Quotes About Happiness

Genes aren't designed to make us happy. They design us to make more copies of themselves.

Happy art is shallow. Sad art is deep.

They don't understand that we've changed our mentality and making a six-figure income no longer drives how we live our lives. Happy, healthy, together and with the world as our backyard, that's how we want to live.

You are poor to look upon. But inwardly you are full of wealth. You seem low, But you are exceedingly high. You are that which makes men live A divine life here below. Give to me, O highest Lord A generous share Of this heavenly happiness. And true peace, Which the world of the senses Is capable neither of understanding Nor receiving.

You don't need to have anything else in order to be happy right now. You can choose to be happy.

WHAT, THEN, OF the secret of happiness? I know stories that touch upon it and even one by that name. But for me, the secret of happiness sits atop a long list of life's secrets. Perhaps that's the secret—there is no secret of happiness. Yet, we keep searching, maybe because the simple act of looking for it makes us happy. As

He wasn't happy. Not yet. He wasn't peaceful, not entirely. But he was grateful for his life and the evidence of God's grace, and for now that was enough.

I couldn't have been happier with the relationship we had with Disney, it couldn't have been easier.

I had never before seen somebody I admired understand what was expected of him, choose to act otherwise, and be happier for it. For the first time in my life I realized that it was possible to reinvent oneself.

In intimate conversation I am as supportive and positive as the next man, but gatherings of happy people make me miserable. I long to share in the collective joy, but instead I am racked with anxiety.

Prospering just doesn't have to do with money.

You can be happy where you are.

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life.

If you know you have to wait anyway, why not make a decision to enjoy your life while you're waiting? Why not be happy while God is in the process of changing things? After all, there's nothing we can really do to make it happen any faster. We might as well relax and enjoy our lives, knowing that at the appointed time God is going to bring his plan to pass.

Many people are unhappy and are not experiencing life to its fullest because they've closed their hearts to compassion, they are motivated by only what they want and what they think they need. They rarely do anything for anybody else unless they have an ulterior goal in mind. They are self-involved and self-centered.

Certainly there are times in all of our lives when bad things happen, or things don't turn out as we had hoped. But that's when we we must a decision that we're going to be happy inspite of our circumstances.

The marriage partner is not really the problem. No other person can ultimately make you happy. You must learn how to be happy within yourself.

God wants us to live consistently, He wants us to enjoy every single day of our lives.

The joy of the Lord is your strength." Joy is an emotion, and yet it creates something physical. It creates strength.

I'm not going to get upset. I'm not going to let people steal my joy.

It's vital that you accept yourself and learn to be happy with who God made you to be. If you want to truly enjoy your life, you must be at peace with yourself.

Difficult people are all around. There will be someone that can steal your joy, offend you, leave you out, say something untrue. The key is to handle it correctly. Don't take the bait. Don't dwell on the negative comments. This is how you live happy.

Don't be determined to never have problems. Be determined to stay full of joy in the midst of your problems.

Too many people drag through the day with long faces. Some don't smile for months. Then they'll come up with those same sour faces after a service and say to me, "I've got the joy of the Lord." I'll think: You should notify your face!