10 Inspirational and Motivational Quotes About Happiness

Here are 10 inspiring and motivating quotes about happiness. Enjoy!

“Most people would rather be certain they’re miserable, than risk being happy.” ~ Dr. Robert Anthony (Author of Beyond Positive Thinking)

“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” ~ Marcel Proust (1871-1922, French novelist, critic and essayist)

“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.” ~ Mark Twain (1835-1910, American author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948, political and spiritual leader)

“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” ~ Buddha (563-483 BC, Siddhartha Gautama , spiritual teacher who founded Buddhism)

“The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.” ~ James Oppenheim (1882-1932, American poet, novelist, and editor)

“There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life — happiness, freedom, and peace of mind — are always attained by giving them to someone else.” ~ Peyton Conway March (1864-1955, American soldier and Army Chief of Staff)

“Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882, American essayist, philosopher and poet)

“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 (1880-1968, American author, political activist and lecturer)

“Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” ~ Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918, French poet, writer and art critic)

“Happiness is like a butterfly, which when pursued, is always beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1862 American novelist and short story writer)