Happiness Quotes

  • A smiling face dispels unhappiness. ~ Nigerian Proverb
  • Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. ~ William James
  • All happiness depends on courage and work. ~ Honore de Balza
  • Better an ounce of happiness than a pound of gold. ~ Yiddish Proverb
  • False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared. ~ Charles De Montesquieu
  • For some of us happiness comes while we sleep. ~ French Proverb
  • God is a father, happiness is a stepfather. ~ Yiddish Proverb
  • Happiness and glass break easily. ~ Danish Proverb
  • Happiness does not come from happiness itself, but from the journey towards achieving it. ~ Finnish Proverb
  • Happiness does not give, it only lends. ~ Danish Proverb
  • Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it. ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • Happiness flies away from those who want it most. ~ Laotian Proverb
  • Happiness has its roots — sorrow has its womb. ~ Chinese Proverb
  • Happiness is a function of accepting what is. ~ Werner Erhard
  • Happiness is a positive cash flow. ~ Fred Adler
  • Happiness is activity. ~ Aristotle
  • Happiness is like crystal — when it shines the most, it soon cracks. ~ Turkish Proverb
  • Happiness is not a horse; you cannot harness it. ~ Russian Proverb
  • Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness. ~ Chuang Tzu
  • Happiness is the sense that one matters. Happiness is an abiding enthusiasm. Happiness is single-mindedness. Happiness is whole-heartedness. Happiness is a by-product. Happiness is faith. ~ Samuel M. Shoemaker
  • Happiness itself does not stay — only moments of happiness do. ~ Spanish Proverb
  • Happiness opens the arms and closes the eyes. ~ German Proverb
  • Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste. ~ Charlotte Bronte
  • Happiness spring — cleans the heart. ~ Japanese Proverb
  • Happiness that lasts too long spoils the heart. ~ Italian Proverb
  • Happiness will never come if it’s a goal in itself; happiness is a by-product of a commitment of worthy causes. ~ Norman Vincent Peale
  • Happiness you pay for is to be found everywhere. ~ Gypsy Proverb
  • If you’re ever given the choice between happiness and intelligence choose happiness. ~ Author Unknown
  • Into the house where joy lives, happiness will gladly come. ~ Japanese Proverb
  • Life is too short and too long to spend it doing anything that doesn’t make you happy ~ Jill Conner Brown
  • Man is meant for happiness and this happiness is in him, in the satisfaction of the daily needs of his existence. ~ Count Leo Tolstoy
  • Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don’t set any condition. ~ Arthur Rubinstein
  • No one is happier than he who believes in his happiness. ~ German Proverb
  • One moment of intense happiness prolongs life by a thousand years. ~ Japanese Proverb
  • Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it ~ William Feather
  • Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life. ~ Marcus Aurelius
  • Silence is the interpreter of happiness. ~ Arabian Proverb
  • The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness. ~ William Saroyan
  • The happiness in your pocket, don’t spend it all. ~ Chinese Proverb
  • The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control. ~ Ogden Nash
  • The secret of happiness is curiosity ~ Norman Douglas
  • There is no happiness; there are only moments of happiness. ~ Spanish Proverb
  • There is no other happiness but peace. ~ Thai Proverb
  • There is no winter without snow, no spring without sunshine, and no happiness without companions. ~ Korean Proverb
  • To be of use in the world is the only way to happiness. ~ Hans Christian Andersen
  • True happiness lies in giving it to others. ~ Indian Proverb
  • Unhappiness can be a bridge to happiness. ~ Japanese Proverb
  • We must learn that to enjoy happiness we must conscientiously and continuously seek to spread happiness. Selfishness is suicidal to happiness. ~ B.C. Forbes
  • When ambition ends, happiness begins. ~ Hungarian Proverb
  • Where there is laughter happiness likes to be. ~ Japanese Proverb
  • Where there is love, there is happiness. ~ Polish Proverb
  • Where you are not — there is happiness. ~ German Proverb
  • While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment. ~ Hasidic Proverb
  • Woe is he who claims to have found happiness. ~ Iranian Proverb
  • Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day. ~ Indian Proverb
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