Happy quotes

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“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”

Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet

“The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.”

Margaret Chase Smith (1897–1995) Member of the United States Senate from Maine

“Happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors.”

Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet

“There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”

Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) President of South Africa, anti-apartheid activist

“Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.”

Baltasar Gracián (1601–1658) Spanish Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher

“Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.”

Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet

“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.”

Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece

“Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.”

John Barrymore (1882–1942) American actor of stage, screen and radio

“Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.”

Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) Indian Hindu monk and phylosopher

“The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.”

Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978) Vice-President of the USA under Lyndon B. Johnson

“Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness.”

Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters.”

Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993) British actress

“There is value in NOT doing a thing.”

Greg McKeown (author) book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less