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125 HAPPINESS QUOTES TO FEEL GOOD & SMILE


Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits. Here is a list of the best positive inspirational & motivational quotes about being happy with life, yourself, & someone you love that will brighten your day.



1.” To just be happy no matter what.”
2.” That you deserve to be happy And much more!”
3.” It’s a good day to be happy.”
4.” Start each day with a grateful heart.”
5.”A smile is the beauty of the soul.” – Lailah Gifty
6.”The importance to choose to be happy To surround yourself with happy people. How to be happy in any situation. Happiness is a habit – cultivate it.” – Elbert Hubbard
7.” Happiness is a journey … not a destination.” – Ben Sweetland
8.”You will be exactly as happy as you decide to be.”
9.”Whoever is happy will make others happy too.” – Anne Frank
10.” Don’t let the silly little things steal your happiness.”
11.”Whatever you decide to do today, make sure it makes you happy.”
12.” Let your smile change the world, but don’t let the world change your smile.”
13.” Be you. Do you. For you.” – Unknown
14.”The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” – Dalai Lama
15.”Whatever is good for your soul…do that.” – Unknown
16.”Being happy is the greatest form of success.”
17.”Whatever you decide to do, make sure it makes you happy.”
18.”I am in charge of how I feel and today I am choosing happiness.” – Unknown
19.”If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” – Albert Einstein
20.”He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.” – Marcus Aurelius
21.”The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it’s all that matters.” – Audrey Hepburn
22.”The secret of being happy is accepting where you are in life and making the most out of every day.” – Unknown
23.”Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama
24.”Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.” – Janet Lane
25.”Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.” – Oprah
26.”Be so happy that when others look at you they become happy too.”
27.”Good people are like candles; they burn themselves up to give others light.”
28.”Happy people don’t have the best of everything they make the best of everything.”
29.”Smiling doesn’t necessarily mean you’re happy. Sometimes it just means you’re strong.”
30.”The best feeling of happiness is when you’re happy because you’ve made somebody else happy.”
31.”Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” – Mother Teresa
32.”Today, I welcome love into my life.” – Unknown
33.”To love another person is to see the face of God.” – Victor Huge
34.”Whatever happens, just keep smiling and lose yourself in love.” – Rumi
35.”There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.” – George Sand
36.”The happiness you feel is in direct proportion with the love you give.” – Oprah
37.”I look at you and see the rest of my life in front of my eyes.” – Unknown
38.”I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.” – Roy Croft
39.”Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.” – Mother Teresa
40.”Happiness is free sprinkle that stuff everywhere.”
41.”Everywhere you go, take a smile with you.” – Sasha Azevedo
42.”There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.” – Lady Blessington
43.”A smile is a happiness you’ll find right under your nose.” – Tom Wilson
44.”Open your eyes and notice the beauty of this wonderful world.”
45.”When someone told me I lived in fantasy land I nearly fell off my unicorn.”
46.”You can’t buy happiness but you can buy ice cream. And that’s kind of the same thing.”
47.”Happiness is like jam. You can’t spread even a little without getting some on yourself.”
48.”When you love what you have, you have everything you need.”
49.”Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
50.”Happiness is found when you stop comparing yourself to other people.”
51.”It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.” – Charles Spurgeon
52.”The secret of being happy is accepting where you are in life and making the most out of every day.”
53.”Happy are those who take life day by day, complain very little, and are thankful for the little things in life.”
54.”Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it.” – William Feather
55.”Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like and enjoying it for everything that it is.” – Mandy Hale
56.”Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
57.”The hardest thing to find in life is happiness – money is only hard to find because it gets wasted trying to find happiness.”
58.”Be happy. Be yourself. If others don’t like it, then let them be. Happiness is a choice. Life isn’t about pleasing everybody.”
59.”Be with people who know your worth. You don’t need too many people to be happy, just a few real ones who appreciate you for who you are.”
60.”They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.” – Tom Bodett
61.”Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet.” – Sarah Louise Delany
62.” Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.”
63.”The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
64.”Be what you are because you were not born to impress someone.”
65.”If you don’t love what you do, you won’t do it with much conviction or passion.” – Mia Hamm
66.”Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” – Les Brown
67.”Do more of what lights you up and makes you feel alive. The world needs your spark.”
68.”Life only comes around once, so do whatever makes you happy, and be with whoever makes you smile.”
69.”Anything that costs you your peace is too expensive….learn to let it go.”
70.”For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
71.”Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” – Mahatma Gandhi
72.”Live for yourself and don’t ever stop.” – John Tew
73.”Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.” ― Steve Maraboli
74.”One of the simplest ways to be happy is to let go of the things that make you sad.”
75.”People who make you feel better about yourself when you’re sad are so important.”
76.”Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
77.”Your mind is a powerful thing. When you fill it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change.”
78.”A secret to happiness is letting every situation be what it is instead of what you think it should be.”
79.”Stay positive and happy. Work hard and don’t give up hope. Be open to criticism and keep learning. Surround yourself with happy, warm and genuine people.” – Tena Desae
80.”Happiness is only real when shared.” – Jon Krakauer
81.”Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.”
82.”When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.” – John Lennon
83.”It’s your place in the world; it’s your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.” – Mae Jemison
84.”You deserve to be happy. You deserve to live a life you are excited about. Don’t let others make you forget that.”
85.”Be crazy. Be stupid. Be silly. Be weird. Be whatever. Because life is too short to be anything but happy.”
86.”The key to being happy is knowing you have the power to choose what to accept and what to let go.”
87.”Don’t waste a minute not being happy. If one door closes, run to the next window – or break down a door.” – Brooke Shields
88.”Don’t allow yourself to be a victim. Take control of your life. Let go of people who serve you no good.”
89.”No one is in control of your happiness, but you … therefore you have the power … to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.” – Barbara De Angelis
90.”Remind yourself every day: I am in charge of my happiness. I will not let anything outside of myself control me. I am creating a life that feels good on the inside and it will turn into experiences that are good on the outside.”
91.”Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy. No person will make you happy unless you decide to be happy. Your happiness will not come to you. It can only come from you.” – Ralph Harslon
92.”Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” – Robert A. Heinlein
93.”Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” – Rumi
94.”Happiness is a warm puppy.” ― Charles M. Schulz
95.”Smile, and let the world wonder why.” – Minnie Mouse
96.”Be happy. It really annoys negative people.” – Ricky Gervais
97.”Everyone wants happiness. No one wants pain. But you can’t have a rainbow, without a little rain.”
98.”I am happy because I’m grateful. I choose to be grateful. That gratitude allows me to be happy.” – Will Arnett
99.”You can’t change how people feel about you, so don’t try. Just live your life and be happy.”
100.”A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery when they have made a wrong turn.”
101.”Be happy not because everything is good, but because you can see the good side of everything.”
102.”Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
103.”Remember the entrance to the sanctuary is inside you.” – Rumi
104.”Love who you are, embrace who you are. Love yourself.” – Lilly Singh
105.”To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.” – Robert Morley
106.”The first place where self-esteem begins its journey is within us.” ― Stephen Richards
107.”It only takes one person to make you happy and change your life: YOU.” – Charles Orlando
108.”What you think of yourself is much more important than what people think of you.” – Unknown
109.”You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha
110.”Start doing things to make you happy.” – Reyna Biddy
111.”It’s important to feel good about yourself. When you feel good about yourself, nothing negative can touch you.”
112.”Be happy, be yourself, and if others don’t like it, let them be. Your happiness is a choice. Life isn’t about pleasing everybody, so do you.”
113.”No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change, and become a better version of yourself.” ― Madonna
114.”No one is in control of your happiness, but you … therefore you have the power … to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.” – Barbara De Angelis
115.”Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.” – Mark Victor Hansen
116.”Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy.” – Norman Vincent Peale
117.”Inner Peace…. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.” – Unknown
118.”If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.” – Maya Angelou
119.”You are amazing, unique and beautiful. There is nothing more you need to be, do or have in order to be happy. You are perfect just as you are. Yes, really. So smile, give love, and enjoy every moment of this precious life.”
120.”You are somebody’s reason to smile.” – Unknown
121.”It is only possible to live happily ever after on a daily basis.”
122.”It feels good when you can put a smile on someone’s face by simply being yourself.”
123.”Happiness is holding someone in your arms and knowing you hold the whole world.” ― Orhan Pamuk
124.”Life only comes around once, so do whatever makes you happy, and be with whoever makes you smile.” – Unknown
125.”Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust

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