45 inspiring happiness quotes that will make you smile

Happiness is the essence of life and words have the power to brighten our lives. The happiness quotes mentioned in this article are from some of the most influential people in the world.

Over the years, the economy changed, technology changed, people changed, but the essence of happiness remained and will remain the same.

Despite your situation, happiness quotes are a great way to boost your mood.

And with a bit of luck, they might even give you a little smile!

Undoubtedly, these 45 Inspiring Happiness Quotes will brighten your day.

Enjoy!

45 Inspiring Happiness Quotes

“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

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

“To be kind to all, to like many and love a few, to be needed and wanted by those we love, is certainly the nearest we can come to happiness.” – Mary Stuart

“Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.” – Jacques Prévert

“Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation.” – Leo Tolstoy

“We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.” – Frederick Keonig

“We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.” – François de La Rochefoucauld

“It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Happiness is the art of never holding in your mind the memory of any unpleasant thing that has passed.” – Unknown

“If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy.” – Proverb

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

“Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Most people would rather be certain they’re miserable, than risk being happy.” – Robert Anthony

“Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Happy people plan actions, they don’t plan results.” – Dennis Waitley

“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” – George Bernard Shaw

“If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.” – Morris West

“The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be” – Marcel Pagnol

“Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.” ― Abraham Lincoln

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. – James Openheim

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive” – Howard Thurman

“Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.” – Margaret Lee Runbeck

“It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.” – Dale Carnegie

“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 Marxf

“Every man dies. Not every man really lives” – William Ross Wallace

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

“Learn to let go. That is the key to happiness.” – Buddha

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

“Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.” – Joseph Addison

“He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.” – Henry Ward Beecher

“We don’t see things the way they are. We see them the way WE are.” – Talmud

“Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.” – Mary Lou Retton

“Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it.” – Andy Rooney

“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

“Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.” – Maxim Gorky

“True happiness… is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.” – Helen Keller

“You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.” – Dr. Wayne Dyer

“Man must search for what is right, and let happiness come on its own.” – Johann Pestalozzi

“There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.” – Logan Pearsall Smith

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Herman Cain

“For most of life, nothing wonderful happens. If you don’t enjoy getting up and working and finishing your work and sitting down to a meal with family or friends, then the chances are you’re not going to be very happy. If someone bases his/her happiness on major events like a great job, huge amounts of money, a flawlessly happy marriage or a trip to Paris, that person isn’t going to be happy much of the time.

“For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” – Author Unknown

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant” – Robert Louis Stevenson

“I have found that if you love life, life will love you back” – Arthur Rubinstein

“In the end, it’s not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away” – Shing Xiong

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