Quotes about Happiness

We need to learn to enjoy each day and every moment. Even when circumstances are difficult, if we can rejoice and be thankful in "this," whatever "this" situation may be, we will grow in spiritual maturity and we will be happier, more peaceful people.

take responsibility for your joy and never again give anyone else the job of keeping you happy. Add a little variety to your life—break up your routine, do something different, and so on. When you do, expect God to meet you and help make your ordinary… extraordinary!

A happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing, but a broken spirit dries up the bones. PROVERBS 17:22

Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be. Abraham Lincoln

It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will. L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

Stop Saying "Hate" and Start Saying "Joy

How you react to things you can't control will many times determine your stress level. People who regularly get upset over small things are easily frustrated and highly stressed. People who shrug those things off are much happier.

We can offer thanksgiving at all times—in every situation, in all things—and by so doing, enter into the victorious life Jesus died to give us. It may require a sacrifice of praise or thanksgiving, but a person who consciously takes the time to be grateful is always happier than someone who does not.

Contentment with life is not a feeling, but it is a decision we must make.

Enjoying life begins with enjoying yourself. You're the one person you're never going to get away from, so you'd better learn to like yourself. It's impossible to love your life if you don't love yourself.

Put your trust in God and take responsibility for your attitudes and actions, and stop blaming others. If you are not happy, I suggest you look inward before you look around you to find something or someone to blame.

I have now learned that we do not even know what "happy" is until we forget about ourselves, start focusing on others, and become generous givers.