Quotes about Happiness

Joy is not getting what you want. It's fully appreciating what you have. And it starts with the basics, like water.

The healthiest, holiest, and happiest people on the planet are those who laugh at themselves the most.

Psalm 37:4: "Delight yourself in the LORD;8 and He will give you the desires of your heart.

Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy must have somebody to divide it with.

Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion - several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn't straight. He has made a graveyard of the globe in trying his honest best to smooth his brother's path to happiness and heaven.

A marriage...makes of two fractional lives a whole; it gives to two purposeless lives a work, and doubles the strength of each to perform it; it gives to two questioning natures a reason for living, and something to live for; it will give a new gladness to the sunshine, a new fragrance to the flowers, a new beauty to the earth, and a new mystery to life.

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer someone else up.

The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

That is not all I need. I need dogs. A house filled with dogs and a smart, funny, kind, loving girlfriend or wife.