"Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity."

"If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes."

“To be kind to all, to like many and love a few, to be needed and wanted by those we love, is certainly the nearest we can come to happiness.”

“Got no checkbooks, got no banks. Still I'd like to express my thanks—I've got the sun in the mornin' and the moon at night.”

“Happiness is a risk. If you’re not a little scared, then you’re not doing it right.”

“Happiness is holding someone in your arms and knowing you hold the whole world.”

“The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.”

“Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.”

“Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them.”

“There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.”

"Tension is who you think you should be, relaxation is who you are."

“I’d far rather be happy than right any day.”

“A flower blossoms for its own joy.”

“Happiness depends upon ourselves.”

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

"Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get."

“You can't buy happiness”

“My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.”

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

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”

“Happiness is a warm puppy.”

“Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.”

“Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.”

"When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us."

“It’s been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.”

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

You must be the best judge of your own happiness.”

“The happiness of life is made up of the little charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment."

Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.

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

“Just because you are happy it does not mean that the day is perfect but that you have looked beyond its imperfections”

“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”

“Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.”

“If you want happiness for an hour—take a nap. If you want happiness for a day—go fishing. If you want happiness for a year—inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime—help someone else.”

“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will. ”

. “The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.”

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Mood Boosters: Put Yourself in a Happy Mood 

We could all use a little more happiness in our life. Here is a selection of quotes to put you in a happy mood.

Here are 100 inspiring quotes about happiness. These happiness quotes are perfect sayings for a toast or speech, or just looking for joy in your own life.

SARAH ADDISON ALLEN

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