Quotes about Happiness

“Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle.”

“You might not make it to the top, but if you are doing what you love, there is much more happiness there than being rich or famous.”

“It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.”

“I certainly wasn't happy. Happiness has to do with reason, and only reason earns it. What I was given was the thing you can't earn, and can't keep, and often don't even recognize at the time; I mean joy.”

“The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness.”

“The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony.”

“To attain happiness in another world we need only to believe something, while to secure it in this world we must do something.”

“Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us and within us.”

“My roles have given me a lot of satisfaction. I became many individuals who were so different from me and whose experiences were so different from mine. I could experience all their emotions, their pains, their worries, their happiness.”

“My idea of absolute happiness is to be in bed on a rainy day, with my blankie, my cat, and my dog.”

“Happiness can exist only in acceptance.”

“There is nothing I fear more than waking up without a program that will help me bring a little happiness to those with no resources, those who are poor, illiterate, and ridden with terminal disease.”

“The only thing that holds true happiness is that moment when you're in it. Nothing can be controlled.”

“Happiness is the cessation of suffering.”

“Research has shown that the best way to be happy is to make each day happy.”

“I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.”

“I wish people could achieve what they think would bring them happiness in order for them to realize that that's not really what happiness is.”

“Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.”

“I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.”

“Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.”

“My size is a huge part of me. You just have to appreciate those kinds of things. So I wasn't born with long legs - who cares. You just have to embrace it. Being body positive is really important to your overall happiness.”