Quotes on Happiness

Money will not make you happy, and happy will not make you money.

Families, friends and communities often find a source of courage rising up from within. Indeed, sadly, it seems that it is tragedy that often draws out the most and the best from the human spirit.

We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another in an endless series.

The best things in life aren't things.

The single most important factor in our long-term happiness is the relationships we have with our family and close friends.

Were the happiness of the next world is as closely apprehended as the felicities of this, it were a martyrdom to live.

We have to recognize that we can help increase happiness of other people by reaching out, and building connections. People have done that for me in my life. There have been many times that my family and friends have reached out to help support me and contributed to my emotional wellbeing, and ultimately to my health.

Whenever you meditate, there are glimpses. Then the mind comes in and says, 'Be happy! Look, I have done it.' And immediately the contact is lost.

The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star.

The happy people are those who are producing something; the bored people are those who are consuming much and producing nothing.

Who would you be without the thought that happiness depends on someone else?

The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.

They might not need me; but they might. I'll let my head be just in sight; a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity.

Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday.

Happiness belongs to the self sufficient.

Why not seize the pleasure at once? -- How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!

Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly.

I'm happy being myself, which I've never been before. I always hid in other people, or tried to find myself through the characters, or live out their lives, but I didn't have those things in mine.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

I've realized that being happy is a choice. You never want to rub anybody the wrong way or not be fun to be around, but you have to be happy. When I get logical and I don't trust my instincts - Thats when I get in trouble.

Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.