Happy Life Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old happy life quotes, happy life sayings, and happy life proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy is to set our own conditions to the events of each day. To do this is to condition circumstances instead of being conditioned by them. Ralph Waldo Emerson
You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. Albert Camus
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste, that they hurry past it. Kierkegaard
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. James Openheim
Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. Helen Keller
Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears. John Lennon
Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy. Robert Anthony
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity. Carl Jung
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. Thich Nhat Hanh
Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. Marcel Proust
It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness. Poverty and wealth have both failed. Frank Mckinney Kin Hubbard
Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it. Jacques Prvert
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. Marcus Aurelius
A happy life is one spent in learning, earning, and yearning. Lillian Gish
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 whole world belongs to you. Lao Tzu
Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: 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 supreme happiness of life is the conviction that one is loved; loved for oneself, or better yet, loved despite oneself. Victor Hugo
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright
The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than growing with them. Bernard M. Baruch
Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it. Lou Holtz
Life is just a mirror, and what you see out there, you must first see inside of you. Wally 'Famous' Amos
You cannot judge what should bring others joy, and others cannot judge what should bring you joy. Alan Cohen
What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything everynight before you go to bed. Bernard Baruch
If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes. Andrew Carnegie
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. Benjamin Franklin
Open-minded, optimistic and flexible people always end up winning the battle in life. Dr T.P.Chia
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about. Dale Carnegie
The opportunity to truly live doesn't wait. Either you use it or you lose it. RVM
Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. James M. Barrie
The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness. William Saroyan
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. Epictetus
All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy; I mean that if you are happy you will be good. Bertrand Russell
Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is. Mary Anne Roadacher-Hershey
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. Albert Einstein
Happy people plan actions, they don't plan results. Dennis Waitley
Never let people who are more unhappy than you tell you how to live your life. Adam Smith
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude. Denis Waitley
I figure, sometimes, bad things happen to us so we can achieve a higher purpose and attain greater happiness and fulfillment in life. Omoakhuana Anthonia
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others. Albert Camus
The love that comes from friendship is the underlying facet of a happy life. Chelsea Handler
Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections. Anonymous
The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. Ashley Montagu
If you are happy with your present time, you will look at your past with happy eyes even if you have had a sad past! Mehmet Murat
True happiness is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. Helen Keller
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will. Epictetus
We are constituted so that simple acts of kindness, such as giving to charity or expressing gratitude, have a positive effect on our long-term moods. The key to the happy life, it seems, is the good life: a life with sustained relationships, challenging work, and connections to community. Paul Bloom
Be helpful. When you see a person without a smile, give them yours. Zig Ziglar
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
To be kind to all, to like many and love a few, to be needed and wanted by those we love, is certainly the nearest we can come to happiness. Mary Stuart
Dance. Smile. Giggle. Marvel. Trust. Hope. Love. Wish. Believe. Most of all, enjoy every moment of the journey, and appreciate where you are at this moment instead of always focusing on how far you have to go. Mandy Hale
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain
Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead. Scottish Proverb
We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest. Horace
We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. Frederick Keonig
If you are not happy with your life, it is most probably because you have eagle eyes to see the negative parts of your life and almost blind to the beautiful side! Mehmet Murat
Happiness is the art of never holding in your mind the memory of any unpleasant thing that has passed. Gautama Buddha
Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive. Howard Thurman
An enlightened person strives to live a meaningful life, defined by their personal humility, joy, passion, and profound reverence for life. Kilroy J. Oldster
The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be. Marcel Pagnol
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. Dalai Lama
A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live. Bertrand Russell
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. Gautama Buddha
If you want to be happy, be. Leo Tolstoy
Happiness is never stopping to think if you are. Palmer Sondreal
Don't put the key to happiness in someone else's pocket. Unkown
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be. Abraham Lincoln
A life without suffering is a life without happiness. Dr T.P.Chia
Negative emotions like loneliness, envy, and guilt have an important role to play in a happy life; they're big, flashing signs that something needs to change. Gretchen Rubin
He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life. William Law
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. Oscar Wilde
Life's short, don't waste it being sad. Be who you are, be happy, be free. Be whatever you want to be. Unkown
Be happy with what you have. Be excited about what you want. Alan Cohen
How much you enjoy your life is more important than how much you have in life. Dr T.P.Chia
Even if we can't be happy, we must always be cheerful. Irving Cristol
The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. William Blake
The secret of being happy is accepting where you are in life and making the most out of everyday. Unkown
I've come to realize that just making yourself happy is the most important. Never be ashamed of what you feel. You have the right to feel any emotion that you want and do what makes you happy. Demi Lovato
The most important thing is to enjoy your life, to be happy, it's all that matters. Audrey Hepburn
Single or married, you are responsible for your own personal happiness. Kathy McClary
When you work too much, you are boring - that is possible. But to have a happy life, if you can do several things in the correct way, that is perfect. Diego Della Valle
Very little is needed to make a happy life, he said. Louise Erdrich
We must let go of the life we had planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us. Joseph Campbell
A solid sense of self will help a person to lead a full and happy life. Kimberly Elise
He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe. Marcus Aurelius
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about. Dale Carnegie
Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling. Margaret Lee Runbeck
Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness. Frank Tyger
No medicine cures what happiness cannot. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: Someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for. Tom Bodett
Happiness is a warm puppy. Charles M. Schulz
There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons Stephen Chbosky
Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination. Mark Twain
You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness. Jonathan Safran Foer
It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace. Chuck Palahniuk
If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present. Roy T. Bennett
Happiness is a state of mind. It's just according to the way you look at things. Walt Disney
Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. Anne Frank
Happy wife, happy life. Adam F. Goldberg
The key to a happy life is to accept you are never actually in control. Rick Jaffa
You realize the happy life you have is because we made a big deal about things. David Kohan
The secret of a happy life is to know when to stop - and then go that bit further. Julian Mitchell
Where there is life, there is hope. Patty Jenkins
I carved this necklace for your grandmother when we got engaged. I thought we would have a long, happy life together. I loved her. Michael Dante DiMartino
If we learn our lessons properly when young, we can expect a calm and happy life when faced with the distractions of the world. Sofia Coppola
She very much wanted you to have a happy life. Your mother didn't have a lot of happiness in her childhood. She wanted that for you. Ron Koslow
The happy life be these; The quiet mind. The equal friend. No grudge nor strife. Wisdom joined with simplicity. The night, discharged of all care. Michael Hirst
Could we raise our glasses? And wish Mike and Kim every happiness! For a long and happy life together filled with happiness! Well I guess that's it! Ronald Bass
All religions carry same message. Message of love, compassion, forgiveness, tolerance, contentment, self-discipline. I think we need these qualities, irrespective of whether we are believer or non-believer, because these are the source of a happy life. Werner Herzog
When I was a kid, I knew the secret to a happy life. Play by the rules, work hard in school. And if you work hard in school, then your reward is... more school. And after more school, then you're given the best life has to offer. A job, and money, and a future. Jieho Lee
I haven't had a happy life. Bad breaks and... bad choices. A life of almosts and could-haves. Some would call it sad, but I don't. 'Cause the two best things in my life were the person in the very beginning, and the person at the very end. That's a pretty good thing to be. Dan Fogelman
No one can promise you a good, happy life. You've got to 'work' for it. David J. Corbett
The key to a happy life is to accept your place in it. Jonathan Nolan
Happy life has more to do with what's inside you than with who's traveling beside you. Mandy Hale
You, alone, are already all the things you could ever hope to be: confident, happy, free, spirited, ambitious, determined, independent, strong, and most of all, brave. Mandy Hale
It doesn't mean you're ready to sign a lifetime oath of singleness, or that you've given up the hope of finding your Happy Ending. Mandy Hale
No model, actress, or Miss America contender can outshine a happy, confident, secure woman. Mandy Hale
Be happy with who you are, but never stop aiming higher, trying harder, reaching further. Mandy Hale
Happy people are 'positive evidence collectors' constantly looking for awesome things, people, and events to put into a mental folder labeled 'Proof Life is Awesome. Karen Salmansohn
Don't change yourself, ever just to make someone happy. Unless that someone is you. Karen Salmansohn
Don't waste your energy on hate and resentment; invest in love and contentment. Karen Salmansohn
Happy people fill up their mental folders with lots of happy evidence that life is indeed awesome. Karen Salmansohn
It's amazing how powerful changing your belief system about the world can be. When you change the way you look at the world, you change what you notice and create for yourself. Karen Salmansohn
Those who give up the things they love doing and do well lose their purpose in life. Héctor García
It's so important to keep doing things of value, making progress, bringing beauty or utility to others, helping out, and shaping the world around you, even after your 'official' professional activity has ended. Héctor García
Less is more when it comes to eating for long life, too. According to the 80 percent rule, in order to stay healthier longer, we should eat a little less than our hunger demands instead of stuffing ourselves. Héctor García
Friends are the best medicine, there for confiding worries over a good chat, sharing stories that brighten your day, getting advice, having fun, dreaming. In other words, living. Héctor García
The body you move through life in needs a bit of daily maintenance to keep it running for a long time. Plus, exercise releases hormones that make us feel happy. Héctor García
The quest for a happy and meaningful life makes one thing clear; it not east to accomplish and each moment of happiness seems a fleeting experience. Wassili Zafiris
There are days it seems as if the whole world is trying to teach us something about happiness and being happy. Wassili Zafiris
On the one hand, our striving after happiness seems a survival mechanism, on the other hand, a slick advertising ploy to ensure that we keep the economy going. Wassili Zafiris
We live in a happiness culture, everything around us is aimed at happiness. Wassili Zafiris
Happiness is like the gold of life. Everybody wishes for it and once you have it you think you can deal with the world. Wassili Zafiris
Always give with a happy heart--that's what makes it real. Deepak Chopra
Way to a happy life-believe that anything is possible. Deepak Chopra
Happiness surely is among the simplest of human emotions and the most spontaneous. David Malouf
I do not depend for my happiness upon what is happening to me. My life, my happiness, my joy and my experience are dependent of the things that are going on about me, and even of the things that may be happening to me. D. Martyn Llyod-Jones
The eleven secrets of a happy life aren't about splashy surface waves, but subsurface determinants of your whole way of being. Bill Giovannetti
We found habitually happy people have a very distinctive way of looking at the world that fuels their ever present joy and helps them from pain and distress. Michele Moore
Everyone wants to be happy and live an enjoyable, fulfilling life. Happiness is a universal human goal and desire. Michele Moore
Happiness is just like any other goal, you have to know what it is, how it works and what to odo to achieve it. Michele Moore
You can't become a happy person or build a happier life without a clear understanding of what happiness is, what it means to you and what steps you can take to be happier. Michele Moore
And when you accept what is, you find strangely enough, that all there is left is a feeling of peace, and then you feel happy despite your troubles! Barbara Berger
But it is our interpretations of these inner and outer events that makes us feel good or bad, happy or sad. Barbara Berger
Our unhappiness arises the minute we compare ourselves to other people or to what we think we should be doing and feeling at this particular moment. But if we stop comparing, what's left? Barbara Berger
The truth is you and I can lead happy lives regardless or our situation. Because when we drop our interpretation of events, we find that happiness is our nature. Barbara Berger
Everyone has bad days when happiness feels out of reach. And sure, you can't always control what happens, but you can control how you react to it. Julia Dellitt
Everyday is an opportunity to shift your mindset to a happier, more positive place. Julia Dellitt