Here are 19 quick quotes to help you remember, happiness begins by looking inward:
- “People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” — Abraham Lincoln
- “A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.”
— Mark Twain - “Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.” — Margaret Lee Runbeck
- “Learn to let go. That is the key to happiness.” — Buddha
- “Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy with what you have.” — Zig Ziglar
- “For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.” — Jim Rohn
- “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” — Mahatma Gandhi
- “Once you do something you love, you never have to work again.” — Willie Hill
- “If only we’d stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.” — Edith Wharton
- “You have the power to choose to be happy. Making that deliberate decision each day will change what happens.” — Frank Britt
- “Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.” — Helen Keller
- Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” — Dr. Seuss
- 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
- “There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means — either may do — the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.” — Benjamin Franklin
- “Expecting life to treat you well because you are a good person is like expecting an angry bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian.” — Shari R. Barr
- “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt - “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 best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.” — Mark Twain