Quotes about Happiness

“Happiness is a sunbeam which may pass through a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray; nay, when it strikes on a kindred heart, like the converged light on a mirror, it reflects itself with redoubled brightness. It is not perfected till it is shared.”

“Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization.”

“Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.”

“To be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others bespeaks a more lamentable poverty than that of him who begs his daily bread.”

“I learned from a very young age that if I pursued the things that truly excited me, that they would reward in more important ways, like happiness.”

“Life should be blissful, and blissful doesn't mean just a small happiness. It's huge. It is profound.”

“I think happiness is a choice. If you feel yourself being happy and can settle in to the life choices you make, then it's great. It's really, really great. I swear to God, happiness is the best makeup.”

“Happiness is only attained by the free will agreeing in its freedom to accord with the will of God.”

“The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation; it is understanding.”

“Experienced happiness refers to your feelings, to how happy you are as you live your life. In contrast, the satisfaction of the remembering self refers to your feelings when you think about your life.”

“There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.”

“We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.”

“Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.”

“There is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.”

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

“I always find the worst lies are told in relationships - I learned to never lie about your happiness in order to save someone's feelings from being hurt.”

“The one happiness is to shut one's door upon a little room, with a table before one, and to create; to create life in that isolation from life.”

“There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.”

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

“Working with Will Smith was one of the highlights of my career. He is so talented and has a tremendous work ethic. We are still friends, and I reach out to him and his partner to pitch ideas. He loves my mother. In fact, my mother was his son Jaden's acting coach for the movie 'Pursuit of Happiness.'”

“We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.”