Quotes About Happiness

Gladly accept the gifts of the present hour.

He possesses dominion over himself, and is happy, who can every day say, "I have lived." Tomorrow the heavenly Father may either involve the world in dark clouds, or cheer it with clear sunshine; he will not, however, render ineffectual the things which have already taken place.

Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.

That man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life.

It is only possible to live happily-ever-after on a day-to-day basis.

Happiness is to be found along the way, not at the end of the road, for then the journey is over and it is too late. Today, this hour, this minute is the day, the hour, the minute for each of us to sense the fact that life is good, with all of its trials and troubles, and perhaps more interesting because of them.

Let us savour the swift delights of the most beautiful of our days!

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just to enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.

Those who face that which is actually before them, unburdened by the past, undistracted by the future, these are they who live, who make the best use of their lives; these are those who have found the secret of contentment.

If you observe a really happy man, you will find ... that he is happy in tiie course of living life twenty-four crowded hours each day.

One day of pleasure is worth two of sorrow.

Present joys are more to flesh and blood Than the dull prospect of a distant good.

The most thoroughly wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed.

If someone said, "Write a sentence about your life," I'd write, "I want to go outside and play."

Life is about enjoying yourself and having a good time.

Put a little fun into your life. Try dancing.

Take time every day to do something silly.

Time is a flowing river. Happy those who allow themselves to be carried, unresisting, with the current. They float through easy days. They live, unquestioning, in the moment.

No one is content with his own lot.

He who would be happy should stay at home.

He who leaves his house in search of happiness pursues a shadow.

He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.

Happiness grows at our firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens.

If solid happiness we prize, within our breast this jewel lies, And they are fools who roam; the world has nothing to bestow, From our own selves our bliss must flow, And that dear hut-our home.