15,958 Quotes About Happiness

I think and think and think, I‘ve thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.

The key to happiness - or that even more desired thing, calmness - lies not in always thinking happy thoughts. No. That is impossible. No mind on earth with any kind of intelligence could spend a lifetime enjoying only happy thoughts. They key is in accepting your thoughts, all of them, even the bad ones. Accept thoughts, but don't become them. Understand, for instance, that having a sad thought, even having a continual succession of sad thoughts, is not the same as being a sad person.

I think instead [of happiness] we should be working for contentment... an inner sense of fulfillment that's relatively independent of external circumstances.

The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Suffering teaches joy.

I'd far rather be happy than right any day.

Stop trying to 'fix' yourself; you're NOT broken! You are perfectly imperfect and powerful beyond measure.

And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon.

I do not care about happiness simply because I believe that joy is something worth fighting for.