Happy Quotations

The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.

The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.

Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

Be happy. It's one way of being wise.

If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

Don't waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window- or break down a door.

Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.

First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, you forget to pull it down.

Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.

An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.

I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.

Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

Perfect happiness would be knowing that all my family and friends were happy and safe. Then I'd go to a tropical island with my husband where it was gorgeous and fun all day long and interesting and fun all evening. Good food and dancing would be nice, too, and weekly visits from those safe and happy family and friends. Plus world peace.

There's so much to argue about. That was the goal with 'Really Really.' Somebody asked me once, 'How should I feel when I leave?' and I said, 'Hopefully, you're talkative.' I don't really care if you're happy or sad or loved it or hated it or hate me. The goal is that you have something to say, that you have a response.

I am happy to continue with my journey through time.

I had 53 years of happy marriage and two daughters. These were the best things that happened in my life.

Every girl has days when she doesn't like her appearance, but it's when you feel happy in yourself that you look good.

It's never too late to have a happy childhood.

I felt that as long as we were being honest, and that we didn't bend the truth to accomplish another goal, to be entertaining or to be a happy ending, I was confident that we'd be able to tell the story the way it happened.

Life is like a roller coaster, live it, be happy, enjoy life.

It's never too late - never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.

I'd like to do more TV stuff that is live action, but I am so totally happy doing as much voice work as I possibly can. Because it really is the best work. It's so amazing. You just show up. You don't have to look good. You don't even have to brush your hair. You work for a couple of hours, and you go home.

Life is wonderful beautiful journey. Every episode of my life is like a dream, and I am at peace and happy with what life has given me.

The mustache - I was never happy with the fullness of it. I was a bit too young. Maybe I'll bring it back in my mid-thirties.

If you've been running a business for 38 years, you're approaching your 66th birthday, you've never owed a man a penny or done anyone any grievance in your life, and you feel hard done-by and try to protect yourself and your family, but go to prison, well if that's the society we're living in, I'm happy to accept that.

Like Jermaine was saying, it's a beautiful day, and we're just glad all of this is behind us. We can go on with our lives. And Michael can go on with his life and do what he does best, and that's making good music, making his fans happy, people happy all over the world.

A birthday is just another day where you go to work and people give you love. Age is just a state of mind, and you are as old as you think you are. You have to count your blessings and be happy.

The destination is a happy life, an accomplished life that doesn't end with death but with eternal life.

My private life is private. But at the same time, I have nothing to hide. So what I will say is that I am very happy.

I do my work and do the best I can. I'm quite happy with my anonymity. All I can ever hope for is that I continue to do great work that will be remembered, and I leave my imprint so that my son can say proudly, 'That's my dad!'

I have been very blessed in my life and rewarded with good friends and good health. I am grateful and happy to be able to share this.

The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be

For the majority of my career, I've been surprised that I've been able to sustain any kind of a plan. I was always happy to have the job, and I was having a good time. I was growing. But I don't feel all that strongly about my work.

Lead the life that will make you kindly and friendly to everyone about you, and you will be surprised what a happy life you will lead.

Cakes are special. Every birthday, every celebration ends with something sweet, a cake, and people remember. It's all about the memories.

I love life. I love my friends. I love to eat. Too many things, I love. I am very much an anti-historical character. I am attracted to happy people. Happy people with very grave problems.

For me, it's my great honour that many people use blue LEDs or LED lightings now. So, we can contribute to the energy savings for the humans, so I'm very, very happy to contribute to the energy saving issues.

If you're not happy before you're successful, you're going to be miserable when you do become successful because all your problems just get magnified.

When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.

I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.

If you were happy every day of your life you wouldn't be a human being, you'd be a game show host.

Presents don't really mean much to me. I don't want to sound mawkish, but - it was the realization that I have a great many people in my life who really love me, and who I really love.

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think you are.

I enjoy being happy every day, and hopefully you can hear my happiness in my music. Life is beautiful.

There are lots of people I admire and respect, but I don't necessarily want to be like them. I'm to happy being myself.

One of the best ways to make yourself happy in the present is to recall happy times from the past. Photos are a great memory-prompt, and because we tend to take photos of happy occasions, they weight our memories to the good.

Being happy in your skin that's what it's all about.

I'm a happy person, and I want everybody else to be happy. Nothing wrong with that.

I'm happy, and I think being happy keeps you looking young.

If you want to be happy for life, love what you do.

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.

I've spent a lot of very happy times in Edinburgh as a result of playing virtually every festival since 1996. It's also a beautiful city in its own right, is walkable, within sight of the sea and mountains - and was too far north for the Luftwaffe to have done any damage, hence the spectacularly beautiful architecture.

Success is just being happy. And I try so many different things. I do a lot of different things. Because I think God has helped me to love myself. I know who God is, and I love God.

Brotherhood is not just a Bible word. Out of comradeship can come and will come the happy life for all.

I'm concentrating on staying healthy, having peace, being happy, remembering what is important, taking in nature and animals, spending time reading, trying to understand the universe, where science and the spiritual meet.

Happiness is hard to recall. Its just a glow.

There is still no cure for the common birthday.

I'm quite an optimist, quite happy in life, quite smiley.

If you are not happy here and now, you never will be.

Happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy. There's going to be stress in life, but it's your choice whether you let it affect you or not.

In the future, I want a movie career, kids and a happy marriage.

The women I love most are Latina - my sister, mother, and daughter. They're spontaneous but spend a majority of their time trying to make others happy.

He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life.

The golden age is before us, not behind us.

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

My acting's very understated. I think my sad and happy don't play that differently onscreen.

What it meant to me: a happy life, of course, companionship, of course. A common objective, I think.

I have issues with anyone who tries to claim that science is unworkable - creationists who deny evidence for past history, yet are happy to benefit from the products of the methodology that they otherwise deny.

I don't really make plans and I just want to be happy and continue with my business and take care of my wife and kids. I want to sit back, relax and enjoy life.

So here is one of my theories on happiness: we cannot know if we have lived a truly happy life until the very end. This view of life and death was reinforced by my close witnessing of the buildup to the death of Philip Gould. Philip was without doubt my closest friend in politics. When he died, I felt like I had lost a limb.

I would be happy at a piano bar, singing. I just want to home in on being the best singer I can be.

The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.

Come, let us have some tea and continue to talk about happy things.

Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it.

Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who feels that in some paramount affairs he failed to take up the challenge of life.