40 Best Quotes About Happiness to Help You Feel Great
Let these cheerful sayings about life and love brighten your day.
Happiness oftentimes feels fleeting. Our moments of bliss are just that, moments. After all, there are so many times in the day when we're not having positive feelings (when you’re stressed at work or enduring a chaotic commute). But there are still little things you can do to remind yourself of all the good times, and infuse your day with a tiny spark of joy, even if you're feeling super stressed or blue. These quotes about happiness are a great start.
Whether you’re in need of a little pick-me-up or are hoping to sprinkle some extra cheer onto an already delightful day, take the time to read through our round up of happy quotes. We have included short sayings about all that's good in life, cute expressions that will encourage the practice of self-love (and even some that can be used as affirmations) and, of course, a few fun sayings that you can easily share with a photo on Instagram. The choice is yours.
Now, we encourage you to o on and spread that happiness. If you need an extra boost, check out our 14-Day Happiness Challenge.
Denis Waitley
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude
Oscar Wilde
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
Beyoncé
Be healthy and take care of yourself, but be happy with the beautiful things that make you, you.
Abraham Lincoln
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
Oprah Winfrey
The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.
Mary Lou Retton
Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.
Helen Keller
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.
Epictetus
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
Steve Marabol
Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.
William Ralph Inge
The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.
Carrie Underwood
Every day is a new day.
Bob Ross
Beauty is everywhere. You only have to look to see it.
Jon Kabat Zinn
You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to swim.
Eckhart Tolle
Life is the dancer and you are the dance.
John Lennon
Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.
Julia Alvarez
The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.
Gabriel García Márquez
No medicine cures what happiness cannot.
Unknown
When you love what you have, you have everything you need.
Maya Angelou
If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.
Cameron (she/her) is a staff writer for Good Housekeeping, where she covers everything from holidays to food. She is a graduate of Syracuse University, where she received a B.A. in magazine journalism. In her spare-time she can be found scrolling TikTok for the latest cleaning hacks and restaurant openings, binge-watching seasons of Project Runway or online shopping.
Yaa Bofah is an editorial fellow at Good Housekeeping. She is a freelance illustrator and created original cover art for The Fashion Bomb Daily’s first e-book series. She enjoys supporting philanthropic endeavors and being an advocate for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
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