Quotes on Happiness Within

Each nationality contains its centre of happiness within itself, as a bullet the centre of gravity.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside.

Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within. It is not what we see and touch or that which others do for us which makes us happy; it is that which we think and feel and do, first for the other fellow and then for ourselves.

These days, in our materialistic culture, many people are led to believe that money is the ultimate source of happiness. Consequently, when they don’t have enough of it they feel let down. Therefore, it is important to let people know that they have the source of contentment and happiness within themselves, and that it is related to nurturing our natural inner values.

Even if only a few individuals try to create mental peace and happiness within themselves, and act responsibly and kind-heartedly towards others, they will have a positive influence in their community.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

Would all, who cherish such wild wishes, but look around them, they would oftenest find their sphere of duty, of prosperity, and happiness, within those precincts, and in that station where Providence itself has cast their lot. Happy they who read the riddle without a weary world-search, or a lifetime spent in vain!

Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.

It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.