64 Finding Happiness in Life Quotes

Abraham Lincoln said, “Most people are as happy as they make up their minds to be.”

You get to choose your happy.  How? Make up your mind to be happy.  You purposefully put yourself in environments where you naturally feel happy. You mind your mind and focus on the enjoyable parts of life. You decide not to dwell on what didn’t work out, who hurt you, how you failed, or any other “negative” scenario your mind can think up. You can be as happy as you choose to be. Here are 64 quotes inspiring you to get your happy on.

1. “Every day is a new day, and you’ll never be able to find happiness if you don’t move on.” – Carrie Underwood
2. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer
3. “Happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy. There’s going to be stress in life, but it’s your choice whether you let it affect you or not.” – Valerie Bertinelli
4. “Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.” – Jim Rohn 
5. “Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” – Omar Khayyam
6. “Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” – Guillaume Apollinaire
7. “Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you.” – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
8. “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
9. “Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years.” – Ausonius
10. “Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.” – Denis Waitley
11. “The secret to happiness is freedom… And the secret to freedom is courage.” – Thucydides
12. “A smile is happiness you’ll find right under your nose.” – Tom Wilson
13. “True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self.” – Joseph Addison
14. “Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
15. “Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.” – Thomas Jefferson
16. “Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.” – Theodore Isaac Rubin
17. “Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.” – Dale Carnegie
18. “It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.” – Charles Spurgeon
19. “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” – Mahatma Gandhi
20. “Happiness? That’s nothing more than health and a poor memory.” – Albert Schweitzer
21. “For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
22. “I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness – it’s right in front of me if I’m paying attention and practicing gratitude.” – Brene Brown
23. “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” –  Dalai Lama
24. “If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.” – Andrew Carnegie
25. “The most simple things can bring the most happiness.” – Izabella Scorupco
26. “Through a long and painful process, I’ve learned that happiness is an inside job – not based on anything or anyone in the outer material world. – Alana Stewart
27. “Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.” – Dale Carnegie
28. “The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.” – William Saroyan
29. “Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
30. “Perfect happiness is a beautiful sunset, the giggle of a grandchild, the first snowfall. It’s the little things that make happy moments, not the grand events. Joy comes in sips, not gulps.” – Sharon Draper
31. “Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it.” – William Feather
32. “Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne
33. “Happiness is being content with what you have, living in freedom and liberty, having a good family life and good friends.” – Divyanka Tripathi
34. “Happiness doesn’t come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy so that you can be useful and so you can enjoy life when you are a man.” – Robert Baden-Powell
35. “On the whole, the happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.” – William R. Inge
36. “Happiness is there for the taking and the making.” – Oprah Winfrey
37. “The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.” – William Morris
38. “Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give – pleasure, possessions, power – but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy. ” – Dada Vaswani 
39. “Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.” – Democritus
40. “All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and untroubled pleasure lie in knowledge of God and love of God; they cannot exist without them.” – Said Nursi
41. “I just want to say to women, ‘Be yourself – it’s the inner beauty that counts. You are your own best friend, the key to your own happiness, and as soon as you understand that – and it takes a few heartbreaks – you can be happy.'” – Cherie Lunghi
42. “I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.” – Martha Washington
43. “Don’t rely on someone else for your happiness and self-worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can’t love and respect yourself – no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are – completely; the good and the bad – and make changes as YOU see fit – not because you think someone else wants you to be different.” – Stacey Charter
44. “Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.” – Colette
45. “Trust your own instincts, go inside, follow your heart. Right from the start. go ahead and stand up for what you believe in. As I’ve learned, that’s the path to happiness.” – Lesley Ann Warren
46. “Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.” – Thomas Merton
47. “True happiness is… to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
48. “You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.” – Albert Camus
49. “Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it.” – Bernard Meltzer
50. “To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.” – Albert Camus
51. “Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower. ” – John Harrigan
52. “Whoever is happy will make others happy.” – Anne Frank
53. “Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.” – Oscar Wilde
54. “If you want to be happy, be.” – Leo Tolstoy
55. “In my life I’ve learned that true happiness comes from giving. Helping others along the way makes you evaluate who you are. I think that love is what we’re all searching for. I haven’t come across anyone who didn’t become a better person through love.” – Marla Gibbs
56. “Power means happiness; power means hard work and sacrifice.” – Beyonce Knowles
57. “Happiness depends upon ourselves.” – Aristotle
58. “Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.” –  Ayn Rand
59. “Be happy with what you have. Be excited about what you want.” – Alan Cohen
60. “Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.” – Margaret Lee Runbeck
61. “Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” – Buddha
62. “If you want happiness for an hour — take a nap. If you want happiness for a day — go fishing. If you want happiness for a year — inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime — help someone else.” – Chinese Proverb
63. “True happiness is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.” – Helen Keller
64. “Money doesn’t bring happiness and creativity. Your creativity and happiness brings money.” – Sam Rosen

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