Happy Positive Quotes

These happy positive quotes help to remind us that happiness is a choice, but sometimes it takes a few uplifting words to remind us.

Whether it’s a line from a beloved book, a lyric from a favorite song, or a saying from a wise philosopher, these quotes have the power to inspire us, motivate us, and remind us of the beauty and joy of life.

We hope that you enjoy them 🙂

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

“The most important thing is to enjoy your life, to be happy. It’s all that matters.” Audrey Hepburn

“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.” Albert Camus

“Happiness is a warm puppy.” Charles M. Schulz

“Happiness is not a goal… it’s a by-product of a life well-lived.” Eleanor Roosevelt

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

“Happiness is not a destination, it’s a journey.” Zig Ziglar

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” Steve Jobs

“Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.” Jim Rohn

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” Marcus Aurelius

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

“Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.” Margaret Lee Runbeck

Empowering Positive Quotes About Happiness

“The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.” William Saroyan

“The happiest people don’t have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything.” Unknown

“Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy.” Ralph Marston

“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.” Mark Twain

“Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.” Daphne du Maurier

“The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.” James M. Barrie

“Happiness is not something you experience, it’s something you remember.” Oscar Levant

“Happiness is a direction, not a place.” Sydney J. Harris

“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

“The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.” William Morris

“The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.” Charles Dickens

“The best way to predict your future is to create it.” Abraham Lincoln

“Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Positive anything is better than negative nothing.” Elbert Hubbard

“The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.” Christopher McCandless

“Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.” Daphne du Maurier

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” Theodore Roosevelt

“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” Winston Churchill

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” Franklin D. Roosevelt

“In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.” Dalai Lama

“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.” E.E. Cummings

“Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.” Mary Lou Retton

“Happiness is not the absence of problems, it’s the ability to deal with them.” Steve Maraboli

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” Mahatma Gandhi

“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.” Plato

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

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” Helen Keller

“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” Jimmy Johnson

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” Mahatma Gandhi

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.” Hugh Downs

“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” Marcel Proust

“Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.” Jim Rohn

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” Nelson Mandela

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