Quotes About Finding Happiness - Best Quotes About Being Happy 🆙

We have compiled a collection of phrases on how to find happiness to help you understand the true meaning of being happy.

The pursuit of happiness is a real thing. We all want to be happy, right?

After all, life is better when we are happy, healthy and at peace.

So, to help you on your way, enjoy these phrases about finding happiness and being happy, to help you have a life full of joy and satisfaction.

Phrases about finding happiness

Quotes about finding happiness: 1 to 20

Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness. ~ Ayn Rand

Our ability to derive happiness from aesthetic objects or material goods appears to depend fundamentally on the need for a number of larger emotional or psychological needs, including the need for understanding, love, expression, and respect. ~ Alain de Botton

The true secret of happiness lies in being genuinely interested in all the details of daily life. ~ William Morris

The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you don't necessarily need to be happy. ~ William Saroyan

People should find happiness in little things, like family. ~ Amanda Bynes

Happiness depends on ourselves. ~ Aristotle

As people spin faster and faster in pursuit of purely personal happiness, they exhaust themselves in the futile effort of chasing after themselves. ~ Andres Delbanco

Any happiness or unhappiness depends solely on the quality of the object to which we are bound by love. ~ Baruch spinoza

Happiness consists more in the little pleasures that happen every day than in the big lucky events that happen rarely. ~ Benjamin Franklin

Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of the imagination. ~ Immanuel Kant

Being without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. ~ Bertrand Russell

A big obstacle to happiness is expecting too much happiness. ~ Bernardo de Fontenelle

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to the family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control the mind. If a man can control his mind, he can find the way to enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to meet him. ~ Buddha

There is a kind of sweet innocence in being human, not having to be just happy or sad, in the nature of being able to be broken and whole at the same time. ~ C. JoyBell C.

Even a happy life cannot be free from dark times, and the word happiness would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is much better to take things as they come with patience and equanimity. ~ Carl Jung

The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage. ~ carrie jones

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy that makes us happy. ~ Charles spurgeon

There is no happiness like being loved by your peers and feeling that your presence is an addition to them. ~ Charlotte Brontë

If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for life, help someone else. ~ Chinese proverb

The only way to find true happiness is to risk becoming completely cut off from it. ~ Chuck Palahniuk

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Quotes about finding happiness: 21 to 40

Nobody really cares if you're unhappy, so we might as well be happy. ~ cynthia nelms

Happiness is not something ready. It comes from your actions. ~ Dalai Lama

It's not what you have or who you are or where you are or what you do that makes you happy or unhappy. It's what you think you have. ~ Dale Carnegie

People are not happy when they get something too easily. You have to sweat things out; it is the only morality they know. ~ Dany Laferriere

We can't control the world. We can only (barely) control our reactions. Happiness is largely a choice, not a right or chance event. ~ david c hill

Happiness cannot be traveled, possessed, earned, used or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, joy, and gratitude. ~ Denis Waitley

I believe that the key to life is simply to be a happy person, and happiness will lead to success. ~ Diego Val

Happiness is being satisfied with what you have, living in freedom and without worries, having a good family life and great friends. ~ Divyanka Tripathi

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness. ~ Don Marquess

The world is full of people who seek spectacular happiness while despising small satisfaction. ~ Doug larson

Happiness grows on the sides of our home, and should not be gathered in the gardens of strangers. ~ douglas jerrold

Happiness is emotion that has found a place to settle. But there is always a little corner that keeps turning. ~ EL Konigsburg

Happiness is always the fortuitous result of seeking something else. ~ Drag. Ideal Dreamer

Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't expect anything outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think about how valuable the time you have available is, both at work and with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored. ~ Earl Nightingale

If we would stop trying to be happy, we could have some fun. ~ Edith Wharton

The essence of philosophy is that man should live in such a way that his happiness depends as little as possible on external things. ~ Epictetus

The pursuit of happiness is a major source of unhappiness. ~ Eric Hoffer

Happiness is not a goal, it is a consequence. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

My family didn't have a lot of money, and for that I'm thankful. Money is the long road to happiness. ~ Evangeline Lilly

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the excitement of creative effort. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

Aphorisms about finding happiness: 41 to 60

We tend to forget that happiness comes not from getting something we don't have, but from recognizing and appreciating what we do have. ~ Federico Keonig

There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from what we do. ~ freya stark

Happiness is somewhere between too much and too little. ~ finnish proverb

Give a man health and a course to drive, and you'll never stop worrying about whether he's happy or not. ~ George Bernard Shaw

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

How simple it is to see that we can only be happy now, and there will never be a time when it is not now. ~ Gerald Jampolski

Happiness is a byproduct of trying to make someone else happy." Gretta Brooker Palmer

No medicine cures what happiness cannot. ~ Gabriel García Márquez

Joy is what anoints the axes of the world. Don't go through life creaking. ~ HW Byles

Joy and sadness run parallel. When one rests, the other takes over. ~ Hazelmarie Elliott

True happiness is not achieved through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. ~ Helen Keller

Happiness is a form of courage. ~ holbrook jackson

All happiness depends on courage and work. ~ Honoré de Balzac

Sometimes it's good to stop and look for happiness and be happy. ~ Guillaume Apollinaire

So let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, the one who braved the storm of life and lived or the one who stood his ground and just existed? ~ Hunter S. Thompson

True happiness is not a temporary enjoyment, but is so intertwined with the future that it exists forever. ~ James Lendall Basford

True happiness is cheap, but how expensive we pay for its counterfeit. ~ Osseas Ballou

The fool seeks happiness in the distance, the wise man makes it grow under his feet. ~ james oppenheim

Who is the happiest of men? He who appreciates the merits of others, and in his pleasure takes joy, as if it were his own. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Ask yourself if you are happy and you will no longer be. ~ John Stuart Mill

Quotes about finding happiness: 61 to 80

You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness. ~ Jonathan Safran Foer

Three great essentials to be happy in this life are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. ~ Joseph Addison

My experience has taught me that you can almost always enjoy things if you make up your mind to do so. ~ LM Montgomery

Happiness is only real when shared. ~ Jon Krakauer

If you seek satisfaction in others, you will never be satisfied. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be satisfied with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize that you lack nothing, the world belongs to you. ~ Lao Tzu

You can't be happy if you're not unhappy sometimes. ~ lauren oliver

To have great happiness you must have experienced great pain and great unhappiness, otherwise how do you know when you are happy? ~ leslie caron

There are two things to aspire to in life: first, get what you want; and then enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind reach the second. ~ Logan Pearsall Smith

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness. ~ lady blessing

We are grateful to the people who make us happy, they are the lovely gardeners who make our souls bloom. ~ Marcel Proust

Whoever lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe. ~ Marco Aurelio

The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts. ~ Marco Aurelio

Happiness is not a place to arrive, but a way of traveling. ~ margaret lee runbeck

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

In my life I have learned that true happiness comes from giving. Helping others along the way makes you appreciate who you are. I believe that love is what we all seek. I have not met anyone who has not become a better person through love. ~ Marla Gibbs

Happiness is a balanced combination of love, work and luck. ~ mary wilson little

Happiness always seems small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go and quickly learn how big and precious it is. ~ Maxim Gorky

Ups and downs. Victories and defeats. Sadness and happiness. This is the best kind of life. ~ maxime lagace

Lots of things can make you miserable for weeks; Few can bring you a whole day of happiness. ~ Cute McLaughlin

Happiness is the default state. It is what is there when it is removed, it gives rise to the feeling that something is missing in life. ~ Ravikant Naval

Quotes about finding happiness: 81 to 100

Those who can laugh for no reason have either found the true meaning of happiness or gone completely insane. ~ Norma Papernick

Happiness is having someone in your arms and knowing that you are holding the whole world. ~ Orhan Pamuk

Happiness is the result of the sum of positive and negative feelings rather than an absolute amount of one or the other. ~ norman bradburn

Happiness is an accident of nature, a beautiful and flawless aberration. ~ Pat Conroy

Happiness is the natural flower of duty. ~ Phillips Brooks

Happiness is a conscious choice, not a consequence of something. ~ mildred barthel

Most people would rather be sure of being unhappy than risk being happy. ~ Robert Anthony

Don't waste time on anger, regret, worry, and resentment. Life is too short to be unhappy. ~ Roy T Bennett

Happiness is the experience of loving life. To be happy is to be in love with that momentary experience. And to love is to look at someone or even something and see the best in him or her. Love is happiness in what you see. So love and happiness are really the same...just expressed differently. ~ Roberto McPhillips

Love is that condition in which another person's happiness is essential to your own. ~ Robert A. Heinlein

The happiness of life is made up of small alms: a kiss or a smile, a kind look, a sincere compliment. ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Sometimes life knocks you out… get up, get up, get up!!! Happiness is not the absence of problems, it is the ability to face them. ~ Steve Maraboli

Happiness is not pain in the body or disturbance in the mind. ~ Thomas Jefferson

The secret of happiness is to find a pleasant monotony. ~ VS Pritchett

The greatest happiness in life is the awareness of being loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, in spite of ourselves. ~ Victor Hugo

Happiness is the meaning and the end of life, the end and the end of human existence. ~ Aristotle

There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way. ~ Happy Birthday

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the excitement of creative effort. ~ Franklin Roosevelt

Many people lose their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it. ~ William feather

Happiness is an internal process. ~ William Arthur Ward

If you want to be happy, be happy. ~ Leo Tolstoy

If you are not happy here and now, you will never be. ~ Taisen Deshimaru

We cannot be happy if we expect to always live at maximum intensity. Happiness is not a matter of intensity, but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony. ~ Thomas Merton

We all live with the goal of being happy; our lives are all different but the same. ~ Anne Frank

I only have two types of days: happy and hysterically happy. ~ Allen J. Lefferdink

You will never be happy if you keep searching for what happiness is. You will never live if you search for the meaning of life. ~ Albert Camus

Who is happy will make others happy. ~ Anne Frank

Conclusions

There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way! We hope these quotes about finding happiness have put you on the right path or in the right frame of mind to be happy.

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