Quotes About Happiness

I don't really care about money. I find money boring and accounting boring, so I'm probably not going to ever make a lot of money.

I prefer true over happy now.

These are the little things that people should really appreciate, simple pleasures.

If you walk down the street and smile at someone, that will get passed on to the next person. That has the power to change someone's day.

I'm so lucky that I have a great relationship.

He was the luckiest man on earth, and he didn't know why.

Just like the waves that keep rolling onto the beach, happiness may recede sometimes, but then it comes back. It always comes back.

Why do we always wait for traditional special occasions to enjoy good things? Maybe we just need to create our own special occasions.

It was rather miraculous—how a trauma-free life could be so full of lightness and joy.

I may not have known what my future held, or how in the world I was going to navigate through it, but I did know one thing: I needed to return to the place where I had once been happy, where I had been a hopeful, optimistic person before the ground gave way under my feet.

It's no different from losing a loved one," he said. "You grieve, but then you have no choice but to go on living your life. You find a way to be happy again. It's not impossible. You just have to decide when you're ready to accept that they're gone.

Every night with good friends is a special occasion.

Of course I'm happy. Why wouldn't I be? My life is perfect. I have a job that I love, a beautiful home, a brilliant husband, and a son I'm incredibly proud of.

be happy at last. But maybe I wasn't meant to be happy. Or to be a mother. Maybe the universe was just teasing me, letting me float briefly up to the clouds to enjoy the view from there, only to slam me back down to earth and rub my face in the dirt.

decided I would never take contentment for granted again. I would make the most of it while it lasted.

set the iPod in the dock and gently shift my newborn baby boy in my arms so that his cheek rests on my shoulder. When the music starts to play, I dance slowly around the living room, rocking him to and fro. I feel such joy, I begin to wonder if I've died and gone to heaven.

I know it's a cliché," he said, "but life is short and death comes to us all. So what's the point of living, if we're not going to experience real joy? At least some of the time," he added. "I'm not saying we shouldn't grieve or ever be unhappy—that's part of living, too. But we can't forget the other side of it when times are bleak." "What other side?" I asked. "The beautiful side.

Perhaps there was hope for happiness as well, some day in the future. Perhaps I wouldn't always feel so disappointed.

Love is our greatest achievement. Don't ever forget that. Don't squander it. Seek it. Experience it. Savor it every day that you can,

From that day forward, I saw more beauty in the world than I had ever seen before. I cherished every moment, found joy in the tiniest pleasures, for I understood this amazing gift called life.

You should," he called after her, "because that's what life is. A series of moments. Nothing more. We must endeavor to enjoy every single one. Forget about the past and future. They have no place in the present.

In that moment, I believe with all my heart that everything is going to be okay for all of us. Just like the waves that keep rolling onto the beach, happiness may recede sometimes, but then it comes back. It always comes back.

to be seen as someone who deserves to be happy.

In this remarkable, complex world of ours, there are certain people who appear to lead charmed lives. They are blessed with natural beauty, have successful and fulfilling careers. They drive expensive cars, live in upscale neighborhoods, and are happily married to gorgeous and brilliant spouses.