Explore Quotes on Happiness

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

Go, forget me! why should sorrow _x000D_ O'er that brow a shadow fling? _x000D_ Go, forget me, and to-morrow _x000D_ Brightly smile and sweetly sing! _x000D_ Smile,—though I shall not be near thee; _x000D_ Sing,—though I shall never hear thee!

I made a circle with a smile for a mouth on yellow paper, because it was sunshiny and bright.

Developing a cheerful disposition can permit an atmosphere wherein one's spirit can be nurtured and encouraged to blossom and bear fruit. Being pessimistic and negative about our experiences will not enhance the quality of our lives. A determination to be of good cheer can help us and those around us to enjoy life more fully.

How can you tell somebody who is pursuing happiness that they're somehow not American when that was the very first promise that America made?

I used to think that if I made $50,000 I'd be the happiest guy in the world.

I'd say that I think the most revolutionary act that you can commit in our society today is to be happy.

A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.

Success and happiness are not destinations, they are exciting, never-ending journeys.

The Divine of the Lord in heaven is love, for the reason that love is receptive of all things of heaven, such as peace, intelligence, wisdom and happiness

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.

Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.

There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go.

What makes old age so sad is, not that our joys, but that our hopes then cease.

Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.

Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life.

It is not time for mirth and laughter, the cold, gray dawn of the morning after.

The imagination disposes of everything. It creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are the whole of the world.

Shared laughter is erotic too.