35 Famous Quotes about Happiness - Thinkers, Writers & English Lovers Corner

35 Famous Quotes about Happiness

        Happiness is everyone's desire. It is always in our mind. It is always in our goal. But life is not only a bed of roses. There will always be a time that we feel sad or discouraged because we can’t control everything that happens in our lives. We all have limitations that sometimes hinder us from getting what we want. That is part of the realities of life. But this fact should not make us linger in sadness. During our times of trials, sometimes just a simple inspirational quote can lighten our day and move us to continue working for our goals in life.

            Here are 35 best quotes that will give us idea what is real happiness, how to reach it or give us a push when we need one.

1. “Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.” – Marilyn Monroe

2.   “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”– Albert Einstein

3.   “There is no path to happiness; happiness is the path." Buddha

4.   “Happiness is a state of mind. It's just according to the way you look at things.” – Walt Disney

5.  “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

6.  “Do not set aside your happiness. Do not wait to be happy in the future. The best time to be happy is always now.” Roy T. Bennett

7.  “I have chosen to be happy because it's good for my health.” - Voltaire

8. “No medicine cures what happiness cannot.” - Gabriel García Márquez

9.  “It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.” – Dale Carnegie

10.  “Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well-lived.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

11.  “The healthiest response to life is joy.” – Deepak Chopra

12. “Happiness is the feeling that power increases — that resistance is being overcome.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

13. “Every day is a new day.” - Carrie Underwood

14.  “A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness.” - Albert Einstein

15. “Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.” – Henry David Thoreau

16. “The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.” – Henry Ward Beecher

17. “Being happy never goes out of style.” – Lilly Pulitzer

18. “They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: Someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.” – Tom Bodett

19. “Happiness is the best makeup.” – Drew Barrymore

20. “Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.” – Anne Frank

21. “The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.” – Mark Twain

22. “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life.  When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up.  I wrote down ‘happy’.  They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.” – John Lennon

23. “For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

24. “Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” – Omar Khayyam

25. “The mere sense of living is joy enough.” – Emily Dickenson

26. “Start each day with a grateful heart.” – Anonymous

27. “Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come without leaving happier.” – Mother Teresa

28. “If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.” – Roald Dahl

29. “Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby.” - George Bernard Shaw

30. “Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself.” – Alice Walker

31. “Happiness depends upon ourselves.” – Aristotle

32.“Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life." – Benjamin Franklin

33. “Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama

34. “Find people who will make you better.” – Michelle Obama

35. “I enjoy life when things are happening. I don’t care if it’s good things or bad things. That means you’re alive.” – Joan Rivers