Quotes About Happiness

Would you rather be right, or would you rather be happy?

Joy doesn't exist out in the world somewhere. Joy is an inside job.

When you have a dream and are committed to achieving it, your life takes on new meaning. By unfolding a dream, you discover what makes you happy and brings you joy.

The way to create more joy in your life is by having an attitude of abundance.

Because there's a big difference between happiness and joy. Happiness is external and can change when your circumstances change. If you believe that money will make you happy, for instance, and then you lose all your money, you'll be very unhappy. But joy is deep inside us and isn't dependent on circumstances.

Joy explodes throughout the book of Psalms like fireworks, and is the most potent anti-missile defense system there is.

Happiness is something that comes from our own hearts, not from other people.

People say you shouldn't marry for looks but I disagree: if I tot up all the pleasure I got from looking at David over the years I'd say it amounted to a very substantial hill of beans.

One thing I can't do is walk around with a long face anymore—the Lord has taken that away." In

Having an eternal family is the only way to achieve ultimate joy.

The key to having whatever your most divine heart desires—bar nothing—is finding a way to feel good about your Want: not wish for it, yearn for it, long for it, sigh for it, or feel discouraged about it, but just feel good about it.

the logical approach to getting where we want to go, or making things happen the way we'd like them to happen, is to operate off guided inspiration instead of the negative vibrations of social-conscious stress.

There is only one thing you need do in order to have the body you desire; you have to find ways to be happy.

I was just so lucky to have a wonderful life after a tough marriage.

When Kate was born, she was born into a world of joy and happiness and confidence. The difference between the children is night and day. She's happy, she's thriving, she's full of self-confidence. I tell her she's beautiful every day before I send her off to school.

There are some people men and women both who will never be happy no matter what the circumstances they find themselves. There's not enough money, no Castle grand enough, no life easy enough to content them.

What does the Dalai Lama's life teach us? Certainly, he is a sterling example of turning adversity into joyful service. But there is more to him than that: he is also a model of innovation and adaptation. He has taken the tenets of Buddhism and made them relevant to everyone. His message is not just about personal happiness and good karma; it is also very much about respecting the earth's resources, recognizing the equality of all people, and sharing with the less fortunate.

we all want to be happy. But our happiness depends on the actions of the rest of the world, so it behooves us to develop global perspective. Many of our problems—poverty, bullying, and violence—are man-made problems that are within our control. These problems emerge because we forget the oneness of humanity. We need to look past the secondary level of differences and make sacrifices, he explained.

He noted that we are all humans who share a common emotional concern: we all want to be happy. But our happiness depends on the actions of the rest of the world, so it behooves us to develop global perspective. Many of our problems—poverty, bullying, and violence—are man-made problems that are within our control. These problems emerge because we forget the oneness of humanity. We need to look past the secondary level of differences and make sacrifices, he explained.

There was something so liberating about sincerely felt mirth.

There's nothing so bad in the world that dog kisses won't make it better

SECRET #46 Hold on to the good parts for as long as you can.

For me, paradise was the present

Lenny's face was smiling, too. For a minute they were both ten years old. Time travel in real life.