Quotes about happiness

To be happy you must eliminate two things: the fear of a bad future and the memory of a bad past.

The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.

It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.

Happiness is thought to depend on leisure; for we are busy that we may have leisure, and make war that we may live in peace.

This is the real secret of life—to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within.

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

Without music, life would be a mistake.

They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.

One swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.

Throw kindness around like confetti.

All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Romanticize your life.

Do more of what makes you happy.

You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, love like you'll never be hurt, sing like there's nobody listening, and live like it's heaven on earth.

True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.

Success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue.

A negative mind will never give you a positive life.

Be silly. Be fun. Be different. Be crazy. Be you, because life is too short to be anything but happy.

Two things prevent us from happiness: living in the past and observing others.

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue, but virtue itself.

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.