1. “Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” – J.K. Rowling, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”
2. “The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.” – Charles Dickens, “The Old Curiosity Shop”
3. “Life is to be enjoyed, not endured.” – Gordon B. Hinckley, “Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes” 4. “The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.” – Richard Bach, “Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah” 5. “I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” – Albert Einstein, “Cosmic Religion: With Other Opinions and Aphorisms” 6. “The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.” – J.M. Barrie, “Peter Pan” 7. “The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind.” – Kiran Desai, “The Inheritance of Loss” 8. “People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.” – Paulo Coelho, “The Alchemist” 9. “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” – J.K. Rowling, “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” 10. “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss 11. “To be happy, it first takes being comfortable being in your own shoes. The rest can work up from there.” – Sophia Bush 12. “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” – Marcus Aurelius, “Meditations” 13. “I have waited for this opportunity for more than half a century, to repeat to you once again my vow of eternal fidelity and everlasting love.” – Gabriel Garcia Marquez, “Love in the Time of Cholera” 14. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs 15. “The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.” – E.E. Cummings 16. “Life is short, and it’s up to you to make it sweet.” – Sarah Louise Delany, “Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years” 17. “The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.” – William Morris 18. “You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.” – Brian Tracy 19. “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” – J.K. Rowling, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” 20. “The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.” – William Saroyan 21. “You can’t be happy unless you’re unhappy sometimes.” – Lauren Oliver, “Delirium” 22. “It’s never too late to be who you might have been.” – George Eliot 23. “The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.” – George Washington Burnap 24. “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama XIV 25. “The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.” – Ashley Montagu 26. “Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust 27. “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson 28. “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” – Mahatma Gandhi 29. “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Benjamin Franklin, “Memoirs of the life & writings of Benjamin Franklin” 30. “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss 31. “The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.” – Albert Einstein 32. “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” – Oscar Wilde, “Lady Windermere’s Fan” 33. “Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it.” – Elizabeth Gilbert, “Eat, Pray, Love” 34. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson 35. “The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” – Dalai Lama XIV 36. “A day without laughter is a day wasted.” – Charlie Chaplin 37. “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” – Dr. Seuss, “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” 38. “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller 39. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot, “Middlemarch” 40. “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” – Buddha 41. “And so, she decided to start living the life she’d imagined.” – Anonymous 42. “Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” – A.A. Milne, “Winnie the Pooh” 43. “Life is beautiful. Live every day like it’s your last.” – Sofia Vergara 44. “I don’t know what lies ahead, but I want to keep going forever…” – F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Great Gatsby” 45. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis 46. “The happiness you feel is in direct proportion to the love you give.” – Oprah Winfrey 47. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs 48. “Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” – Omar Khayyam 49. “Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.” – Jim Rohn 50. “The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” – Oprah Winfrey 51. “A well-spent day brings happy sleep.” – Leonardo da Vinci 52. “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 53. “The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it’s all that matters.” – Audrey Hepburn 54. “I’d rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.” – George Burns 55. “Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt 56. “Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne 57. “There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.” – Epictetus 58. “Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get.” – W.P. Kinsella 59. “Happiness is the natural flower of duty.” – Phillips Brooks 60. “Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation.” – Leo Tolstoy 61. “Happiness is a state of mind. It’s just according to the way you look at things.” – Walt Disney 62. “The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.” – William Saroyan 63. “The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters.” – Audrey Hepburn 64. “Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” – Victor Hugo, “Les Misérables” 65. “It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.” – Chuck Palahniuk, “Diary” 66. “The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.” – Will Rogers 67. “Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.” – Ayn Rand, “Atlas Shrugged” 68. “A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.” – Phyllis Diller 69. “To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy is to set our own conditions to the events of each day. To do this is to condition circumstances instead of being conditioned by them.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson 70. “Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.” – Mother Teresa 71. “Happiness is not a goal…it’s a by-product of a life well-lived.” – Eleanor Roosevelt 72. “Don’t count the days, make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali
These quotes come from a variety of novels and sources, and I hope they bring happiness and inspiration to your day!
