70 Quotes About Being Happy Regardless of Where You are in Life

Our latest collection of quotes about being happy. Enjoy!

Being happy is extremely vital and something that every person ultimately wants in life. Being happy leads to a wide array of benefits for our performance, relationships, health and much more.

Besides making us feel good about ourselves, happiness is a positive emotion that drives our ambitions and motivates us to wake up every morning to pursue our goals and dreams.

So how can we attain happiness? For us to do this, we need to take personal responsibility for our own happiness. We have to accept the fact that our happiness is our choice and something to be found within us.

Regardless of all the negative events that often occur in our lives, we can all maintain our happiness by learning to interpret whatever circumstances we deal with in a positive light. Although external behaviors and events have the ability to trigger off negative thoughts, that can only happen if you allow them to.

Overall, happiness makes us healthier, more productive and ready to use our Everyday Power to reach our full potential. Below are some inspirational quotes about being happy that will help you develop the ability to be happy under all circumstances.

 

Quotes about being happy regardless of where you are in life

 

1.) “Being happy is something that each of us determines, it is not something that we find outside of yourself, it is within us and our choice.” – Catherine Pulsifer

 

2.) “The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.” – William Ralph Inge

 

3.) “Happiness is a deep sense of flourishing, not a mere pleasurable feeling or fleeting emotion but an optimal state of being.” – Matthieu Ricard

 

4.) “Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”– Abraham Lincoln

 

 

5.) “We don’t laugh because we’re happy – we’re happy because we laugh.” – William James

 

6.) “Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.”― Anne Frank

 

7.) “Happy is entirely up to you and always has been.”― Janette Rallison

 

8.) “Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.”― Deepak Chopra

 

9.) “The secret of being happy is accepting where you are in life and making the most out of every day.”- Anonymous

 

10.) “Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

Quotes about being happy with who you are

 

11.) “The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think you are.” – Goldie Hawn

 

12.) “I enjoyed my life when I had nothing… and kinda like the idea of just being happy with me.” – Joey Ramone

 

13.) “Being happy in your skin that’s what it’s all about.” – Koo Stark

 

 

14.) “Be happy with being you. Love your flaws. Own your quirks. And know that you are just as perfect as anyone else, exactly as you are.” – Ariana Grande

 

15.) “Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad!”- Norm Papernick

 

16.) “True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self.” – Joseph Addison

 

17.) “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” – Dalai Lama

 

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

 

19.) “I would do my damn best to be more happy than not.”― Adam Silvera

 

20.) “Happiness doesn’t have to be chased…it merely has to be chosen.” ― Mandy Hale

 

Quotes about being happy with what you have

 

21.) “The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don’t have.” – Woody Allen

 

22.) “Be happy with what you have. Be excited about what you want.” – Alan Cohen

 

 

23.) “If being happy is important to you, try this: instead of regretting all you lack, celebrate all you’ve got.” – Brian Vaszily

 

24.) “I just find myself happy with the simple things. Appreciating the blessings God gave me.” – DMX

 

25.) “Happiness is not having what you want. It is appreciating what you have.” – Unknown

 

26.) “Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.”― Hafez

 

27.) “Just think how happy you would be if you lost everything you have right now, and then got it back again.”- Frances Rodman

 

28.) “Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.”- Rabbi Hyman Schachtel

 

29.) “Do not forget to hope and happy be.” – John McLeod

 

30.) “It’s not my job to make you happy. It’s your job to learn that only those who quit selfishly seeking their own happiness find it.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich

 

Quotes about being happy and what it means

 

31.) “The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.” – Henry Ward Beecher

 

32.) “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”– Mahatma Gandhi

 

33.) “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama

 

 

34.) “Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.”– Helen Keller

 

35.) “Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.” – Margaret Lee Runbeck

 

36.) “I don’t care about having money. It’s about being happy, man.” – Skrillex

 

37.) “We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.”– Anne Frank

 

38.) “Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.” – Denis Waitley

 

39.) “Happiness, not in another place but this place…not for another hour, but this hour.” – Walt Whitman

 

40.) “The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.”- Allan K. Chalmers

 

Quotes about being happy and letting go of the things that make you sad

 

41.) “You can never be really happy if you keep holding to those bad memories which makes you sad.” – Anurag Prakash

 

42.) “Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.” – Frank Tyger

 

43.) “One of the simplest ways to stay happy is by letting go of the things that make you sad.” –Tinku Razoria

 

44.) “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”– Albert Schweitzer

 

45.) “Happiness is where we find it, but very rarely where we seek it.” – J. Petit Senn

 

 

47.) “If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present.”― Roy T. Bennett

 

48.) “For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

49.) “I laugh as much as I can and cry when I have to, without apology. I think that’s happy.”- Maya Angelou

 

50.) “If you want to be happy, you need to set your mind on happiness.” ― Ana Kostovska

 

Quotes about being happy with yourself

 

51.) “Happiness is the art of learning how to get joy from your substance.” – Jim Rohn

 

52.) “Stay positive and happy. Work hard and don’t give up hope. Be open to criticism and keep learning. Surround yourself with happy, warm and genuine people.” – Tena Desae

 

53.) “If you want to be happy, be.”– Leo Tolstoy

 

54.) “When I am myself, I am happy and have a good result.” – Jack Ma

 

 

55.) “Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.” – Ayn Rand

 

56.) “Happiness is not in our circumstance but in ourselves. It is not something we see, like a rainbow, or feel, like the heat of a fire. Happiness is something we are.” – John B. Sheerin

 

57.) “You are happy when you are enthusiastic and action-oriented, not when you are luxury and pleasure oriented.”
― Debasish Mridha

 

58.) “Success means being happy with who you are and bringing happiness to those around you.” – Jane John Nwankwo

59.) “If you feel happy, Smile with all your heart. if you’re down, smile with all your might.” ― Paul Ian Guillermo

 

60.) “You choose to be happy. You don’t become happy just because the circumstances lead you to happiness.” – Ryan Cooper

 

Other inspirational quotes about being happy

 

61.) “Talking about someone who makes you happy actually makes you happy.” – Elizabeth Scott

 

62.) “Being happy never goes out of style.” – Lilly Pulitzer

 

63.) “The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” – Dalai Lama

 

 

64.) “What’s fulfilling is being happy and being able to help other people. The simple things.” –  James Arthur

 

65.) “Be believing, be happy, don’t get discouraged. Things will work out.”― Gordon B. Hinckley

 

66.) “The key to happiness was achievable dreams.”― Nicholas Sparks

 

67.) “Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.”- Jacques Prévert

 

68.) “I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of trying to make me happy”― J.D. Salinger

 

69.) “Is happiness equated to wealth, money, possessions, or is it value you find in doing your job well, having a loving family, your health, and an inner peace?” – Catherine Pulsifer

 

70.) “Embrace being perfectly imperfect. Learn from your mistakes and forgive yourself, you’ll be happier.” ― Roy Bennett

 

Which of these quotes about being happy was your favorite?

 

Happiness matters so much. If, for instance,  you asked parents what they want above all for their children, most of them would respond with something like: “I really just want them to be happy.” This is because happiness is the one thing we want most for those we love the most.

Hopefully, these quotes have inspired you to take responsibility for your own happiness.

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