Famous Motivational Quotes About Happiness

According to happiness researchers, one of the quickest ways to boost your mood is smiling. In fact, it’s been shown that genuine smiles are contagious—when you smile, people will respond with a smile of their own. Aside from improving your mood and giving you an excuse for more cuddles (or a date night), research has also shown that smiling helps reduce physical pain. When someone smiles, others view them as warm and trustworthy (which makes sense—you wouldn’t trust someone who looked grumpy all day long).

In fact, at least one study suggests that employers may make better decisions when they have positive employees around. To feel happier right now—and see others react in kind—try cracking a grin. You might just be surprised by how much good it does.

Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. ~ Mother Teresa
Before you speak, ask yourself: Is it kind, is it necessary, is it true? ~ Buddha
Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
The ultimate goal of happiness is being yourself in your own way without comparing or competing with anyone else! ― Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
What makes life dreary is the want of motivation...I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
I have decided to stick with love; hate is too great a burden to bear. ~ Martin Luther King Jr
A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future. ― Leo Tolstoy
When we contemplate beauty, we behold Divinity itself; we see God as He manifests Himself in His works. ~ Kahlil Gibran
Life is not about finding yourself but creating yourself! Live your dreams and never give up on them no matter how hard they may seem! - Unknown
You will be happier if you choose to live for others than for yourself - Unknown
Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never ever the same - Anonymous
Happiness is like a kiss -- you must share it to enjoy it - Bernard Meltzer
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and affection of children...To earn enough money to provide food and clothing...To leave behind friends when you go...And be remembered with love...This is to have succeeded --- Robert Louis Stevenson
Happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; It depends solely upon what you think – Dale Carnegie
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions - Dalai Lama
Happiness is a butterfly which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you - Nathaniel Hawthorne
If you don’t know where you’re going any road will get you there - Lewis Carroll
Happiness does not consist in living exempt from suffering but in learning to endure it well – Albert Camus
Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life- Samuel Johnson
Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling - Margaret Lee Runbeck
Happiness is not a possession; it's a quality of mind. - Author Unknown
Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony - Mahatma Gandhi
Happiness lies in doing, not merely in wishing- Benjamin Franklin
Happiness is when what you think, what you feel and what you do are in harmony - Wayne Dyer
There is only one happiness in life: to love and to be loved - George Sand
True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents - Eleanor Roosevelt
Happiness is good health and a bad memory - Ingrid Bergman
Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions - Dalai Lama
Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony - Mahatma Gandhi
Happiness is a perfume that you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happiness is not having what you want, it's wanting what you have - David Schwartz
Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the light - JK Rowling
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life - Eckhart Tolle
Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony - Mahatma Gandhi
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions - Dalai Lama
Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another - Ambrose Bierce
To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little; to be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all - Helen Rowland
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life - Eckhart Tolle
Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions - Dalai Lama
Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another - Ambrose Bierce
To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little; to be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all - Helen Rowland
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life - Eckhart Tolle
Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another - Ambrose Bierce
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. – Dalai Lama
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say. ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you aren't happy, then do something about it! Don't ask permission from yourself or anyone else. Happiness is not something ready-made; it comes from your own actions. - Barbara de Angelis
I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition. ― Martha Washington
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. – Mark Twain
The best things in life are nearest; Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain, common work as it comes and knows its joys and dits duties both. – Robert Browning
Happiness depends upon ourselves. – Aristotle f
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and affection of children, To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure abuse without resentment, To appreciate beauty; to find pleasure in simple things, To leave no one unhappier than oneself.- Robert Louis Stevenson
A man falls in love through his eyes, a woman through her ears. – Woodrow Wyatt

If smiling isn’t exactly your thing, however, there are other things you can do. Many experts recommend trying out some gratitude journaling—writing down three things every day that made you happy or even something small to be grateful for during each hour of every day.

Another popular suggestion is focusing on what you have rather than what’s missing. Instead of looking at what extra money or time would allow you to buy, try spending more time appreciating what little things already bring joy into your life and increasing those sources instead (such as extra time spent with friends or working on hobbies).

There are plenty of reasons why we should all focus on feeling happier and more optimistic anyway! So no matter where you start from, it’s always worth investing in yourself.