31 Timeless Quotes About Happiness and Contentment

 

a group of 4 happy friends standing in the beautiful sun's rays

We all seek happiness, yet it slips just beyond our grasp at times. Fortunately, the wisdom garnered by others throughout the centuries can pave our way to joy. Therefore, the following 31 quotes have been compiled to optimize your spirit and resolve, ensuring a brighter future with improved self-satisfaction.

Why 31? Because the purpose is for you to have and to focus on one quote for every single day of the month. Sometimes more is just more and not better. 


31 Quotes About Happiness and Contentment


1.  "The purpose of our lives is to be happy." – Dalai Lama

   

2. "For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness." – Ralph Waldo Emerson


3. "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


4. "If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else." – Chinese Proverb


5. "To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others." – Albert Camus

   

6. "Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city." – George Burns


   

7. "Happiness is not having what you want. It is appreciating what you have." – Unknown


8. "Happiness is the best makeup." – Drew Barrymore


   

9. "The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up." – Mark Twain


a quote by Charles Schulz

10. "When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us." – Helen Keller


   

11. "Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." – Abraham Lincoln


   

12. "Happiness is the art of never holding in your mind the memory of any unpleasant thing that has passed." – Unknown

   

13. "Happiness is a habit – cultivate it." – Elbert Hubbard


   

14. "Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times." – Aeschylus


   

15. "Happiness is an inside job." – William Arthur Ward


   

16. "Happiness is found when you stop comparing yourself to other people." – Unknown

   

17. "Happiness is a journey, not a destination." – Buddha


a quote about happiness from an unknown author



   

18. "True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self." – Joseph Addison



19. "Happiness is not the result of what we have, but how we live." – Unknown


   

20. "Happiness is not what happens to us, but how we perceive what happens to us." – Unknown


   

21. "Happiness is not out there, it's in you." – Unknown


   

22. "The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they make the best of everything." – Unknown

   

23. "Happiness is contagious. Surround yourself with happy people." – Unknown


24. "Happiness is an inside job. Don't assign anyone else that much power over your life." – Mandy Hale


a quote about happiness by Alan Cohen


 

25. "Happiness is waking up, looking at the clock and finding that you still have two hours left to sleep." – Charles M. Schulz

  

26. "Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy." – Ralph Marston


   

27. "Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present." – Jim Rohn


   

28. "Happiness is not the absence of problems; it's the ability to deal with them." – Steve Maraboli


   

29. "Happiness is a warm puppy." – Charles M. Schulz


   

30. "Happiness is the art of learning how to get joy from your substance." – Jim Rohn


31. "Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." – Mahatma Gandhi



Pursuing happiness is a lifelong endeavor, and it's important to invest time and attention in this noble pursuit. By focusing on our thoughts and behaviors, we can cultivate happiness through our actions and lifestyles. Since happiness is inherently subjective, these quotes offer sentiments that many can relate to, helping you recognize joy in your daily life. Let these words remind you to embrace each day and carry happiness with you wherever you go.


a happy baby enjoying a day at the beach


   


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