Originally published on February 23, 2018 | Last updated on December 16, 2024
Perhaps you’ve got a case of the winter blues, or maybe you just need a little motivation. I’ve put together a list of 20 inspiring quotes on happiness to help you feel the joy. Sometimes, we just need to be reminded that we are in control of our outlook and realise that in most cases, happiness is a choice. I hope these quotes inspire you!
1. “A secret to happiness is letting each situation be what it is instead of what you think it should be.” — Unknown
2. “The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” — Oprah Winfrey
3. “Happiness is in your ability to love others.” — Leo Tolstoy
4. “Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” — Thich Nhat Hanh
5. “The greatest gift you can ever give another person is your own happiness.” — Abraham Hicks
6. “We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.” — Frederick Keonig
7. “Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.” — Joseph Campbell
8. “Happiness, not in another place but this place…not for another hour, but this hour.” — Walt Whitman
9. “When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.” — Helen Keller
10. “There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.” — Epictetus
11. “Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.” — Mary Lou Retton
12. “Find out where joy resides, and give it a voice far beyond singing. For to miss the joy is to miss all.” — Robert Louis Stevenson
13. “Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.” — William Butler Yeats
14. “Happiness depends upon ourselves.” — Aristotle
15. “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.” — Dale Carnegie
16. “Happiness is the art of never holding in your mind the memory of any unpleasant thing that has passed.” — Unknown
17. “When your happiness is someone else’s happiness, that is love.” — Lana Del Rey
18. “Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.” — Mother Teresa
19. “I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.” — Paul Simon
20. “Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I hope these quotes on happiness brightened your day! Which is your favourite?
Love, Telina
