Happiness Quotes

“If you observe a really happy man you will find him building a boat, writing a symphony, educating his son, growing double dahlias in his garden, or looking for dinosaur eggs in the Gobi desert. He will not be searching for happiness as if it were a collar button that has rolled under the radiator. He will not be striving for it as a goal in itself. He will have become aware that he is happy in the course of living life twenty-four crowded hours of the day.” – W. Beran Wolfe

“If God came in and said, ‘I want you to be happy for the rest of your life,’ what would you do?”  -  Bernie Siegel

“You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people.  Why not make an earnest effort to confer that pleasure on others?  Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.”  -  Lydia Maria Child

“You’re happiest while you’re making the greatest contribution.”  -  Robert F. Kennedy

“To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.”  -  Bertrand Russell

“It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.” – Charles Spurgeon

“I have found that most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” – Abraham Lincoln

“You have to believe in happiness, or happiness never comes.” – Douglas Malloch

“Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.” – Norman Vincent Peale

“At the end of our time on earth, if we have lived fully, we will not be able to say, ‘I was always happy.’ Hopefully, we will be able to say, ‘I have experienced a lifetime of real moments, and many of them were happy moments.’” – Barbara DeAngelis

“Like swimming, riding, writing or playing golf, happiness can be learned.” – Dr. Boris Sokoloff

“It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.” – Agnes Repplier

“Some of us might find happiness if we quit struggling so desperately for it.” – William Feather