Regardless of your situation, there is always a good time to go through a few of the best happy quotes out there. After all, when you’re feeling down, one of the most important things you should do is remind yourself that there’s a light at the end of the tunnel and happier times are ahead. Here, we’ve compiled the very best, most inspiring quotes about happiness in the hopes that they’ll help to put a smile on your face. From Walt Disney’s famous positive quote about happiness being a mindset (“Happiness is a state of mind. It’s just according to the way you look at things”) to Albert Einstein’s thoughts on the peaceful life (“A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness”), there’s something here for just about everyone.
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature-Marcus Aurelius
It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness-Charles Spurgeon
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life-Omar Khayyam
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony- Mahatma Gandhi
Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open- John Barrymore
Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy-Guillaume Apollinaire
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go-Oscar Wilde
Money can’t buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you’re being miserable- Clare Boothe Luce
Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it-David Lee Roth
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere-Agnes Repplier
Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with others than to fight our own nature-Dennis Prager
Happiness is a virtue, not its reward-Baruch Spinoza
The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things-Henry Ward Beecher
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
The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others-Robert Baden-Powell
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will- Epictetus
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion- Dalai Lama
Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action- Benjamin Disraeli
Happiness is a direction, not a place-Sydney J. Harris
The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don’t have. — Woody Allen
The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think you are. — Goldie Hawn
Happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy. There’s going to be stress in life, but it’s your choice whether you let it affect you or not. — Valerie Bertinelli
Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. — Buddha
Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude. — Dale Carnegie
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. — Mahatma Gandhi
The key to being happy is knowing you have the power to choose what to accept and what to let go. — Dodinsky
Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.-Â James Dean
Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.-Â Frank Tyger
Be happy with what you have. Be excited about what you want.”- Alan Cohen
Life is a journey, and if you fall in love with the journey, you will be in love forever.-Â Peter Hagerty
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.-Â Maya Angelou
Much of the stress that people feel doesn’t come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they’ve started.-David Allen
We forge the chains we wear in life.-Â Charles Dickens
If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the world belongs to you.-Â Lao Tzu
Everything is a gift of the universe–even joy, anger, jealously, frustration, or separateness. Everything is perfect either for our growth or our enjoyment.-Â Ken Keyes Jr.
If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.-Â Andrew Carnegie
Tension is who you think you should be, relaxation is who you are.-Â Chinese Proverb
For me it is sufficient to have a corner by my hearth, a book, and a friend, and a nap undisturbed by creditors or grief.-Â Fernandez de Andrada
You cannot judge what should bring others joy, and others cannot judge what should bring you joy. Alan Cohen
When things look dark, we can all use a simple reminder of what is truly important. We can all use a small burst of inspiration. Everyone chases after happiness, but few understand where it comes from. There is no single definition of happiness. Happiness really isn’t a destination, but a journey that you’re experiencing every single day — embracing the negative and the positive.