Quotes about Happiness

Happiness is less an emotion and more a decision, a decision to bear with one another.

Don't equate the presence of God with a good mood or a pleasant temperament. God is near whether you are happy or not.

Oversize and rude, fear is unwilling to share the heart with happiness. Happiness complies and leaves. Do you ever see the two together? Can one be happy and afraid at the same time? Clear thinking and afraid? Confident and afraid? Merciful and afraid? No.

A happy saint is one who is at the same time aware of the severity of sin and the immensity of grace.

Happy are the unentitled! Expecting the applause of others is a fool's enterprise! Do yourself a favor and assume nothing. If you go unnoticed, you won't be surprised. If you are noticed, you can celebrate.

Answer: Your nights are long because you carry too much fear. I've been watching you. Why don't you give those fears to me? Stop trying to fix everyone (including your husband) and figure everything out. And I haven't heard you laugh in quite a while. Lighten up. I love it when you are happy. Remember, come to me when you are weary and tired. I can help you.

Content. That's the word. A state of heart in which you would be at peace if God gave you nothing more than he already has.

Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.

Gratitude is a mindful awareness of the benefits of life. It is the greatest of virtues.

A happy saint is one who is at the same time aware of the severity of sin and the immensity of grace. Sin is not diminished, nor is God's ability to forgive it. The saint dwells in grace, not guilt. This is the tranquil soul.

Legalism leaches joy.

Jesus was happy and wants us to be the same.