If you want your life to be a magnificent story, then begin by realizing that you are the author and everyday you have the opportunity to write a new page. – Mark Houlahan
It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. – Epictetus
Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so. – Robert G. Ingersoll
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. – Mark Twain
There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. – George Sand
Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn’t people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them? – Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
I think I’ve discovered the secret of life – you just hang around until you get used to it. – Charles Schulz
There is only one way to happiness, and that is cease worrying about the things which are beyond the power of our will. – Epictetus
Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit. – Norman Vincent Peale
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. – James Oppenheim
He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Life’s not always fair. Sometimes you can get a splinter even sliding down a rainbow. – Cherralea Morgen
I will keep a smile on my face and in my heart even when it hurts today. – Og Mandino
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy with what you have. – Zig Ziglar
More quotes about life and quotes about happiness.
A very nice collection here. I especially like the first one because of the literary reference. The last one by Ziglar of course is quite profound and an eye-opener for many people who think that happiness must come from the outside.
Great list of quotes Joi. The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. – Mark Twain
I believe that this is true in every aspect of life. What we do for another we do for ourselves.
those, too, are some of my favorites! I’ve used them for myself or to pass on. Great post! 🙂
Very beautiful and inspirational! Thank you! Great job of choosing excellent quotes filled with so much wisdom.
Wishing you all the best
🙂