Happiness can seem elusive at times especially because life is full of constant challenges.
We have to constantly remind ourselves that happiness is a choice that we can make daily.
We have to choose to be happy even when things seem like they are going against us.
Here are some happy quotes about life to help boost your mood and put a smile on your face.
Happy Quotes About Life
“Happiness is not by chance but by choice”
– Jim Rohn
“Happiness depends upon ourselves.”
—Aristotle
“Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it”
– Albert Schweitzer
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts”
– Marcus Aurelius
“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.”
—Dalai Lama
“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.”
—Oscar Wilde
“Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
—Abraham Lincoln
“Happiness is not the absence of problems, it’s the ability to deal with them.”
―Steve Maraboli
“True happiness is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.”
—Helen Keller
“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
—Mahatma Gandhi
There you have it.
5 quotes about happiness that I hope helped lift your spirits.
Happiness can seem elusive at times especially because life is full of constant challenges.
We get caught up in work, our daily routines, and hundreds of other little things that keep us busy and distracted during the day.
We often forget to take the time to make ourselves happy.
Yea I said it – WE MAKE OURSELVES HAPPY.
It’s a conscious decision that we have to make everyday in order to control our own well-being.
If we don’t make the choice, then we allow external factors to dictate what makes us happy.
At that point we are relinquishingTo relinquish is to give up control of or to surrender power to something. More control of our own happiness.
We don’t want to assign our ability to be happy to a situation or another person.
Instead of waiting for an event to be happy, we can choose to be happy all the time.
Well…maybe ALL the time is a bit of a stretch, but we can be happy most of the time.
If we choose to be.
I was smiling while I wrote this, could you tell?
