40 Wonderfully Happy Quotes That Will Put a Smile on Your Face

  • <p>Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude</p>
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    1) Denis Waitley

    Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude

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  • <p>Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.</p>
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    2) Oscar Wilde

    Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

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  • <p>Be healthy and take care of yourself, but be happy with the beautiful things that make you, you.</p>
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    3) Beyoncé

    Be healthy and take care of yourself, but be happy with the beautiful things that make you, you.

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  • <p>For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.</p>
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    4) Ralph Waldo Emerson

    For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

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  • <p>Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.</p>
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    5) Mary Lou Retton

    Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.

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  • <p>Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.</p>
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    6) Helen Keller

    Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.

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  • <p>There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.</p>
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    7) Epictetus

    There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

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  • <p>Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.</p>
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    8) Steve Marabol

    Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.

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  • <p>Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.</p>
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    9) Abraham Lincoln

    Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

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  • <p>The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.</p>
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    10) William Ralph Inge

    The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.

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  • <p>The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.</p>
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    11) Oprah Winfrey

    The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.

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  • <p>Beauty is everywhere. You only have to look to see it.</p>
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    12) Bob Ross

    Beauty is everywhere. You only have to look to see it.

    Laura Formisano
  • <p>You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to swim.</p>
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    13) Jon Kabat Zinn

    You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to swim.

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  • <p>Life is the dancer and you are the dance.</p>
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    14) Eckhart Tolle

    Life is the dancer and you are the dance.

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  • <p>Every day is a new day.</p>
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    16) Carrie Underwood

    Every day is a new day.

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  • <p>The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.</p>
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    17) Julia Alvarez

    The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.

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  • <p>No medicine cures what happiness cannot.</p>
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    18) Gabriel García Márquez

    No medicine cures what happiness cannot.

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  • <p>When you love what you have, you have everything you need.</p>
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    19) Unknown

    When you love what you have, you have everything you need.

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  • <p>If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.</p>
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    20) Maya Angelou

    If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.

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  • <p>The most important thing is to enjoy your life — to be happy. It's all that matters.</p>
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    21) Audrey Hepburn

    The most important thing is to enjoy your life — to be happy. It's all that matters.

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  • <p>The purpose of our lives is to be happy.</p>
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    22) Dalai Lama

    The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

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  • <p>Embrace the glorious mess that you are.</p>
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    23) Elizabeth Gilbert

    Embrace the glorious mess that you are.

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  • <p>Being happy never goes out of style.</p>
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    24) Lilly Pulitzer

    Being happy never goes out of style.

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  • <p>Happiness is the best makeup.</p>
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    25) Drew Barrymore

    Happiness is the best makeup.

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  • <p>Roll with the punches and enjoy every minute of it.</p>
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    26) Meghan Markle

    Roll with the punches and enjoy every minute of it.

    Laura Formisano
  • <p>The mere sense of living is joy enough.</p>
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    27) Emily Dickinson

    The mere sense of living is joy enough.

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  • <p>The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are.</p>
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    28) Goldie Hawn

    The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are.

    Laura Formisano
  • <p>Happiness comes in waves. It'll find you again.</p>
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    29) Unknown

    Happiness comes in waves. It'll find you again.

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  • <p>If you want to be happy, be.</p>
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    30) Leo Tolstoy

    If you want to be happy, be.

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  • <p>Start each day with a grateful heart.</p>
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    31) Unknown

    Start each day with a grateful heart.

    Laura Formisano
  • <p>Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like.</p>
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    32) Unknown

    Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like.

    Laura Formisano
  • <p>Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come without leaving happier.</p>
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    33) Mother Teresa

    Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come without leaving happier.

    Laura Formisano
  • <p>When it rains, look for rainbows. When it's dark, look for stars.</p>
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    34) Unknown

    When it rains, look for rainbows. When it's dark, look for stars.

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  • <p>If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.</p>
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    35) Roald Dahl

    If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

    Laura Formisano
  • <p>Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony.</p>
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    36) Mahatma Gandhi

    Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony.

    Laura Formisano
  • <p>Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it.</p>
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    37) David Lee Roth

    Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it.

    Laura Formisano
  • <p>Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.</p>
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    38) John Barrymore

    Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.

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  • <p>Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself.</p>
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    39) Alice Walker

    Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself.

    Laura Formisano
  • <p>The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.</p>
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    40) Henry Ward Beecher

    The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

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<p>Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude</p>
<p>Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.</p>
<p>Be healthy and take care of yourself, but be happy with the beautiful things that make you, you.</p>
<p>For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.</p>
<p>Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.</p>
<p>Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.</p>
<p>There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.</p>
<p>Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.</p>
<p>Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.</p>
<p>The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.</p>
<p>The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.</p>
<p>Beauty is everywhere. You only have to look to see it.</p>
<p>You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to swim.</p>
<p>Life is the dancer and you are the dance.</p>
<p>Every day is a new day.</p>
<p>The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.</p>
<p>No medicine cures what happiness cannot.</p>
<p>When you love what you have, you have everything you need.</p>
<p>If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.</p>
<p>The most important thing is to enjoy your life — to be happy. It's all that matters.</p>
<p>The purpose of our lives is to be happy.</p>
<p>Embrace the glorious mess that you are.</p>
<p>Being happy never goes out of style.</p>
<p>Happiness is the best makeup.</p>
<p>Roll with the punches and enjoy every minute of it.</p>
<p>The mere sense of living is joy enough.</p>
<p>The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are.</p>
<p>Happiness comes in waves. It'll find you again.</p>
<p>If you want to be happy, be.</p>
<p>Start each day with a grateful heart.</p>
<p>Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like.</p>
<p>Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come without leaving happier.</p>
<p>When it rains, look for rainbows. When it's dark, look for stars.</p>
<p>If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.</p>
<p>Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony.</p>
<p>Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it.</p>
<p>Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.</p>
<p>Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself.</p>
<p>The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.</p>
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