50+ positive quotes for life happiness

 

50+ positive quotes** to inspire happiness and positivity in life

1. "Happiness is not by chance, but by choice." — Jim Rohn

2. "The purpose of our lives is to be happy." — Dalai Lama

3. "Happiness is the art of never holding in your mind the memory of any unpleasant thing that has passed." — Unknown

4. "Happiness depends upon ourselves." — Aristotle

5. "For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

6. "Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." — Abraham Lincoln

7. "Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." — Mahatma Gandhi

8. "Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions." — Dalai Lama

9. "Happiness is not a goal... it's a by-product of a life well-lived." — Eleanor Roosevelt

10. "The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open." — Chuck Palahniuk

11. "Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears." — John Lennon

12. "Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life." — Omar Khayyam

13. "Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success." — Albert Schweitzer

14. "The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." — Marcus Aurelius

15. "A smile is happiness you’ll find right under your nose." — Tom Wilson

16. "The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom is courage." — Thucydides

17. "Happiness is a direction, not a place." — Sydney J. Harris

18. "The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up." — Mark Twain

19. "Happiness is not having what you want. It is appreciating what you have." — Unknown

20. "The happiest people don’t have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything." — Unknown

21. "It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness." — Charles Spurgeon

22. "Happiness is a warm puppy." — Charles M. Schulz

23. "Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling." — Margaret Lee Runbeck

24. "Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy." — Anne Frank

25. "Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens." — Douglas Jerrold

26. "The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate." — Oprah Winfrey

27. "Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness." — Ayn Rand

28. "Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like and celebrating it for everything that it is." — Mandy Hale

29. "If you want to be happy, be." — Leo Tolstoy

30. "The key to being happy is knowing you have the power to choose what to accept and what to let go." — Dodinsky

31. "Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present." — Jim Rohn

32. "Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself." — Alice Walker

33. "Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open." — John Barrymore

34. "Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible." — Dalai Lama

35. "Happiness is the best makeup." — Drew Barrymore

36. "Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort." — Franklin D. Roosevelt

37. "The only joy in the world is to begin." — Cesare Pavese

38. "Do more of what makes you happy." — Unknown

39. "Happiness is not a destination; it’s a way of life." — Unknown

40. "Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough." — Emily Dickinson

41. "Happiness is a state of mind. It’s just according to the way you look at things." — Walt Disney

42. "Happiness comes in waves. It'll find you again." — Unknown

43. "The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams." — Oprah Winfrey

44. "Your happiness is not out there, it’s in you." — Unknown

45. "The secret of being happy is accepting where you are in life and making the most out of every day." — Unknown

46. "Happiness is waking up, looking at the clock, and finding that you still have two hours left to sleep." — Charles M. Schulz

47. "Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things toward you." — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

48. "You don’t need too many people to be happy, just a few real ones who appreciate you for who you are." — Unknown

49. "Happiness starts with you. Not with your relationships, not with your job, not with your money, but with you." — Unknown

50. "Take time to do what makes your soul happy." — Unknown

51. "Happiness is contagious. Spread it wherever you go." — Unknown

52. "Happiness is a choice. Choose wisely." — Unknown

 

These quotes are great reminders to focus on the present, be grateful for what we have, and find joy in simple moments.