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The webpage content provides a collection of insightful quotes about happiness from various authors, philosophers, and public figures, reflecting on the nature of happiness and its pursuit.

Abstract

The article "Quotes About Happiness" delves into the multifaceted concept of happiness, presenting a curated list of quotes that offer diverse perspectives on achieving and understanding happiness. It suggests that happiness is not merely a destination but a journey, a state of mind, and a choice one makes in life. The quotes emphasize the importance of living in the moment, maintaining a positive outlook, and appreciating the simple things in life. The article also touches on the idea that happiness is deeply intertwined with love, gratitude, and the ability to find contentment in one's own actions and circumstances.

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  • Happiness is presented as a path one walks in life, rather than a final goal to be achieved (Omar Khayyam, Buddha).
  • True happiness is found in loving and being loved, suggesting that meaningful relationships are a key component of a happy life (George Sand, Robert A. Heinlein).
  • The pursuit of happiness is an individual responsibility, and it can be cultivated through personal choices and attitudes (Edith Wharton, Abraham Lincoln, Roy T. Bennett).
  • Happiness is often about perspective and the ability to find joy in the ordinary and mundane (Emily Dickinson, Henry Ward Beecher).
  • The experience of happiness is transient and can coexist with sadness, indicating that a full emotional life includes a spectrum of feelings (Hazelmarie “Mattie” Elliott, J.R.R. Tolkien).
  • Happiness is not dependent on external circumstances but rather on one's inner state and the values one holds (Agnes Repplier, Mary Baker Eddy).
  • The article implies that happiness is a personal and subjective experience, varying greatly from one individual to another (Dr. SunWolf).

Quotes About Happiness

Discussions of a never ending pursuit

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Happiness is something we all say we want, but many of us don’t know how to get it — or even how to define it at times. What is happiness? Can we ever truly achieve it, or is life just the never-ending pursuit of it? These quotes look at happiness and our relationship to it.

1. “Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” -Omar Khayyam

2. “No medicine cures what happiness cannot.” -Gabriel García Márquez

3. “There is no path to happiness; happiness is the path.” -Buddha

4. “For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

5. “There are lots of ways of being miserable, but there’s only one way of being comfortable, and that is to stop running round after happiness. If you make up your mind not to be happy, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t have a fairly good time.” -Edith Wharton

6. “There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.” -George Sand

7. “The most important thing is to enjoy your life — to be happy. It’s all that matters.” -Audrey Hepburn

8. “I have chosen to be happy because it’s good for my health.” -Voltaire

9. “Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” -Robert A. Heinlein

10. “Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place, but there is always a little corner that keeps flapping around.” -E.L. Konigsburg

11. “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” -Mahatma Gandhi

12. “Being happy never goes out of style.” -Lilly Pulitzer

13. “They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: Someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.” -Tom Bodett

14. “Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.” -Abraham Lincoln

15. “Happiness? Simple, really. You don’t let short-term concerns ruin your life, and you don’t let long-term concerns ruin your day.” -Robert Brault

16. “Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.” -John Barrymore

17. “The mere sense of living is joy enough.” -Emily Dickinson

18. “Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” -Marcel Proust

19. “Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.” -Ernest Hemingway

20. “Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy, you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.” -Robertson Davies

21. “In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness — otherwise how would you know when you’re happy?” -Leslie Caron

22. “Happiness comes in waves. It’ll find you again.” -Unknown

23. “Happiness is a warm puppy.” -Charles M. Schulz

24. “You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.” -Albert Camus

25. “All persons carry with them some means of happiness.” -James Lendall Basford

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26. “It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.” -Agnes Repplier

27. “If you want to be happy, be.” -Leo Tolstoy

28. “Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.” -Mark Twain

29. “Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.” -Anne Frank

30. “I don’t think you can feel a sense of entitlement and still be happy. Happiness always comes from feeling that you’ve been blessed.” -Robert Brault

31. “Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn, or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.” -Denis Waitley

32. “Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come without leaving happier.” -Mother Teresa

33. “You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.” -Jonathan Safran Foer

34. “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” -Dalai Lama XIV

35. “The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance: The wise grows it under his feet.” -James Oppenheim

36. “I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.” -Groucho Marx

37. “Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get, you’ve got to make yourself.” -Alice Walker

38. “It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.” -Chuck Palahniuk

39. “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” -J.R.R. Tolkien

40. “Happiness and sadness run parallel to each other. When one takes a rest, the other one tends to take up the slack.” -Hazelmarie “Mattie” Elliott

41. “Happiness can exist only in acceptance.” -George Orwell

42. “The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.” -Henry Ward Beecher

43. “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 it.” -Dale Carnegie

44. “Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.” -Roy T. Bennett

45. “Happiness in its loftiest sense is a prayer.” -Mrs. J. Page Hopps

46. “Happiness depends upon ourselves.” -Aristotle

47. “Happiness is a state of mind. It’s just according to the way you look at things.” -Walt Disney

48. “Take responsibility of your own happiness, never put it in other people’s hands.” -Roy T. Bennett

49. “Happiness is spiritual, born of truth and love. It is unselfish; therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it.” -Mary Baker Eddy

50. “Other people become less confusing once you realize that happiness is not one-size-fits-all.” -Dr. SunWolf

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Alcedo, M. (2021, June 10). 34 Best Happy Quotes That Will Immediately Brighten Up Your Day. Country Living. https://www.countryliving.com/life/g4815/happy-life-quotes/

Happiness Quotes. BrainyQuote. https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/happiness-quotes

Happiness Quotes. Goodreads. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/happiness

Picard, C. and Bofah, Y. (2021, May 27). 30 Perfect Happy Quotes That Will Make You Smile. Good Housekeeping. https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/g22521771/happy-quotes/

Quotations about Happiness. The Quote Garden. https://www.quotegarden.com/happiness.html

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