"The only happy people I know are the ones who are working well at something they consider important." ~ Abraham Maslow
To be happy, drop the words “if only” and substitute instead the words “next time.” ~ Smiley Blanton
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. ~ Victor Hugo
We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. ~ George Bernard Shaw
That is happiness; to be dissolved into something completely great. ~ Willa Cather
I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, “If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.” Kurt Vonnegut, Man Without a Country
Absorption in things other than self is the secret of a happy life. ~ James Cagney
So much of what you take for granted is the bedrock of happiness. ~ Anna Quindlen
Happiness is like coke-- something you get as a by-product in the process of making something else. ~ Aldous Huxley, Point Counter Point
The happiness which we receive from ourselves is greater than that which we obtain from our surroundings… The world in which a man lives shapes itself chiefly by the way in which he looks at it. ~ Arthur Shopenhauer, World as Will & Idea
If you were happy every day of your life, you wouldn't be a human being--you'd be a game-show host. ~ Gabriel Heatter
Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don't even remember leaving open. ~ Rose Wilder Lane
Happiness never decreases by being shared. ~ Buddha
To achieve happiness I advocate four major principles, the principles of love, wisdom, self-reflection, and progress. ~ Ryyho Okawa, Philosophy of Progress
Happiness sneaks through a door you didn't know you left open. ~ John Barrymore