Quotes On Happiness

“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

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

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

“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.” – John Lennon

“Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.” – Dale Carnegie

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

“The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.” – Andre Maurois

“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust

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

“People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.” – Abraham Lincoln

“Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.” – Mother Teresa

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it’s all that matters.” – Audrey Hepburn

“The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.” – Benjamin Franklin

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

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

“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” – Dalai Lama

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

“If you want to be happy, be.” – Leo Tolstoy

“I’d far rather be happy than right any day.” – Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

“I am very happy because I have conquered myself and not the world. I am very happy because I have loved the  world and not myself.” – Sri Chinmoy

“Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it.” – William Feather

“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” – Oprah Winfrey

“Whoever is happy will make others happy.” – Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

“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