Happiness Quotations

Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. — Dr Seuss

We don’t laugh because we’re happy – we’re happy because we laugh. — William James

Happiness is a direction, not a place.  —Sydney J. Harris

If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more. — Roy T. Bennett

Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same. — Francesca Reigler

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.  — Frank Tyger

Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

There is more to life than increasing its speed. — Mahatma Gandhi

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.  — Eleanor Roosevelt

Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it. — Lou Holtz

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. — Mohandas K. Ghandi

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness. —  Ralph Waldo Emerson

That is happiness; to be dissolved into something completely great. — Willa Cather

Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be. — Abraham Lincoln

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

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. — Joseph Addison

People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy. — Anton Chekhov

There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. — George Sand

To fill the hour -that is happiness. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations. — Edward de Bono

Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness. — Sophocles

What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner. — Colette

Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. — Marthe Troly-Curtin

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. — Maya Angelou

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. — Dale Carnegie

Happiness? That’s nothing more than health and a poor memory. — Albert Schweitzer

Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time…serenity, that nothing is. — Thomas Szasz