Quotes on Being Happy

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast." ~

You've got a lotta nerve to say you are my friend. When I was down you just stood there a grinin

There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.

The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.

Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.

It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

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.

Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.

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.

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.