Top ten quotes on Happiness

fter my last sick post ”Quotes on Success” it’s time for “Quotes about Happiness”. Have you ever set up goals or missions thinking “Oh, if I could just make that happen it would totally blow my mind”? And with a lot of action and persistence you suddenly accomplished your mission. But when you made it you didn’t get the exact strong feeling you expected to feel. You just weren’t happy. You asked yourself “Is this all there is?”

You achieved what you wanted but you were not fulfilled. People can succeed in their career while failing on the experience of life. If you’re not happy about anything, not even Facebook, it’s sad to say that you’ll never become happy about anything on earth in the future.

Let’s compare two people to illustrate happiness. One of them becomes paralyzed up to his neck and the other one wins 5 million dollars from the lottery. Which of them are most happy at that moment? You’re right. But after 12 months the millionaire worries about not losing his money and the paralyzed man will experience much more love and care from his friends and family and he actually begin to get used to not having functional legs. That’s what’s so fantastic about being a human, we get used to things. “Everything is relative” some say.

I think there are two kinds of happy feelings:

1.) Joy which is a product of situations and circumstances that influence your emotions. Example: You get a new car or social recognition (one person laughs at your Chuck Norris joke).

2.) A basic and deep satisfaction about life. You’re grateful just to be allowed to stay on this earth wherever you are and focus on the positive outcome of every situation.

But don’t believe that there are people who never have a sad moment. We all have problems and problems will come, but let’s replace the word “problem” with the exciting word “challenges”. Cause problems are what cause us to grow. When I look back in time trying to find scenarios that made me grow most, I see the events that I experienced as the hardest times.

Happiness is a decision, so stand up like a leader of your life and make that decision. You can feel it right now! Try this:

Breath the way you breath when you’re happy… stand or sit like you’re happy.. …put on a smile…speak with the same vocal power and tonality as when you’re happy and say this loud with your whole body: “I’m happy!”. How do you feel now?

When you express your whole physiology like this, the brain knows that you should be happy (even though your smile is false!) and happy hormones will flow through your body.

I’m not trying to take away all your motivation. Of course you can get a lot of cool stuff, become successful and still be happy, but remember to enjoy the process. Make it a playful process. Everyday think of SOMETHING to be happy about, even the smallest things. Maybe you have the pleasure to walk every day. Or the more bigger stuff, that Fredosopher exists for instance.

Now, finally… specially selected quotes about happiness down this page…

Top 10 quotes about happiness
#20 Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Mahatma Gandhi

#19 -The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

Mark Twain

#18 – Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.

Burton Hills


#17 – Happiness is the art of learning how to get joy from your substance.

Jim Rohn


#16 – Real happiness comes from inside. Nobody can give it to you.

Sharon Stone

#15 – Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

Albert Schweitzer

#14 – Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.

Denis Waitley

#13 – Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love and something to hope for.

Joseph Addison

#12 – If you want to be happy, be.

Leo Tolstoy

#11 – The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

Mark Twain

#10 – The best vitamin to be a happy person is B1.

Mr. Funnyman Unknown

#9 – If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

Dalai Lama

#8 – Happiness is a direction, not a place.

Sydney J. Harris

#7 – Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.

Janet Lane

#6 – The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.

James Openheim

#5 – Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Abraham Lincoln

#4 – 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

#3 – The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Allan K. Chalmers

#2 – When I was in grade school, they told me to write down what I wanted to be when I grew up.
I wrote down happy.
They told me I didn’t understand the assignment,
I told them they didn’t understand life.

Sir Unknown

#1 – Happiness equals a Grammy award for best artist, an Academy Award for best actor, a 3.6 billion dollar annual salary, the Nobel Peace Prize and being a dictator in a big country.

Fredosopher