Choosing Happiness Quotes

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude.

Denis Waitley

Love, Inspirational, Life

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I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.

Groucho Marx

Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

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Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.

Dale Carnegie

Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.95, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

Marcus Aurelius

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome), André Dacier, Thomas Gataker (1701). “The Emperor-Marcus Antonius: his conversation with himself. together with the preliminary discourse of the learned Gataker”

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It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

Charles Spurgeon

Positive, Happiness, Being Happy

Charles Spurgeon (2009). “Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon”, p.1417, Barbour Publishing

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Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Abraham Lincoln

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Quoted in Francis Carpenter, Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln (1866)

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Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

Dalai Lama

Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

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Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.

Kevyn Aucoin

Inspirational, Happiness, Morning

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Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

Dale Carnegie

Love, Inspirational, Funny

Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.102, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.

Thomas Jefferson

Life, Happiness, Work

Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes (2002). “Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts”, p.100, Rowman & Littlefield

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I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.

Groucho Marx

Happiness, Happy, Positive Thinking

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

Mahatma Gandhi

Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

"Humor, Play, & Laughter : Stress-proofing Life with Your Kids" by Joseph A. Michelli, (p. 88), 1998.

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Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned or worn.

Denis Waitley

Happy, Gratitude, Grateful

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They told me I didn't understand the assignment, I told them they didn't understand life.

John Lennon

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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Take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

Marcus Aurelius

Happiness, Care, Virtue

Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome), André Dacier, Thomas Gataker, Cebes (of Thebes.) (1708). “The Emperor Marcus Antoninus His Conversation with Himself: Together with the Preliminary Discourse of the Learned Gataker ; as Also the Emperor's Life”, p.193

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When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life.

John Lennon

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Inspirational, Happiness, Being Happy

Lucy Maud Montgomery (2016). “THE TALES OF AVONLEA - Complete Collection: 16 Novels & 27 Short Stories (Including Anne Shirley Series, Chronicles of Prince Edward Island, The Story Girl & Emily Starr Trilogy)”, p.36, e-artnow

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Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.

John Barrymore

Love, Inspirational, Life

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There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.

Nhat Hanh

Happiness, Buddhist, Inspiration

Thich Nhat Hanh (2011). “Your True Home: The Everyday Wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh: 365 days of practical, powerful teaching s from the beloved Zen teacher”, p.21, Shambhala Publications

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Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

Guillaume Apollinaire

Life, Positive, Happiness

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

Jim Rohn

Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Feb 02, 2015

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Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Helen Keller

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

Helen Keller (2000). “To Love this Life: Quotations”, p.25, American Foundation for the Blind

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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

Marcus Aurelius

Life, Happiness, Happy

Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome), André Dacier, Thomas Gataker, Cebes (of Thebes.) (1726). “The Emperor Marcus Antoninus: His Conversation with Himself. Together with the Preliminary Discourse of the Learned Gataker”, p.155

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Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Gautama Buddha

Happiness, Happy, Buddhist

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I think happiness is what makes you pretty.

Drew Barrymore

Happiness, Being Happy, Thinking

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