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Happiness Quotes


"There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do."


"Cultivate an attitude of happiness. Cultivate a spirit of optimism. Walk with faith, rejoicing in the beauties of nature, in the goodness of those you love, in the testimony which you carry in your heart concerning things divine."


"I'm happy to just be able to come across things. I don't need to be happy. Happiness is a kind of cheap word. Let's face it, I'm not the kind of cat that's going to cut off an ear if I can't do something. I would commit suicide. I would shoot myself in the brain if things got bad. I would jump from a window you know, I can think about death openly. It's nothing to fear. It's nothing sacred. I've seen so many people die. Life's not sacred either."


"Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions."


"Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money."


"By mere burial man arrives not at bliss; and in the future life, throughout its whole infinite range, they will seek for happiness as vainly as they sought it here, who seek it in aught else than that which so closely surrounds them here - the Infinite."


"Even when there are times that we're not happy, happiness will creep in."


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



"For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness."


"Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness, which this world affords."


"Happiness consumes itself like a flame. It cannot burn for ever, it must go out, and the presentiment of its end destroys it at its very peak."



"The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony."


"Happiness belongs to those who are sufficient unto themselves. For all external sources of happiness and pleasure are by their very nature highly uncertain precarious ephemeral and subject to chance."


"The true source of happiness is within each of us."


"Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition."


"Your success and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them. But to be happy it is essential not to be too concerned with others. Consequently, there is no escape. Happy and judged, or absolved and wretched."


"Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower."


"Nothing brings more joy than a good marriage, and nothing brings more misery than a bad marriage."


"Love is trembling happiness."



"I learned that people everywhere are basically the same and have similar goals that we do. They want health and happiness and the opportunity to provide for their families."


"Happiness is gleaned from a source, which can be attributed to all experiences; it can be found wherever the individual does not mind forfeiting the option, for some sense of control."


"Death for the Christian is the doorway to heaven's glory. Because of Christ's resurrection we can joyously say with Paul, “Where, O death, is your victory?” [1 Corinthians 15:55 NIV]."


"As we are always preparing to be happy it is inevitable that we should never be so."


"Happy people have everything to give."



"The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it."


"I want to be the 'WHY' behind your happiness."


"Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool."


"Relaxation is the beginning of creativity."


"I don't think that sin and pursuing happiness are not necessarily the same thing."



"Without kindness there can be no true joy."


"A rich man is one whose joy is not dependent upon external things."
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