“To live happily is an inward power of the soul.” – Marcus Aurelius

“Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient.” – Aristotle

“Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.” – James Barrie

“Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.” – W. T. Grenfell

“In my book Be Happy I ask you to consider the question: what sort of a day have you decided to have today? Are you conscious of what you decided? Indeed, can you find the place in your mind where you have decided already how good today will be? In every moment there is a choice. And it is never too late to change your mind and enjoy yourself more.” – Robert Holden

“Happiness never decreases by being shared.” -Buddha

“You cannot be both unhappy and fully present in the Now.” – Eckhart Tolle

“Almost every kind of unhappy feeling is the result of mistaking the partial for the whole.” – Guy Finley

“Happiness is not an accident. Nor is it something you wish for. Happiness is something you design.” – Jim Rohn

“Unselfish ambition, noble life-motives, and purity, —these constituents of thought, mingling, constitute individually and collectively true happiness, strength, and permanence.” – Mary Baker Eddy

“Many people have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.” – Hellen Keller

“Happiness… lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

“Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response.” – Mildred Barthel

“Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”- Abraham Lincoln

“Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.” – Tolstoy

“The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.” – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

“What is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?” Albert Camus

“It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day to day basis.” – Margaret Bonnano

“I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.” Albert Schwietzer

“The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.” – Martha Washington

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

“Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.” – Pearl S. Buck

“Love is a condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” – Robert Heinlien

“Independence is happiness.” – Susan B. Anthony

“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” – 14th Dalai Lama

“Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. Whats wrong is seeking it outside when its inside.” – SriRamana

“There is no duty we so underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.” – Robert Louis Stevenson