Quotes about Happiness

“Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.”

“Happiness: a way station between too little and too much.”

“The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done.”

“Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.”

“The secret to life is finding joy in ordinary things. I'm interested in happiness.”

“Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.”

“A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States.”

“Few and far between are the books you'll cherish, returning to them time and again, to revisit old friends, relive old happiness, and recapture the magic of that first read.”

“The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.”

“When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts nothing.”

“Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.”

“Love is trembling happiness.”

“In this life, we have to make many choices. Some are very important choices. Some are not. Many of our choices are between good and evil. The choices we make, however, determine to a large extent our happiness or our unhappiness, because we have to live with the consequences of our choices.”

“Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values.”

“God will prepare everything for our perfect happiness in heaven, and if it takes my dog being there, I believe he'll be there.”

“The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.”

“Happiness quantification sounds a bit wishy-washy, sure, and through a series of carefully administered surveys across the globe, economists and psychologists have certainly confronted a fair number of sticky issues around how to measure, and even define, happiness.”

“It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.”

“It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish.”

“I'm trying to find a little joy and happiness, a lot of giggles - and maybe some pretty shoes.”

“Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.”