Quotes about Happiness
It seems like a lot of people seek their peace in things. And most of us are not even satisfied with the things we have... we always want more.
— Joyce Meyer
Be happy in your own skin.
— Octavia Spencer
People think that being rich is all about having money. But the times I've had the most money is when I've been unhappiest.
— Phil Taylor
No matter what people are doing, they are much less happy when their minds are wandering than when their minds are focused
— Jon Kabat-Zinn
We imagine that one or two big things will have a profound effect [on our happiness]. But it looks like happiness is the sum of hundreds of small things….The small stuff matters.
— Jon Kabat-Zinn
You westerners are the ones we can't understand. God has given you so much, you have been so blessed…why are so many people in your country so unhappy?
— Joni Eareckson Tada
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
— Joseph Addison
The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover
— Joseph Addison
True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise; it arises, in the first place, in the enjoyment of one's self, and, in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
— Joseph Addison
The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.
— Joseph Addison
Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.
— Joseph Campbell
Follow your bliss.
— Joseph Campbell