75 Quotes About Happiness That Will Instantly Make You Feel Better

This post discusses 75 quotes about happiness that will instantly make you feel better.

Let’s face it: as much as we’d love to be, no one’s happy all the time.

And when those low moments hit, you need something to lift you up. Sometimes, all it takes is a kind word or a simple phrase to help shift your mood.

So, in this post, I’m sharing 75 happiness quotes that can help wipe away the sadness and give you the little boost you need.

Quotes About Happiness 

When you read these quotes about happiness, let them remind you of everything you have to be grateful for.

As you go through the list, pick out a few of your favorite lines, ones you can repeat to yourself whenever you need a little encouragement.

Or, if you prefer, write them down in a journal for an extra boost throughout the day.

Life is better when you cry a little, laugh a lot, and are thankful for everything you’ve got.  — Unknown

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

Trouble knocked at the door, but hearing laughter, hurried away. — Benjamin Franklin 

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things. — Henry Ward Beecher

Laughter is the sound of the soul dancing. — Jarod Kintz

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

To find happiness, look halfway between too little and too much. — Ruskin Bond

Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. — Viktor E. Frankl 

The trick is to find happiness in the brief gaps between disasters. — Christopher Paolini

Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment. — George Santayana

Happiness lies, first of all, in health. — George William Curtis 

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet — Kahlil Gibran

That is happiness: to be dissolved into something complete and great. — Willa Cather

Little deeds of kindness, little words of love, help to make earth happy like the heaven above. — Juliet Abigail Fletcher Carney

How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness… is the secret motive of all they are willing to endure. — William James 

There is only one way to achieve happiness… have either a clear conscience, or none at all. — Ogden Nash 

Man’s real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it will soon be so. — Edgar Allan Poe

There is only one happiness in this life: to love and be loved. — George Sand

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life. — Omar Khayyam

The only joy in the world is to begin. — Cesare Pavese

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. — William James

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come without leaving happier. — Mother Teresa

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain! — Dolly Parton 

Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination. — Mark Twain

The more you spread happiness, the more it blooms — John Harrigan

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness — Charles Spurgeon

It’s a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy — Lucille Ball

Life is better when you cry a little, laugh a lot, and are thankful for everything you’ve got — Unknown

Everyone smiles in the same language — George Carlin

Only the pursuit of happiness is guaranteed. The rest is up to you — David T. Fagan

Happiness is a warm puppy — Charles M. Schulz

Being happy isn’t having everything in your life be perfect. Maybe it’s about stringing together all the little things — Ann Brashares

I am happy; I have something to accomplish, create, and achieve. I am happy — Vera Nazarian

Joy is what happens when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are — Marianne Williamson

Whoever is happy will make others happy — Anne Frank

I have what I have. And I am happy — Rupi Kaur

I feel I could fly, I am so happy — Abu Ahmed

Natural joy brings no headaches and no heartaches — Oliver Wendell Holmes

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet — Rabindranath Tagore

Maybe happiness is this: not feeling that you should be elsewhere — Eric Weiner

Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness — Muhammad Ali

Rules for happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for — Immanuel Kant

The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude — Voltaire

You don’t need too many people to be happy, just a few real ones who appreciate you for who you are — Wiz Khalifa

Happiness comes from you. No one else can make you happy — Beyoncé

Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day — Henri Nouwen

Have fun, work hard, and money will come — Richard Branson

It is not easy to find happiness within yourself, but impossible to find it elsewhere — Agnes Repplier

Happiness depends upon ourselves — Marcus Aurelius

Children are happy because they don’t have a file in their minds called ‘All the Things That Could Go Wrong’ — Marianne Williamson

The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom is courage — Thucydides

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony — Mahatma Gandhi

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears — John Lennon

Happiness is not by chance, but by choice — Jim Rohn

To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with us — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers’ gardens — Douglas William Jerrold

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet — James Oppenheim

There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path — Thich Nhat Hanh

Happiness is the best makeup — Drew Barrymore

Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination — Albert Camus

Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

The purpose of our lives is to be happy — Eleanor Roosevelt

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

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open — John Barrymore

Happiness is the art of never holding in your mind the memory of any unpleasant thing that has passed — Unknown

The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness — William Saroyan

The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness — W. D. Hoard

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for — Allan K. Chalmers

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness — Maria Mitchell

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get — Dale Carnegie

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be — Abraham Lincoln

A happy soul is the best shield for a cruel world — Atticus

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness — Eric Hoffer

The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness — W. D. Hoard

Find Your Happiness

Those were 75 quotes about happiness. I hope they made you smile and filled your heart with joy. We’re not always going to feel good, and that’s perfectly okay.

No one expects you to be cheerful all the time, but when you’re feeling down, it’s important to acknowledge those emotions and take steps to lift yourself up.

Quotes like the ones in this post can do a lot to boost your mood and support your mental well-being.

If you have any questions or want to share your thoughts, feel free to drop a comment below or reach out through my contact page. Until next time, happy… happy quoting!

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