- “Science of happiness lies in our understanding. The secrets of happiness lie in our capacity to expand our heart.” – Amit Ray
- “Whoever is happy will make others happy.” – Anne Frank
- “The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.” – Ashley Montagu
- “Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years.” – Ausonius
- “Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.” – Benjamin Disraeli
- “If you have not taken the time to define what happiness means to you, what have your spent your whole life pursuing?” – Bo Bennett
- “When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things – not the great occasions – that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.” – Bob Hope
- “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.” – Brandon Boyd
- “Happiness comes from within. It is not dependent on external things or on other people. You become vulnerable and can be easily hurt when your feelings of security and happiness depend on the behavior and actions of other people. Never give your power to anyone else.” – Brian L. Weiss
- “Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness.” – Bryant H. McGill
- “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
- “Learn to let go. That is the key to happiness.” – Buddha
- “Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.” – Colette
- “Genuine happiness can only be achieved when we transform our way of life from the unthinking pursuit of pleasure to one committed to enriching our inner lives, when we focus on ‘being more’ rather than simply having more.” – Daisaku Ikeda
- “Even if things don’t unfold the way you expected, don’t be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end.” – Daisaku Ikeda
- “I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives.” – Dalai Lama
- “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
- “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.” – Dalai Lama
- “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” – Dalai Lama
- “Everybody in the world is seeking happiness—and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn’t depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.” – Dale Carnegie
- “Happiness is determined by factors like your health, your family relationships and friendships, and above all by feeling that you are in control of how you spend your time.” – Daniel Kahneman
- “Happiness consists not of having, but of being; not of possessing, but of enjoying. It is a warm glow of the heart at peace with itself. A martyr at the stake may have happiness that a king on his throne might envy. Man is the creator of his own happiness. It is the aroma of life, lived in harmony with high ideals. For what a man has he may be dependent upon others; what he is rests with him alone.” – David O. McKay
- “No one can grant you happiness. Happiness is a choice we all have the power to make.” – Dean Koontz
- “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss
- “Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it, you must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it. If you don’t, you will leak away your innate contentment. It’s easy enough to pray when you’re in distress but continuing to pray even when your crisis has passed is like a sealing process, helping your soul hold tight to its good attainments.” – Elizabeth Gilbert
- “The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity and an understanding of life that fills them with compassions, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” – Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
- “There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.” – Epictetus
- “Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention.” – Greg Anderson
- “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 Marx
- “Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
- “Happiness does not come from without, it comes from within.” – Helen Keller
- “When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.” – Helen Keller
- “Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.” – Henry David Thoreau
- “A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.” – Hugh Downs
- “The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance. The wise grows it under his feet.” – James Oppenheim
- “I refuse to accept other people’s ideas of happiness for me. As if there’s a ‘one size fits all’ standard for happiness.” – Kanye West
- “Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.” – Khalil Gibran
- “Love is too precious to be ashamed of.” – Laurell K. Hamilton
- “Life finds its purpose and fulfillment in the expansion of happiness.” – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
- “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “Seven Deadly Sins”. Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Science without humanity. Knowledge without character. Politics without principle. Commerce without morality. Worship without sacrifice.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust
- “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.” – Marcus Aurelius
- “Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.” – Margaret Lee Runbeck
- “Happiness comes from the full understanding of your own being.” – Marina Abramovic
- “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
- “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.” – Marquis de Sade
- “I’ve learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our disposition and not on our circumstances.” – Martha Washington
- “Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” – Marthe Troly-Curtin
- “My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.” – Michael J. Fox
- “Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.” – Nelson Mandela
- “Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.” – Robert Frost
- “True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.” – Seneca the Younger
- “Your life begins to change the day you take responsibility for it.” – Steve Maraboli
- “Happiness is very simple and minimal.” – Tablo
- “Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.” – Thomas Jefferson
- “Happiness doesn’t depend on how much you have to enjoy, but how much you enjoy what you have.” – Tom Wilson
Be happy and whole in your hearts and remember to be kind to one another.
Love J.J.
