Explore Quotes on Happiness

If I didn’t think, I’d be much happier.

Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

Laughter is an instant vacation.

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.

We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.

Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like.

If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.

It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.

I have nothing but contempt for the deceitful thing men call 'happiness,' and find myself with no choice but to push my characters, whom I pour my heart and soul out to create, into the abyss of tragedy.

The happiest people I've ever met, regardless of their profession, their social standing, or their economic status, are people that are fully engaged in the world around them. The most fulfilled people are the ones who get up every morning and stand for something larger than themselves. They are the people who care about others, who will extend a helping hand to someone in need or will speak up about an injustice when they see it.

An order of government, established by such an all-wise, powerful being, must be good and perfect, and must be calculated to promote the permanent peace, happiness, and well-being of all his subjects

Happiness lies in a large measure of self-forgetfulness, either in work . . . or in the love of others. ♥

Your success and happiness lie in you. External conditions are the accidents _x000D_ of life, its outer trappings. The great, enduring realities are love of service. _x000D_ Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow. _x000D_ Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form _x000D_ an invincible host against difficulty.

There is no denying that consideration of others is worthwhile and that our happiness is inextricably bound up with the happiness of others. There is no denying that if society suffers, we ourselves suffer, and the more our hearts and minds are afflicted with ill-will, the more miserable we become. We can reject religion, ideology, received wisdom, but we cannot escape the need for love and compassion.

Let us look upon a crucified Christ, the remedy of all our miseries. His cross hath procured a crown, his passion hath expiated our transgression. His death hath disarmed the law, his blood hath washed a believer's soul. This death is the destruction of our enemies, the spring of our happiness, and the eternal testimony of divine love.