Quotes on You Make Me Happy

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.

A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbor — such is my idea of happiness.

Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.

Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation.

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.

Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic.

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

I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives.

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.

We begin from the recognition that all beings cherish happiness and do not want suffering. It then becomes both morally wrong and pragmatically unwise to pursue only one's own happiness oblivious to the feelings and aspirations of all others who surround us as members of the same human family. The wiser course is to think of others when pursuing our own happiness.

Perfect love casts out fear. Where there is love there are no demands, no expectations, no dependency. I do not demand that you make me happy; my happiness does not lie in you. If you were to leave me, I will not feel sorry for myself; I enjoy your company immensely, but I do not cling.

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.

Happiness is a state of activity.

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

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.

A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.