Quotes on Life And Happiness

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.

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

I am still determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may be.

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects.

It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.

I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment.

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste.

I am a happy camper so I guess I’m doing something right. Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

When everything is subject to money, then the scarcity of money makes everything scarce, including the basis of human life and happiness. Such is the life of the slave—one whose actions are compelled by threat to survival. Perhaps the deepest indication of our slavery is the monetization of time.