The purpose of our lives is to be happy. – Dalai Lama
True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. – Benjamin Franklin
Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values. – Ayn Rand
It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. – Charles Spurgeon
Happiness depends upon ourselves. – Aristotle
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. – Thomas Jefferson
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content. – Helen Keller
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature. – Marcus Aurelius
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will. – Epictetus
Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness. – George Bernard Shaw
There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one – keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy. – Mark Twain
It is neither wealth nor splendor but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness. – Thomas Jefferson
Action may not always bring happiness but there is no happiness without action. – Benjamin Disraeli
True happiness… is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. – Helen Keller
Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it. – Bernard Meltzer
If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem. – Richard Bach
Love is trembling happiness. – Khalil Gibran
Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony. – Thomas Merton
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life. – Omar Khayyam
