Happiness Quotes and Sayings

The best inspirational quotes on happiness. Take a closer look at these happiness quotes and find the one that makes you happiest!

We already know Giving Makes You Happier! Let's take a look at these happiness quotes as they relate.

One of my favorite quotes about happiness doesn't come from a famous celebrity or famous humaitarian... my favorite quotes of happiness come from a beautiful six year old who looks up at me with those gorgeous blue eyes and says, 'Mama, you make me the happiest boy in the whole world.'

Let's see if we can find one here that puts you in your 'happy place.'

"Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action." Benjamin Disraeli

"Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient." Aristotle

"Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others." Buddha

"Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort." Franklin D. Roosevelt

"I felt beautiful when I was in Cambodia. I was sweaty, and my hair was matted and all over the place. And I was happy and hot and accomplishing a lot and running around, and I could feel my heart beating, and I felt beautiful." Angelina Jolie

"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." The Dalai Lama

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

"The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for." Allan K. Chalmers

"The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind." Ella Wheeler Wilcox

"There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year's course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word 'happy' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness." Carl Jung

"There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved." George Sand

"Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations." Edward de Bono

"We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same." Anne Frank

"When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace." The Dalai Lama

"You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness." Julia Roberts

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