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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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Men spend their lives in anticipations,—in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every other—it is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine; but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.
- Charles Caleb Colton
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My happiness comes from the kindness of those around me.
- Natsuki Takaya
Fruits Basket: The Complete Collection
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if it makes you happy, then why the hell are you so sad?
- Sheryl Crow
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When a chance for real happiness comes by, grab it with both hands and devour it. If it lasts five minutes or five lifetimes, it's still worth it.
- Malorie Blackman
Checkmate
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Common man's patience will bring him more happiness than common man's power.
- Amit Kalantri
Wealth of Words
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The boy was the sun in Coriane's sky. On hard days, he split the darkness. On good days, he lit the world. When Tibe went away to the front, for weeks at a time now that the war ran hot again, Cal kept her safe. Only a few months old and better than any shield in the kingdom.
- Victoria Aveyard
Queen Song
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REFLECTIONS OF TRUTH

Where you find Truth
Is where you find your reflection
And where you find your reflection
Is where you find love
And where you find love
Is where you find light
And where you find light
Is where you find faith
And where you find faith
Is where you find purpose
And where you find purpose
Is where you find happiness
And where you find happiness
Is where you find Truth
And when you find Truth
Truth will set you free.
- Suzy Kassem
Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
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One recipe for happiness is to have to sense of entitlement.' To this she added a star and noted at the bottom of the page: 'This is not a lesson I have ever been in a position to learn.
- Alan Bennett
The Uncommon Reader
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We choose ignorance because we can. We choose awareness because we can. Samsara and nirvana are simply different points of view based on the choices we make in how to examine and understand our experience. There’s nothing magical about nirvana and nothing bad or wrong about samsara. If you’re determined to think of yourself as limited, fearful, vulnerable, or scarred by past experience, know only that you have chosen to do so, and that the opportunity to experience yourself differently is always available.
- Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness
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The greatest love stories are not those in which love is only spoken, but those in which it is acted upon.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
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I'm so alive.

As I stand facing the beauty of the never-ending Pacific Ocean, a late afternoon breeze blows down from the hills behind. As always, it is a beautiful day. The sun is making its final descent. The magic is about to begin. The skies are ready to burn with brilliance, as it turns from a soft blue to a bright orange. Looking towards the West, I stare in awe at the hypnotic power of the waves. A giant curl begins to take form, then breaks with a thundering clap as it crashes on the shore.
- Dave Pelzer
A Child Called "It"
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It’s true that laughter really is cheap medicine. It’s a prescription anyone can afford. And best of all, you can fill it right now.
- Steve Goodier
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The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui’s joy. What a worthy man was Hui!”
(Analects 6.11)
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Whoever said happiness needs a plan?
- Robert Holden
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Stop trying to 'fix' yourself; you're NOT broken! You are perfectly imperfect and powerful beyond measure.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
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Everything is easier said than done. Wanting something is easy. Saying something is easy. The challenge and the reward are in the doing.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
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It's not my job to make you happy. It's your job to learn that only those who quit selfishly seeking their own happiness find it.
- Richelle E. Goodrich
Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
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Ladies, stress shows on your face. Happiness is the true beauty weapon."

As quoted in The Black Book of Hollywood Beauty Secrets ( Kym Douglas / Cindy Pearlman, 2006)
- Susan Sarandon
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If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
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She couldn't avoid being serious about things she cared for, and happiness made her grave at the thought of all the things which might destroy it.
- Graham Greene
A Gun for Sale
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Tatsuya: What you have "right now" won't necessarily continue on until forever...
Hiro: ... Yeah, I know.
- Ibuki Haneda (伊吹羽田)
Koizora (Love Sky), Volume 1
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Not for the first time I find our lives are a shadow, and I am not afraid to say that people who think they have everything figured out and are masters of logic - they are responsible for the greatest folly. No human being is happy. Strike it rich and you are luckier than your neighbor - but happy, never.
- Euripides
Medea
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I was happy, but happy is an adult word. You don't have to ask a child about happy, you see it. They are or they are not. Adults talk about being happy because largely they are not. Talking about it is the same as trying to catch the wind. Much easier to let it blow all over you. This is where I disagree with the philosophers. They talk about passionate things but there is no passion in them. Never talk happiness with a philosopher.
- Jeanette Winterson
The Passion
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Be happy. It's one way of being wise
- Sidonie-Gabrielle
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Men spend their lives in anticipations,—in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every other—it is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine; but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.
- Charles Caleb Colton
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My happiness comes from the kindness of those around me.
- Natsuki Takaya
Fruits Basket: The Complete Collection
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if it makes you happy, then why the hell are you so sad?
- Sheryl Crow
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When a chance for real happiness comes by, grab it with both hands and devour it. If it lasts five minutes or five lifetimes, it's still worth it.
- Malorie Blackman
Checkmate
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Common man's patience will bring him more happiness than common man's power.
- Amit Kalantri
Wealth of Words
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The boy was the sun in Coriane's sky. On hard days, he split the darkness. On good days, he lit the world. When Tibe went away to the front, for weeks at a time now that the war ran hot again, Cal kept her safe. Only a few months old and better than any shield in the kingdom.
- Victoria Aveyard
Queen Song
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
REFLECTIONS OF TRUTH

Where you find Truth
Is where you find your reflection
And where you find your reflection
Is where you find love
And where you find love
Is where you find light
And where you find light
Is where you find faith
And where you find faith
Is where you find purpose
And where you find purpose
Is where you find happiness
And where you find happiness
Is where you find Truth
And when you find Truth
Truth will set you free.
- Suzy Kassem
Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
One recipe for happiness is to have to sense of entitlement.' To this she added a star and noted at the bottom of the page: 'This is not a lesson I have ever been in a position to learn.
- Alan Bennett
The Uncommon Reader
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We choose ignorance because we can. We choose awareness because we can. Samsara and nirvana are simply different points of view based on the choices we make in how to examine and understand our experience. There’s nothing magical about nirvana and nothing bad or wrong about samsara. If you’re determined to think of yourself as limited, fearful, vulnerable, or scarred by past experience, know only that you have chosen to do so, and that the opportunity to experience yourself differently is always available.
- Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The greatest love stories are not those in which love is only spoken, but those in which it is acted upon.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I'm so alive.

As I stand facing the beauty of the never-ending Pacific Ocean, a late afternoon breeze blows down from the hills behind. As always, it is a beautiful day. The sun is making its final descent. The magic is about to begin. The skies are ready to burn with brilliance, as it turns from a soft blue to a bright orange. Looking towards the West, I stare in awe at the hypnotic power of the waves. A giant curl begins to take form, then breaks with a thundering clap as it crashes on the shore.
- Dave Pelzer
A Child Called "It"
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
It’s true that laughter really is cheap medicine. It’s a prescription anyone can afford. And best of all, you can fill it right now.
- Steve Goodier
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui’s joy. What a worthy man was Hui!”
(Analects 6.11)
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Whoever said happiness needs a plan?
- Robert Holden
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Stop trying to 'fix' yourself; you're NOT broken! You are perfectly imperfect and powerful beyond measure.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Everything is easier said than done. Wanting something is easy. Saying something is easy. The challenge and the reward are in the doing.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
It's not my job to make you happy. It's your job to learn that only those who quit selfishly seeking their own happiness find it.
- Richelle E. Goodrich
Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Ladies, stress shows on your face. Happiness is the true beauty weapon."

As quoted in The Black Book of Hollywood Beauty Secrets ( Kym Douglas / Cindy Pearlman, 2006)
- Susan Sarandon
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
She couldn't avoid being serious about things she cared for, and happiness made her grave at the thought of all the things which might destroy it.
- Graham Greene
A Gun for Sale
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Tatsuya: What you have "right now" won't necessarily continue on until forever...
Hiro: ... Yeah, I know.
- Ibuki Haneda (伊吹羽田)
Koizora (Love Sky), Volume 1
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Not for the first time I find our lives are a shadow, and I am not afraid to say that people who think they have everything figured out and are masters of logic - they are responsible for the greatest folly. No human being is happy. Strike it rich and you are luckier than your neighbor - but happy, never.
- Euripides
Medea
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I was happy, but happy is an adult word. You don't have to ask a child about happy, you see it. They are or they are not. Adults talk about being happy because largely they are not. Talking about it is the same as trying to catch the wind. Much easier to let it blow all over you. This is where I disagree with the philosophers. They talk about passionate things but there is no passion in them. Never talk happiness with a philosopher.
- Jeanette Winterson
The Passion
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Be happy. It's one way of being wise
- Sidonie-Gabrielle
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Men spend their lives in anticipations,—in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every other—it is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine; but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.
- Charles Caleb Colton
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
My happiness comes from the kindness of those around me.
- Natsuki Takaya
Fruits Basket: The Complete Collection
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
if it makes you happy, then why the hell are you so sad?
- Sheryl Crow
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
When a chance for real happiness comes by, grab it with both hands and devour it. If it lasts five minutes or five lifetimes, it's still worth it.
- Malorie Blackman
Checkmate
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Common man's patience will bring him more happiness than common man's power.
- Amit Kalantri
Wealth of Words
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The boy was the sun in Coriane's sky. On hard days, he split the darkness. On good days, he lit the world. When Tibe went away to the front, for weeks at a time now that the war ran hot again, Cal kept her safe. Only a few months old and better than any shield in the kingdom.
- Victoria Aveyard
Queen Song
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
REFLECTIONS OF TRUTH

Where you find Truth
Is where you find your reflection
And where you find your reflection
Is where you find love
And where you find love
Is where you find light
And where you find light
Is where you find faith
And where you find faith
Is where you find purpose
And where you find purpose
Is where you find happiness
And where you find happiness
Is where you find Truth
And when you find Truth
Truth will set you free.
- Suzy Kassem
Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
One recipe for happiness is to have to sense of entitlement.' To this she added a star and noted at the bottom of the page: 'This is not a lesson I have ever been in a position to learn.
- Alan Bennett
The Uncommon Reader
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We choose ignorance because we can. We choose awareness because we can. Samsara and nirvana are simply different points of view based on the choices we make in how to examine and understand our experience. There’s nothing magical about nirvana and nothing bad or wrong about samsara. If you’re determined to think of yourself as limited, fearful, vulnerable, or scarred by past experience, know only that you have chosen to do so, and that the opportunity to experience yourself differently is always available.
- Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The greatest love stories are not those in which love is only spoken, but those in which it is acted upon.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I'm so alive.

As I stand facing the beauty of the never-ending Pacific Ocean, a late afternoon breeze blows down from the hills behind. As always, it is a beautiful day. The sun is making its final descent. The magic is about to begin. The skies are ready to burn with brilliance, as it turns from a soft blue to a bright orange. Looking towards the West, I stare in awe at the hypnotic power of the waves. A giant curl begins to take form, then breaks with a thundering clap as it crashes on the shore.
- Dave Pelzer
A Child Called "It"
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
It’s true that laughter really is cheap medicine. It’s a prescription anyone can afford. And best of all, you can fill it right now.
- Steve Goodier
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui’s joy. What a worthy man was Hui!”
(Analects 6.11)
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Whoever said happiness needs a plan?
- Robert Holden
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Stop trying to 'fix' yourself; you're NOT broken! You are perfectly imperfect and powerful beyond measure.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Everything is easier said than done. Wanting something is easy. Saying something is easy. The challenge and the reward are in the doing.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
It's not my job to make you happy. It's your job to learn that only those who quit selfishly seeking their own happiness find it.
- Richelle E. Goodrich
Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Ladies, stress shows on your face. Happiness is the true beauty weapon."

As quoted in The Black Book of Hollywood Beauty Secrets ( Kym Douglas / Cindy Pearlman, 2006)
- Susan Sarandon
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
She couldn't avoid being serious about things she cared for, and happiness made her grave at the thought of all the things which might destroy it.
- Graham Greene
A Gun for Sale
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Tatsuya: What you have "right now" won't necessarily continue on until forever...
Hiro: ... Yeah, I know.
- Ibuki Haneda (伊吹羽田)
Koizora (Love Sky), Volume 1
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Not for the first time I find our lives are a shadow, and I am not afraid to say that people who think they have everything figured out and are masters of logic - they are responsible for the greatest folly. No human being is happy. Strike it rich and you are luckier than your neighbor - but happy, never.
- Euripides
Medea
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I was happy, but happy is an adult word. You don't have to ask a child about happy, you see it. They are or they are not. Adults talk about being happy because largely they are not. Talking about it is the same as trying to catch the wind. Much easier to let it blow all over you. This is where I disagree with the philosophers. They talk about passionate things but there is no passion in them. Never talk happiness with a philosopher.
- Jeanette Winterson
The Passion
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Be happy. It's one way of being wise
- Sidonie-Gabrielle
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
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