Happiness Quotes

Happiness is less a destination than a way of traveling. These 35 happiness quotes explore joy, contentment and the art of noticing what's already good. A gentle nudge toward the light, whenever you need it.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy. — Rabindranath Tagore
I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.
Rabindranath Tagore
Be realistic: plan for a miracle. — Osho
Be realistic: plan for a miracle.
Osho
What you seek is seeking you. — Rumi
What you seek is seeking you.
Rumi
Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life. — Kahlil Gibran
Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life.
Kahlil Gibran
If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito. — Dalai Lama
If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.
Dalai Lama
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. — Gautama Buddha
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
Gautama Buddha
And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. — Kahlil Gibran
And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
Kahlil Gibran
The purpose of our lives is to be happy. — Dalai Lama
The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
Dalai Lama
To learn and at due times to repeat what one has learnt, is that not after all a pleasure? — Confucius
To learn and at due times to repeat what one has learnt, is that not after all a pleasure?
Confucius
He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough. — Lao Tzu
He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
Lao Tzu
I would like to make a film to tell children: it's good to be alive. — Hayao Miyazaki
I would like to make a film to tell children: it's good to be alive.
Hayao Miyazaki
Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. — Thich Nhat Hanh
Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me.
Thich Nhat Hanh
The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy. — Thich Nhat Hanh
The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.
Thich Nhat Hanh
It's only when you look at an ant through a magnifying glass on a sunny day that you realise how often they burst into flames. — Clive James
It's only when you look at an ant through a magnifying glass on a sunny day that you realise how often they burst into flames.
Clive James
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. — Charles Dickens
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Charles Dickens
You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. — John Lennon
You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.
John Lennon
All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust. — J.M. Barrie
All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.
J.M. Barrie
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. — Victor Hugo
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
Victor Hugo
Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them. — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. — Anne Frank
Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.
Anne Frank
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. — Helen Keller
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.
Helen Keller
Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you. — Walt Whitman
Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.
Walt Whitman
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