Happiness Quotes

Happiness is a mystery like religion, and should never be rationalized.

Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.

Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we approve.

The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.

Your primary goal should be to have a great life. You can still have a good day, enjoy your child, and ultimately find happiness, whether your ex is acting like a jerk or a responsible person. Your happiness is not dependent upon someone else.

Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them.

Joy is not a commodity to be hoarded and protected. It is like a muscle. It must be used daily to keep strong and vigorous. For all my hardships, I have been able to remain quite joyful, for my muscles are strong.

I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.

Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.

Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values.

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.

The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star.

True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.