Happiness Quotes

Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the water, using the word lightly, but denying the hard policies it implies. Labour shies away from it, but should take up the challenge.

Polly Toynbee

Happiness... consists in giving, and in serving others.

Henry Drummond

I've done an informal, anecdotal survey about marriage, and I've found no evidence that it brings happiness.

Mary McCormack

Most of us experience happiness when we are enjoying life and feeling free, enjoying the process and products of our creative and intellectual processes, enjoying the ecstasy of transcendent oneness with the universe.

James Muriel

For me, however, that beloved, glowing little word happiness has become associated with everything I have felt since childhood upon hearing the sound of the word itself.

Herman Hesse

Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower, and draws all good things toward you. Allow your love to nourish yourself as well as others. Do not strain after the needs of life. It is sufficient to be quietly alert and aware of them. In this way life proceeds more naturally and effortlessly. Life is here to Enjoy!

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Happiness... is not a destination: it is a manner of traveling. Happiness is not an end in itself. It is a by-product of working, playing, loving and living.

Haim Ginott

In civilized life, where the happiness and indeed almost the existence of man, depends on the opinion of his fellow men. He is constantly acting a studied part.

Jeremy Collier

There's a hope for every woe, and a balm for every pain, but the first joys of our heart come never back again!

Robert Gilfillan

Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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

Allan K. Chalmers

Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.

Burton Hills

Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.

Robert Anthony

Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy.

Cynthia Nelms

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Benjamin Disraeli

As long as you understand that you find happiness through family, friends and love, then money is just a nice bonus.

Ioan Gruffudd

So I started chanting when I was nineteen, which was about twelve years ago, and it really had a huge impact on my outlook, happiness, and general creativity.

Duncan Sheik

My parents were not very happy. They were very worried about me pursuing a career that even if I had talent might not give me the happiness and the success that they - any parent hopes for their child.

Emmylou Harris

If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem.

Richard Bach

Happiness is a real, objective phenomenon, scientifically verifiable. That means people and whole societies can now be measured over time and compared accurately with one another. Causes and cures for unhappiness can be quantified.

Polly Toynbee