Quotes on How To Be Happy

The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

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

Let each of us examine his thoughts; he will find them wholly concerned with the past or the future. We almost never think of the present, and if we do think of it, it is only to see what light is throws on our plans for the future. The present is never our end. The past and the present are our means, the future alone our end. Thus we never actually live, but hope to live, and since we are always planning how to be happy, it is inevitable that we should never be so.

She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important—you know

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