Happiness Quotes - A smile puts you on the right track
“A
smile puts you on the right track. A smile makes the world a beautiful place.
When you lose your smile, you lose your way in the chaos of life.”
―
Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
“After
all, what is happiness? Love, they tell me. But love doesn't bring and never
has brought happiness. On the contrary, it's a constant state of anxiety, a
battlefield; it's sleepless nights, asking ourselves all the time if we're
doing the right thing. Real love is composed of ecstasy and agony.”
―
Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello
“Very
little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of
thinking.”
―
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
“Action
may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. ”
―
William James
“I
have no faith in human perfectibility. I think that human exertion will have no
appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy
- nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.”
―
Edgar Allan Poe
“I
think happiness is what makes you pretty. Period. Happy people are beautiful.
They become like a mirror and they reflect that happiness.”
―
Drew Barrymore
“A
mathematical formula for happiness:Reality divided by Expectations.There were
two ways to be happy:improve your reality or lower your expectations.”
―
Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes
“Happiness
is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived.”
―
Eleanor Roosevelt
“The
power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life
lovely.”
―
Louisa May Alcott
“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, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
“Children
are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called "All the
Things That Could Go Wrong.”
―
Marianne Williamson
“Perfectionism
is the enemy of happiness. Embrace being perfectly imperfect. Learn from your
mistakes and forgive yourself, you’ll be happier. We make mistakes because we
are imperfect. Learn from your mistakes, forgive yourself, and keep moving
forward.”
―
Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
“You
are in charge of your own happiness; you don't need to wait for other people's
permission to be happy.”
―
Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
“We
should always make time for the things we like. If we don't, we might forget
how to be happy.”
―
T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea
“With
all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it
is still a beautiful world.
Be
cheerful.
Strive
to be happy.”
―
Max Ehrmann, Desiderata: A Poem for a Way of Life
“It
does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have
gathered or how much attention you have received. It is the amount of positive
vibration you have radiated in life that matters,”
―
Amit Ray, Meditation: Insights and Inspirations
“I
find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them
reveal the greatest version of themselves.”
―
Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human
Experience
“There
is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures, and feeling
that your presence is an addition to their comfort.”
―
Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
“And
I can't be running back and fourth forever between grief and high delight.”
―
J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey
“People
are unhappy when they get something too easily. You have to sweat--that's the
only moral they know.”
―
Dany Laferrière, I Am a Japanese Writer: A Novel
