Happiness is a state of grace, a quiet joy that radiates from within. It’s not found in possessions or approval but in the way we see the world—soft moments, small delights, and gratitude woven through each day. ✨

Happiness is living by inner purpose, not by outer pressures. Happiness is having a sense of meaning, not a feeling of futility. ~ David Augsburger

Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are. ~ Henry van Dyke

No one is happy all his life long. ~ Euripides

He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy. ~ Johann von Goethe

And you would accept the seasons of your heart just as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields and you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief. ~ Kahlil Gibran

Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient. ~ Aristotle

The first step toward happiness is to determine to be happy. ~ George Hodges

The concept of happiness is universal. In Buddhism, it is causeless joy; in Christianity, the kingdom of heaven within; in Judaism, ashrei, an inner sense of holiness and health. In Islam, it is falah, happiness and well-being, and in Hinduism, ananda, or pure bliss. ~ Marci Shimoff

To fill the hour—that is happiness. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. ~ Dave Gardner

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness. ~ George Santayana

Be happy. It is a way of being wise. ~ Colette

Happiness: An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another. ~ Ambrose Bierce

Whoever is happy will make others happy, too. ~ Mark Twain

A multitude of small delights constitute happiness. ~ Charles Baudelaire

Who would you be without the thought that happiness depends on someone else? ~ Byron Katie