Top 200 Being Happy Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.”

— Arthur Rubinstein

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2. “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.”

— Melody Beattie

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3. “I choose to make the rest of my life the best of my life.”

— Louise Hay

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4. “Do everything happily. Walk, talk, sit happily; even if you complain against somebody, do it happily.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Also featured in: Cheer Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life, Encouragement Quotes, Perspective Quotes, Happy Sunday Quotes

5. “I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.”

— Audrey Hepburn

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6. “Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.”

— Ramana Maharshi

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7. “And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.’”

— Kurt Vonnegut

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Affirmation Quotes

8. “It’s so important to do something every day that will make you happy.”

— Bob Ross

Also featured in: Sweet Quotes, Life Is Short Quotes, Important Quotes, Smile Quotes

9. “Be happy now, without reason – or you never will be at all.”

— Dan Millman

Also featured in: Self-Care Quotes, Cheer Quotes, Mental Health Quotes, Contentment Quotes

10. “The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Life Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes

11. “In all of living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.”

— Gordon B. Hinckley

Also featured in: Positive Life Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Life Is Short Quotes, Appreciation Quotes

12. “The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don’t wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

Also featured in: Wellness Quotes, Mental Health Quotes, Buddhist Quotes, Suffering Quotes

13. “If you want to be happy, you have to be happy on purpose. When you wake up, you can’t just wait to see what kind of day you’ll have. You have to decide what kind of day you’ll have.”

— Joel Osteen

Also featured in: Positive Quotes for Women, Monday Morning Quotes, Happy Friday Quotes

14. “My business is making people, especially children, happy.”

— Walt Disney

Also featured in: Happy Sunday Quotes, Happy Friday Quotes, Quotes About Childhood

15. “If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.”

— Steve Jobs

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16. “Everybody wants happiness, nobody wants pain, but you can’t have a rainbow without a little rain.”

— Anonymous

Also featured in: Emotional Quotes, Emotion Quotes, Optimism Quotes

17. “Why worry? If you’ve done the very best you can, worrying won’t make it any better.”

— Walt Disney

Also featured in: Positivity Quotes, Optimistic Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Effort Quotes

18. “Happiness is a state of activity.”

— Aristotle

Also featured in: Action Quotes, Happy Quotes, Philosophy Quotes

19. “Gratitude turns what we have into enough.”

— Melody Beattie

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20. “The very purpose of our life is to seek happiness.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Happy Quotes, Life Philosophy Quotes

21. “No matter what’s happening, choose to be happy. Don’t focus on what’s wrong. Find something positive in your life. Thank God for the small things.”

— Joel Osteen

Also featured in: Blessing Quotes, Sunday Quotes, Happy Sunday Quotes, Optimism Quotes

22. “Happiness is something that multiplies when it is divided.”

— Paulo Coelho

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23. “Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.”

— Jim Rohn

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24. “I never did a day's work in my life, it was all fun.”

— Thomas A. Edison

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25. “A good life is a collection of happy memories.”

— Denis Waitley

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26. “Give out what you most want to come back.”

— Robin S. Sharma

Also featured in: Short Positive Quotes, Sweet Quotes, Clever Quotes

27. “My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.”

— Steve Jobs

Also featured in: Time Quotes, Reflection Quotes, Quotes About Money, Life Is Short Quotes

28. “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”

— Lucille Ball

Also featured in: Relationship Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Care Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Women

29. “Enjoy the journey as much as the destination.”

— Marshall Sylver

Also featured in: Feel Good Quotes, Life Is Short Quotes, Travel Quotes

30. “The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.”

— Eckhart Tolle

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

31. “Better to be the one who smiled than the one who didn't smile back.”

— Mari Gayatri Stein

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Happy Quotes, Joy Quotes

32. “Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing. ”

— Napoleon Hill

Also featured in: Positivity Quotes, Live Life Quotes, Happy Quotes, Effort Quotes

33. “Happiness is a state of mind. It’s just according to the way you look at things.”

— Walt Disney

Also featured in: Short Motivational Quotes, Optimistic Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes

34. “Throwing yourself into a job you enjoy is one of life’s greatest pleasures.”

— Richard Branson

Also featured in: Motivational Work Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes, Fulfillment Quotes, Quotes About Work

35. “When you wish good for others, good things come back to you. This is the law of nature.”

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Also featured in: Positive Inspirational Quotes, Blessing Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Be Kind Quotes, Wellness Quotes

36. “Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.”

— Immanuel Kant

37. “Stop worrying and start living.”

— Dale Carnegie

Also featured in: Empowering Quotes, Sunday Quotes, Happy Quotes, Wellness Quotes

38. “The journey is what brings us happiness, not the destination.”

— Dan Millman

Also featured in: Live Life Quotes, Short Positive Quotes, Wellness Quotes, Perspective Quotes, Philosophy Quotes

39. “You can’t live at all unless you can live fully now.”

— Alan Watts

Also featured in: Experience Quotes, Short Quotes About Life, Short Inspiring Quotes, Self-Realization Quotes

40. “Happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Happiness Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Positive Life Quotes

41. “Whatever happens, just keep smiling and lose yourself in Love.”

— Rumi

Also featured in: Relationship Quotes, Positive Thinking Quotes, Sufism Quotes, Beautiful Quotes

42. “You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down.”

— Charlie Chaplin

Also featured in: Positivity Quotes, Cheer Quotes, Optimism Quotes, Good Morning Inspirational Quotes

43. “Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.”

— Joseph Campbell

Also featured in: Positivity Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Feel Better Quotes

44. “Your feelings are your greatest tools to help you create your life.”

— Rhonda Byrne

Also featured in: Self-Care Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Emotional Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life

45. “Every single second is an opportunity to change your life, because in any moment you can change the way you feel.”

— Rhonda Byrne

Also featured in: Attitude Quotes, Transformation Quotes, Optimistic Quotes, Emotional Quotes, Positive Motivation Quotes

46. “Enjoy life – you only get one.”

— Richard Branson

Also featured in: Perspective Quotes, Life Is Short Quotes, Appreciation Quotes, Meaning of Life Quotes

47. “Joy, collected over time, fuels resilience – ensuring we’ll have reservoirs of emotional strength when hard things do happen.”

— Brené Brown

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48. “Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it.”

— Irving Berlin

Also featured in: Attitude Quotes, Positivity Quotes, Happy Quotes, Perspective Quotes

49. “Focus on what you can do rather than stress about what you have no control over.”

— Catherine DeVrye

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Perspective Quotes, Resilience Quotes, Moving Forward Quotes

50. “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

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