Quotes about Joy and Happiness

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

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

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. – Steve Jobs

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

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. – Albert Schweitzer

The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness. – William Saroyan

Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does. – James Matthew Barrie

Happiness is not a goal…it’s a by-product of a life well lived. – Eleanor Roosevelt

The greatest joy in life is to be able to make others happy. – P.T. Barnum

Happiness is not the absence of problems, it’s the ability to deal with them. – Steve Maraboli

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

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others. – Albert Camus

Quotes about Joy and Happiness part 2

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

The more you give, the more you receive. The more you celebrate your life, the more there is to celebrate. – Unknown

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. – William Morris

Happiness consists in being and in doing, not just in having. – William James

The joy of life consists in the exercise of one’s energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. – Muriel Strode

Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. – Dr. Seuss

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

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

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. – Mark Twain

Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities. – Aldous Huxley

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times. – Aeschylus

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

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

The best way to spread happiness is to be happy yourself. – Robert Ingersoll

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

Happiness is not a destination, it’s a journey. – Unknown

The more we express our gratitude, the more we have to be grateful for. – Zig Ziglar

True happiness is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. – Helen Keller

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. – Thich Nhat Hanh

The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. – Ashley Montagu

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. – Allan K. Chalmers

Happiness is not in the mere possession of material wealth; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. – Marcus Aurelius

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

All happiness depends on courage and work. – Honoré de Balzac

The purpose of our lives is to be happy. – Dalai Lama

Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful. – Hazrat Inayat Khan

Happiness is not a goal… it’s a by-product of a life well lived. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day. – Henri J.M. Nouwen

The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness. – William Saroyan

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

If you want to be happy, be. – Leo Tolstoy