Happiness Quotes

Grace Jee on November 30th, 2009

“It is not by accident that the happiest people are those who make a conscious effort to live useful lives. Their happiness, of course, is not a shallow exhilaration where life is one continuous intoxicating party. Rather, their happiness is a deep sense of inner peace that comes when they believe their lives have meaning and that they are making a difference for good in the world.”
- Ernest A. Fitzgerald

“I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.”
- Martha Washington

“Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.”
- Franklin Roosevelt

“The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.”
- James M. Barrie

“Be happy while you’re living, for you’re a long time dead.” – Scottish Proverb

“We must dare to be happy, and dare to confess it, regarding ourselves always as the depositories, not as the authors of our own joy.”
- Henri Frédéric Amiel

“Happiness, it is said, is seldom found by those who seek it, and never by those who seek it for themselves.”
- F. Emerson Andrews

“Be helpful. When you see a person without a smile, give him yours.” - Zig Ziglar