Happiness Quotes

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

All I can say about life is, Oh God, enjoy it!

I define joy as a sustained sense of well-being and internal peace - a connection to what matters.

Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.

This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.

The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.

Sometimes it's hard to avoid the happiness of others.

Remember that it is nothing to do your duty, that is demanded of you and is no more meritorious than to wash your hands when they are dirty; the only thing that counts is the love of duty; when love and duty are one, then grace is in you and you will enjoy a happiness which passes all understanding.

Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.

Happiness arises in a state of peace, not of tumult.

I've decided that the key to happiness is low expectations.

And isn't that, at it's core, what the princess fantasy is about for all of us? "Princess" is how we tell little girls that they are special, precious. "Princess" is the wish that we could protect them from pain, that they would never know sorrow, that they will live happily ever after ensconces in lace and innocence.

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.

The final moment of success is often no more thrilling than taking off a heavy backpack at the end of a long hike. If you went on the hike only to feel that pleasure, you are a fool. Yet people sometimes do just this. They work hard at a task and expect some special euphoria at the end. But when they achieve success and find only moderate and short-lived pleasure, they ask is that all there is? They devalue their accomplishments as a striving after wind. We can call this the progress principle: Pleasure comes more from making progress toward goals than from achieving them.

He wanted to live life in such a way that if a photograph were taken at random it would be a cool photograph. Things should look right. Fun; there should be a lot of fun and no more sadness than absolutely necessary.

In order to be truly happy, you must live along with, and you must stand for something larger than yourself.

Personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a checklist of acquisition or achievement. Your qualifications are not your life.

Why not be happy after a while? You get to a certain age where you prepare yourself for happiness. Sometimes you never remember to get happy.

If we only wanted to be happy it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, which is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.

It is an aspect of happiness to suppose we all deserve it.