Quotes about Happiness

We are most alive when we're in love.

Getting old could be jolly, if you stayed strong.

Those born rich are harder to please than those born poor.

Joy makes the longest journey too short.

happier. The best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

True happiness comes from the things that cannot be taken away from you. Making the full effort to do the right thing can never be taken away from you.

Happiness is in many things. It's in love. It's in sharing. But most of all, it's in being at peace with yourself knowing that you are making the effort, the full effort, to do what is right.

It is a hard message to swallow at first blush because it brings into question everything that we think we are, which for the most part seems to come from what we identify with, our bodies, our thoughts, our feelings, our relationships, our values, our work, our expectations of what is "supposed" to happen and how things are "supposed" to work out for me in order for me to be happy, our stories of where we came from and where we are going and of who we are.

To break out of this trap of always being driven by our own desires, it is not a bad exercise to ask yourself from time to time, "What is my own way?" "What do I really want?" "Would I know it if I got it?" "Does everything have to be perfect right now, or under my total control right now, for me to be happy?

The primary cause of unhappiness in the world today is ... lack of faith.

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.

Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.