Happiness Quotes

20 uplifting quotes that illuminate the path to happiness

The secret of happiness is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

Attributed to:
Socrates

You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness.

Attributed to:
Julia Roberts

Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

Attributed to:
J.M. Barrie

True happiness is really when you start giving back.

Attributed to:
Adrian Grenier

Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.

Attributed to:
Dale Carnegie

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

Attributed to:
Guillaume Apollinaire

Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

Attributed to:
Marcel Proust

If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.

Attributed to:
Morris West

Happiness only real when shared.

Attributed to:
Christopher McCandless

Don't waste your time in anger, regrets, worries, and grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy.

Attributed to:
Roy T. Bennett

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

Attributed to:
Omar Khayyam

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

Attributed to:
Anne Frank

Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.

Attributed to:
Marcus Aurelius

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Attributed to:
Mahatma Gandhi

One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.

Attributed to:
Dale Carnegie

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.

Attributed to:
Maxim Gorky

Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.

Attributed to:
Alexandre Dumas

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

Attributed to:
Epictetus

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

Attributed to:
Jim Rohn

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.

Attributed to:
John Barrymore