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.
Gabrielle Bernstein
— New York Times Bestselling author, motivational speaker, spiritual leader, and podcast hostAll the happiness, self-confidence, and support you're seeking is already within you.
Ludwig von Mises
— Austrian School economist, historian, logician, and sociologistWhoever prefers life to death, happiness to suffering, well-being to misery must defend without compromise private ownership in the means of production.
John Adams
— American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding FatherThe form of government which communicates ease, comfort, security, or, in one word, happiness, to the greatest number of persons, and in the greatest degree, is the best.
Alexander Pope
— English poet, translator, and satirist of the Augustan periodAll looks yellow to a jaundiced eye that habitually compares everything to something better. But by changing that habit to comparing everything to something worse, even making it a game, that person can find gratitude, relief and happiness where-ever they go and whatever they experience, guaranteed!
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorThe cleaning is something I use as a reward if I get some work done. I go into a very happy state of mind when I'm vacuuming.
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterI have sometimes suspected that the only thing that holds no mystery is happiness, because it is its own justification.
Tracey Edmonds
— American businesswoman, television producer and personalityHappy Friday Night Fam! Time to free yourself from worries and stresses and focus on all of your blessings!! Spread LOVE & BE HAPPY this weekend!
Leon Brown
— Baseball playerYou can search high & low to find happiness on earth, yet unless you love yourself, you will never find your true belonging.
Oprah Winfrey
— American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropistLive life and take chances. Believe that everything happens for a reason and don't regret. Love to the fullest and you will find true happiness in life. Realize that things go wrong and people change, but things do go on. Sometimes things weren't meant to be. What is supposed to happen will work its way out.
David Hume
— Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, librarian and essayistHuman happiness seems to consist in three ingredients; action, pleasure and indolence. And though these ingredients ought to be mixed in different proportions, according to the disposition of the person, yet no one ingredient can be entirely wanting without destroying in some measure the relish of the whole composition.
Gabrielle Bernstein
— New York Times Bestselling author, motivational speaker, spiritual leader, and podcast hostI would suggest that the next generation stop looking for happiness outside of themselves but instead turn inward.
John Adams
— American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding FatherHonor is truly sacred, but holds a lower rank in the scale of moral excellence than virtue. Indeed the former is part of the latter, and consequently has not equal pretensions to support a frame of government productive of human happiness.
Alexander Pope
— English poet, translator, and satirist of the Augustan periodAmusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorOnly when men are connected to large, universal goals are they really happy-and one result of their happiness is a rush of creative activity.
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterIm merely a dreamer, and then a writer, and my happiest moments are when I'm a reader.
Oprah Winfrey
— American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropistHappiness is there for the taking - and the making.
David Hume
— Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, librarian and essayistThe great end of all human industry is the attainment of happiness
Gabrielle Bernstein
— New York Times Bestselling author, motivational speaker, spiritual leader, and podcast hostIt's very easy to look for happiness outside ourselves; in a relationship, a dream job, or the perfect body weight. When we chase happiness externally, we're simply looking for God in all the wrong places. The outside search is based on false projections we place on the world. These projections build up a wall against true happiness, which lies within us.
John Adams
— American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding FatherThe divine science of government is the science of social happiness, and the blessings of society depend entirely on the constitutions of government.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorHow mysterious it is, to be in love. For you can be in love with one who knows nothing of you. Perhpas our greatest happinesses spring from such longings-being in love with one who is oblivious of you.
Oprah Winfrey
— American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropistWhen people say they are looking for happiness, I ask, What are you giving to the world?
David Hume
— Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, librarian and essayistReading and sauntering and lounging and dosing, which I call thinking, is my supreme Happiness.
Gabrielle Bernstein
— New York Times Bestselling author, motivational speaker, spiritual leader, and podcast hostWhenever you notice your thoughts detour into attack mode, say out loud or to yourself: Happiness is a choice I make.
John Adams
— American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding FatherThe liberty, the unalienable, indefeasible rights of men, the honor and dignity of human nature, the grandeur and glory of the public, and the universal happiness of individuals, were never so skillfully and successfully consulted as in that most excellent monument of human art, the common law of England.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorRunning! If there's any activity happier, more exhilarating, more nourishing to the imagination, I can't think of what it might be.
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. You can never be happy living someone else's dream. Live your own. And you will for sure know the meaning of happiness.
David Hume
— Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, librarian and essayistHuman happiness seems to consist in three ingredients: action, pleasure and indolence.
Gabrielle Bernstein
— New York Times Bestselling author, motivational speaker, spiritual leader, and podcast hostWhen we fulfill our function, which is to truly love ourselves and share love with others, then true happiness sets in.
John Adams
— American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding FatherUpon this point all speculative politicians will agree, that the happiness of society is the end of government, as all divines and moral philosophers will agree that the happiness of the individual is the end of man. From this principle it will follow that the form of government which communicates ease, comfort, security, or, in one word, happiness, to the greatest numbers of persons, and in the greatest degree, is the best. All 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.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorI was trying not to be happy, hopeful. I did not believe I deserved happiness or even hope, if you knew my soul.
Oprah Winfrey
— American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropistThe happiness you feel is in direct proportion to the love you give.
David Hume
— Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, librarian and essayistWhen we reflect on the shortness and uncertainty of life, how despicable seem all our pursuits of happiness.
John Adams
— American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding FatherThe happiness of man, as well as his dignity, consists in virtue.
Gabrielle Bernstein
— New York Times Bestselling author, motivational speaker, spiritual leader, and podcast hostThe more you retrain yourself to choose happiness over fear, the more blissful you will be.
David Hume
— Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, librarian and essayist...virtue is attended by more peace of mind than vice, and meets with a more favourable reception from the world. I am sensible, that, according to the past experience of mankind, friendship is the chief joy of human life and moderation the only source of tranquillity and happiness.
Gabrielle Bernstein
— New York Times Bestselling author, motivational speaker, spiritual leader, and podcast hostEach time we make this shift and choose happiness, we experience a miracle. Our mind shifts from fearful delusions and reconnects to our truth, which is love. Creating these shifts requires a dedicated commitment to choosing love.