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Happiness is a feeling we all recognize, yet define in our own unique ways. The quotes that follow explore happiness as a choice, a journey, and a series of small moments that shape our lives. Together, they invite us to reflect on what truly brings joy and how we can nurture it every day.   ◀ Back
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I wanted to hold happiness in reserve, like a bottle of champagne. I postponed it because I was afraid, because I overvalued it, and then I didn't want to use it up, because what do you wish for then?
- Curtis Sittenfeld
The Man of My Dreams
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
XXX
NOT YET RATING ▼
If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
Topic: Happiness, Philosophical
I've never been afraid of them. Not once. Because I had you.
- Nicholas Sparks
The Best of Me
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
And all the best words together couldn't hold the happiness.
- Katherine Hannigan
Emmaline and the Bunny
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
There were times when I lifted my face to the sky, stretched my arms wide to the winter night, and laughed out loud, so happy was I.

The memory of it makes me laugh now, but not from happiness.

Be careful what you show the world.

You never know when the wolf is watching.
- Jennifer Donnelly
Revolution
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
I am ashamed of the race of beings to which I belong. It is so cruel and bigoted, so hypocritical, so soulless and insane. I would rather be an insect ... a bee or a butterfly ... and float in dim dreams among the wild-flowers of summer than be a man and feel the horrible and ghastly wrongs and sufferings of this wretched world.
- J. Howard Moore
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Happiness was still on the other side of a glass door, but at least she could see it through the glass, like a prisoner being visited by a longed-for loved one.
- Jeanette Winterson
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
I wish I had never been born," she said. "What are we born for?" "For infinite happiness," said the Spirit. "You can step out into it at any moment...
- C.S. Lewis
The Great Divorce
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Most of our suffering comes from resisting what is already here, particularly our feelings. All any feeling wants is to be welcomed, touched, allowed. It wants attention. It wants kindness. If you treated your feelings with as much love as you treated your dog or your cat or your child, you'd feel as if you were living in heaven every day of your sweet life.
- Geneen Roth
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
You need to figure out what you want, Josh. If that means you need to swim against the tide to get it, at least youre aiming for something that could make you very happy.
- Jay Asher
The Future of Us
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Happiness is not a shame but an opportunity. Learning to enjoy life to the core without hindrance, suspicion, or culpability allows us to live in peace with ourselves and the world. ("When is Happiness?" - "C’est quand le bonheur ?")
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
If you're not getting happier as you get older, then you're fuckin' up
- Ani DiFranco
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
The best way to insure you achieve the greatest satisfaction out of life is to behave intentionally.
- Deborah Day
BE HAPPY NOW!
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
You would not be here TODAY if YESTERDAY was your defining moment. LIVE THIS DAY and move towards your dreams.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness, Motivational, Success
I felt I could turn the earth upside down with my littlest finger. I wanted to dance, to fly in the air and kiss the sun and stars with my singing heart. I, alone with myself, was enjoying myself for the first time as with grandest company.
- Anzia Yezierska
Bread Givers
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness, Hope
True happiness is when the love that is within us finds expression in external activities.
- Mata Amritanandamayi
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
We thought everything would be
forgotten, but I still remember your
claws running down my back.

I wonder if you still think about us,
the way I do.

How our legs would crash
into each other in the middle
of the night, and how we ended
up creating the moon in the
confines of our beds.
- Zaeema J. Hussain
The Sky Is Purple
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
You must never forget that greatness does not guarantee happiness but goodness always does
- Sri Chinmoy
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Unhappiness is caused when we cannot let go of our memories.
- Jed Rubenfeld
The Interpretation of Murder
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
I wouldn’t listen. I wanted everything to stay as it was. I was more afraid of the truth than the lie. The truth would change the circumstances of my life. The lie was static. The lie was peaceful. I was happy with the lie.
- Liz Moore
Long Bright River
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
The midsummer sun shines but dim, The fields strive in vain to look gay; But when I am happy in Him December's as pleasant as May.
- John Newton
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
XXX
NOT YET RATING ▼
If I am destined to be happy with you here—how short is the longest Life—I wish to believe in immortality—I wish to live with you for ever.
- John Keats
Letters of John Keats
Topic: Happiness
I am in an altogether new world now. I can think of nothing more wonderful. It is a real touch of all that heaven means.
- Laura Hillenbrand
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
A lifetime of lonely regret or happiness with some pain along the way.
- Melissa Nathan
Persuading Annie: A Witty and Heartwarming Romantic Comedy About Second Chances and Holiday Magic
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
I wanted to hold happiness in reserve, like a bottle of champagne. I postponed it because I was afraid, because I overvalued it, and then I didn't want to use it up, because what do you wish for then?
- Curtis Sittenfeld
The Man of My Dreams
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
XXX
NOT YET RATING ▼
If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
Topic: Happiness, Philosophical
I've never been afraid of them. Not once. Because I had you.
- Nicholas Sparks
The Best of Me
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
And all the best words together couldn't hold the happiness.
- Katherine Hannigan
Emmaline and the Bunny
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
There were times when I lifted my face to the sky, stretched my arms wide to the winter night, and laughed out loud, so happy was I.

The memory of it makes me laugh now, but not from happiness.

Be careful what you show the world.

You never know when the wolf is watching.
- Jennifer Donnelly
Revolution
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
I am ashamed of the race of beings to which I belong. It is so cruel and bigoted, so hypocritical, so soulless and insane. I would rather be an insect ... a bee or a butterfly ... and float in dim dreams among the wild-flowers of summer than be a man and feel the horrible and ghastly wrongs and sufferings of this wretched world.
- J. Howard Moore
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Happiness was still on the other side of a glass door, but at least she could see it through the glass, like a prisoner being visited by a longed-for loved one.
- Jeanette Winterson
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
I wish I had never been born," she said. "What are we born for?" "For infinite happiness," said the Spirit. "You can step out into it at any moment...
- C.S. Lewis
The Great Divorce
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Most of our suffering comes from resisting what is already here, particularly our feelings. All any feeling wants is to be welcomed, touched, allowed. It wants attention. It wants kindness. If you treated your feelings with as much love as you treated your dog or your cat or your child, you'd feel as if you were living in heaven every day of your sweet life.
- Geneen Roth
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
You need to figure out what you want, Josh. If that means you need to swim against the tide to get it, at least youre aiming for something that could make you very happy.
- Jay Asher
The Future of Us
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Happiness is not a shame but an opportunity. Learning to enjoy life to the core without hindrance, suspicion, or culpability allows us to live in peace with ourselves and the world. ("When is Happiness?" - "C’est quand le bonheur ?")
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
If you're not getting happier as you get older, then you're fuckin' up
- Ani DiFranco
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
The best way to insure you achieve the greatest satisfaction out of life is to behave intentionally.
- Deborah Day
BE HAPPY NOW!
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
You would not be here TODAY if YESTERDAY was your defining moment. LIVE THIS DAY and move towards your dreams.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness, Motivational, Success
I felt I could turn the earth upside down with my littlest finger. I wanted to dance, to fly in the air and kiss the sun and stars with my singing heart. I, alone with myself, was enjoying myself for the first time as with grandest company.
- Anzia Yezierska
Bread Givers
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness, Hope
True happiness is when the love that is within us finds expression in external activities.
- Mata Amritanandamayi
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
We thought everything would be
forgotten, but I still remember your
claws running down my back.

I wonder if you still think about us,
the way I do.

How our legs would crash
into each other in the middle
of the night, and how we ended
up creating the moon in the
confines of our beds.
- Zaeema J. Hussain
The Sky Is Purple
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
You must never forget that greatness does not guarantee happiness but goodness always does
- Sri Chinmoy
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Unhappiness is caused when we cannot let go of our memories.
- Jed Rubenfeld
The Interpretation of Murder
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
I wouldn’t listen. I wanted everything to stay as it was. I was more afraid of the truth than the lie. The truth would change the circumstances of my life. The lie was static. The lie was peaceful. I was happy with the lie.
- Liz Moore
Long Bright River
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
The midsummer sun shines but dim, The fields strive in vain to look gay; But when I am happy in Him December's as pleasant as May.
- John Newton
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
XXX
NOT YET RATING ▼
If I am destined to be happy with you here—how short is the longest Life—I wish to believe in immortality—I wish to live with you for ever.
- John Keats
Letters of John Keats
Topic: Happiness
I am in an altogether new world now. I can think of nothing more wonderful. It is a real touch of all that heaven means.
- Laura Hillenbrand
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
A lifetime of lonely regret or happiness with some pain along the way.
- Melissa Nathan
Persuading Annie: A Witty and Heartwarming Romantic Comedy About Second Chances and Holiday Magic
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
I wanted to hold happiness in reserve, like a bottle of champagne. I postponed it because I was afraid, because I overvalued it, and then I didn't want to use it up, because what do you wish for then?
- Curtis Sittenfeld
The Man of My Dreams
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
XXX
NOT YET RATING ▼
If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.
Topic: Happiness, Philosophical
I've never been afraid of them. Not once. Because I had you.
- Nicholas Sparks
The Best of Me
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
And all the best words together couldn't hold the happiness.
- Katherine Hannigan
Emmaline and the Bunny
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
There were times when I lifted my face to the sky, stretched my arms wide to the winter night, and laughed out loud, so happy was I.

The memory of it makes me laugh now, but not from happiness.

Be careful what you show the world.

You never know when the wolf is watching.
- Jennifer Donnelly
Revolution
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
I am ashamed of the race of beings to which I belong. It is so cruel and bigoted, so hypocritical, so soulless and insane. I would rather be an insect ... a bee or a butterfly ... and float in dim dreams among the wild-flowers of summer than be a man and feel the horrible and ghastly wrongs and sufferings of this wretched world.
- J. Howard Moore
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Happiness was still on the other side of a glass door, but at least she could see it through the glass, like a prisoner being visited by a longed-for loved one.
- Jeanette Winterson
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
I wish I had never been born," she said. "What are we born for?" "For infinite happiness," said the Spirit. "You can step out into it at any moment...
- C.S. Lewis
The Great Divorce
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Most of our suffering comes from resisting what is already here, particularly our feelings. All any feeling wants is to be welcomed, touched, allowed. It wants attention. It wants kindness. If you treated your feelings with as much love as you treated your dog or your cat or your child, you'd feel as if you were living in heaven every day of your sweet life.
- Geneen Roth
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
You need to figure out what you want, Josh. If that means you need to swim against the tide to get it, at least youre aiming for something that could make you very happy.
- Jay Asher
The Future of Us
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Happiness is not a shame but an opportunity. Learning to enjoy life to the core without hindrance, suspicion, or culpability allows us to live in peace with ourselves and the world. ("When is Happiness?" - "C’est quand le bonheur ?")
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
If you're not getting happier as you get older, then you're fuckin' up
- Ani DiFranco
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
The best way to insure you achieve the greatest satisfaction out of life is to behave intentionally.
- Deborah Day
BE HAPPY NOW!
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
You would not be here TODAY if YESTERDAY was your defining moment. LIVE THIS DAY and move towards your dreams.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness, Motivational, Success
I felt I could turn the earth upside down with my littlest finger. I wanted to dance, to fly in the air and kiss the sun and stars with my singing heart. I, alone with myself, was enjoying myself for the first time as with grandest company.
- Anzia Yezierska
Bread Givers
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness, Hope
True happiness is when the love that is within us finds expression in external activities.
- Mata Amritanandamayi
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
We thought everything would be
forgotten, but I still remember your
claws running down my back.

I wonder if you still think about us,
the way I do.

How our legs would crash
into each other in the middle
of the night, and how we ended
up creating the moon in the
confines of our beds.
- Zaeema J. Hussain
The Sky Is Purple
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
You must never forget that greatness does not guarantee happiness but goodness always does
- Sri Chinmoy
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
Unhappiness is caused when we cannot let go of our memories.
- Jed Rubenfeld
The Interpretation of Murder
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
I wouldn’t listen. I wanted everything to stay as it was. I was more afraid of the truth than the lie. The truth would change the circumstances of my life. The lie was static. The lie was peaceful. I was happy with the lie.
- Liz Moore
Long Bright River
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
The midsummer sun shines but dim, The fields strive in vain to look gay; But when I am happy in Him December's as pleasant as May.
- John Newton
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
XXX
NOT YET RATING ▼
If I am destined to be happy with you here—how short is the longest Life—I wish to believe in immortality—I wish to live with you for ever.
- John Keats
Letters of John Keats
Topic: Happiness
I am in an altogether new world now. I can think of nothing more wonderful. It is a real touch of all that heaven means.
- Laura Hillenbrand
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
A lifetime of lonely regret or happiness with some pain along the way.
- Melissa Nathan
Persuading Annie: A Witty and Heartwarming Romantic Comedy About Second Chances and Holiday Magic
NOT YET RATING ▼
Topic: Happiness
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