't about money. Being rich is a state of mind. Some of us, no matter how much money we have, will never be free enough to take time to stop and eat the heart of the watermelon. And some of us will be rich without ever being more than a paycheck ahead of the game.
Tracey Edmonds
— American businesswoman, television producer and personalityHappy Friday! You're responsible for the energy of your day. Remember, when you give off positive energy, you attract it ! Decide to be Happy:)!
Leon Brown
— Baseball playerLove must be the first thought and the last thought of the day, if you wish to live in peace and happiness.
Oprah Winfrey
— American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropistThe way to choose happiness is to follow what is right and real and the truth for you.
David Hume
— Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, librarian and essayist.. that which renders morality an active principle and constitutes virtue our happiness, and vice our misery: it is probable, I say, that this final sentence depends on some internal sense or feeling, which nature has made universal in the whole species.
Gabrielle Bernstein
— New York Times Bestselling author, motivational speaker, spiritual leader, and podcast hostChoosing love will bring you great joy and great happiness - that happiness is a choice you make.
Ludwig von Mises
— Austrian School economist, historian, logician, and sociologistIf we live our lives as a gift it is possible to reach a blissful state of eternal happiness. It is those who live their life with a sense of entitlement that undermine peace , freedom and liberty. Know that every breath is a miracle and every moment a blessing and you will achieve your dreams. Planning other people's actions means to prevent them from planning for themselves, means to deprive them of their essentially human quality, means enslaving them.
John Adams
— American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding FatherAll sober inquirers after truth, ancient and modern, pagan and Christian, have declared that the happiness of man, as well as his dignity, consists in virtue.
Alexander Pope
— English poet, translator, and satirist of the Augustan periodVirtue alone is happiness below.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorRunning! If there's any activity happier, more exhilarating, more nourishing to the imagination, I can't think what it might be. In running the mind flies with the body; the mysterious efflorescence of language seems to pulse in the brain, in rhythm with our feet and the swinging of our arms.
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterI...have always known that my destiny was, above all, a literary destiny — that bad things and some good things would happen to me, but that, in the long run, all of it would be converted into words. Particularly the bad things, since happiness does not need to be transformed: happiness is its own end.
Tracey Edmonds
— American businesswoman, television producer and personalityHappy Wednesday! Happiness is found from within when you learn to appreciate your blessings, LIVE in the present and LOVE!
Leon Brown
— Baseball playerYou will only find the happiness you seek when you drop your negative attitude towards life, embrace life and be happy.
Oprah Winfrey
— American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropistMaking other people happy is what brings me happiness. I have a blessed life, and I have always shared my life's gifts with others. I will continue to use my voice and my life as a catalyst for encouraging people to help make a difference in the lives of others.
David Hume
— Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, librarian and essayistIn this sullen apathy neither true wisdom nor true happiness can be found.