Quotes on Attaining Happiness

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.

The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mode of happiness, but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed by the change; happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up.

I cannot tell if what the world considers ‘happiness’ is happiness or not. All I know is that when I consider the way they go about attaining it, I see them carried away headlong, grim and obsessed, in the general onrush of the human herd, unable to stop themselves or to change their direction. All the while they claim to be just on the point of attaining happiness.

I am still determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may be.

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

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.

Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.

Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.

The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

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.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.

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.

Take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.