True Happiness Quotes - Page 4

• There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them.

  Anthony de Mello

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  Anthony De Mello (2011). “The Way to Love: Meditations for Life”, p.4, Image

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• Don't be content in your life just to do no wrong, be prepared every day to try and do some good.

  Nicholas Winton

  Life, Happiness, Happy

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  Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Birthday, Happiness

  Mother Teresa (1995). “A Simple Path-Open Market”

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• You can't say you're happy either. You don't even smile for me.

  Drake

  Relationship, Happiness, Smile

  Song: Lets Call It Off, Album: So Far Gone, 2009

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• A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

  Hugh Downs

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Find joy in the ordinary.

  Max Lucado

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

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• Happiness is a form of courage.

  Holbrook Jackson

  Motivational, Happiness, Happy

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• Best things in life aren't things.

  Mike Ness

  Inspirational, Family, Happiness

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• I have a religion-but you will call it blasphemy. It is that there is a God for the rich man but none for the poor.....Perhaps your religion will sustain you,will feed you-I place no dependence in mine. Our religions are alike, though, in one respect-neither can make a man happy when he is out of luck.

  Mark Twain

  Happiness, Happy, God

  Mark Twain (2016). “The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain”, p.182, Chartwell

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• As long as we continue to think we will be happy in the future, we will never be happy in the moment, and that is the same as saying that we will never be happy. If we think that our lives will be better when we get that better job or retire, stay or go, gain or lose weight, or when our children grow and leave or come back, we are putting off the happiness that there is in today.

  Aminu Kano

  Inspirational, Life, Strength

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  Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Life, Happiness, Happy

  Ernest Hemingway (2014). “Garden of Eden”, p.95, Simon and Schuster

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• Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.

  William E. Gladstone

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

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• They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.

  Tom Bodett

  Love, Happiness, Happy

  Tom Bodett (1985). “As Far As You Can Go Without a Passport: The View from the End of the Road : Comments and Comic Pieces”, Perseus Books

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• Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspiring, Happiness, Happy

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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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• Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

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• Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them. You will want to change them when you realize that each thought creates according to its own nature. Remember that the law works at all times and that you are always demonstrating according to the kind of thoughts you habitually entertain. Therefore, start now to think only those thoughts that will bring you health and happiness.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Inspirational, Change, Happiness

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• The answer lies within ourselves. If we can't find peace and happiness there, it's not going to come from the outside.

  Tenzin Palmo

  Happiness, Happy, Spiritual

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• The less you want, the richer you are. The more you need in order to be happy, the more miserable you’ll be.

  Yanni

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  Yanni, David Rensin (2003). “Yanni in Words”, Miramax Books

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• Dear young people, don't be afraid to marry. A faithful and fruitful marriage will bring you happiness.

  Pope Francis

  Relationship, Happiness, Happy

  Pope Francis “The Blessing of Family: Inspiring Words from Pope Francis”, Franciscan Media

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• There is no true healing unless there is a change in outlook,
  peace of mind and inner happiness

  Edward Bach

  Inspirational, Change, Happiness

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• Imagine craving absolutely nothing from the world. Imagine cutting the invisible strings that so painfully bind us: what would that be like? Imagine the freedoms that come from the ability to enjoy things without having to acquire them, own them, possess them. Try to envision a relationship based on acceptance and genuine care rather than expectation. Imagine feeling completely satisfied and content with your life just as it is. Who wouldn't want this? This is the enjoyment of non-attachment.

  Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

  Inspirational, Life, Relationship

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• Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  Thomas Jefferson (2004). “Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness”, p.10, Modern Library

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• The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.

  Ashley Montagu

  Happiness, Happy, Being Happy

  Ashley Montagu (1967). “The American Way of Life”

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  I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.

  Martha Washington

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

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