Happy Quotes And Sayings
Happy quotes and sayings can have a powerful effect on us.
While none us need a definition of what happiness is, it still remains one of the most elusive of human desires. And what some people don’t realize is that we have the power within ourselves to seize control of our life and emotions and achieve happiness. Cultivating positive emotions and thinking positive thoughts has been proven to make us feel happier. One thing that can help greatly with this is reading happy quotes and sayings and drawing inspiration from them.
This can give you the inspiration you need to start on the journey to true happiness. So please enjoy browsing our collection of our favorite happy quotes and sayings, and may happiness and contentment be yours.
Happy Quotes And Sayings
Edgar Allan Poe Quote – Man’s real life is happy …
Man’s real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.
~ Edgar Allan Poe
Albert Camus Quote – You will never be happy …
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
J. M. Barrie Quote – The secret of happiness …
The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.
~ J. M. Barrie
Nia Vardolas Quote – You only get one life …
You only get one life so you might as well make it a happy one, and that’s why I tend to just jump into things. I’m sort of a fearless idiot that way.
~ Nia Vardolas
Stacey Charter Quote – Don’t rely on someone else …
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
Buddha Quote – Thousands of candles can be lighted …
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
Mahatma Gandhi – Happiness is when what you think …
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Anonymous Quote – It is not happy people …
It is not happy people who are thankful. It is thankful people who are happy.
~ Anonymous
Fyodor Dostoevsky Quote – Man is fond of counting his …
Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dalai Lama Quote – Happiness is not something …
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
~ Dalai Lama
Martha Washington Quote – I am determined to be cheerful …
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
Marcus Aurelius Quote – Very little is needed to …
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
~ Marcus Aurelius
Helen Keller Quote – When one door of happiness closes …
When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
~ Helen Keller
Thich Nhat Hanh Quote – Sometimes your joy is …
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Groucho Marx Quote – Each morning when I …
Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.
~ Groucho Marx
Ashley Montagu Quote – The moments of happiness …
The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It’s not that we seize them, but that they seize us.
~ Ashley Montagu
Omar Khayyam Quote – Be happy for this moment …
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
~ Omar Khayyam
Shannon L. Alder Quote – When you are joyful …
When you are joyful, when you say yes to life and have fun and project positivity all around you, you become a sun in the center of every constellation, and people want to be near you.
~ Shannon L. Alder
Charles Spurgeon Quote – It is not how much we have …
It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.
~ Charles Spurgeon
Margaret Young Quote – Often people attempt to live …
Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.
~ Margaret Young