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40 Best Quotes About Happiness to Help You Feel Great

Let these cheerful sayings about life and love brighten your day.

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Happiness oftentimes feels fleeting. Our moments of bliss are just that, moments. After all, there are so many times in the day when we're not having positive feelings (when you’re stressed at work or enduring a chaotic commute). But there are still little things you can do to remind yourself of all the good times, and infuse your day with a tiny spark of joy, even if you're feeling super stressed or blue. These quotes about happiness are a great start.

Whether you’re in need of a little pick-me-up or are hoping to sprinkle some extra cheer onto an already delightful day, take the time to read through our round up of happy quotes. We have included short sayings about all that's good in life, cute expressions that will encourage the practice of self-love (and even some that can be used as affirmations) and, of course, a few fun sayings that you can easily share with a photo on Instagram. The choice is yours.

Now, we encourage you to o on and spread that happiness. If you need an extra boost, check out our 14-Day Happiness Challenge.

1

Denis Waitley

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

2

Oscar Wilde

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

3

Beyoncé

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Laura Formisano

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

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4

Abraham Lincoln

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Good Housekeeping

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

5

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

6

Oprah Winfrey

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Laura Formisano

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

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7

Mary Lou Retton

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

8

Helen Keller

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

9

Epictetus

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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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10

Steve Marabol

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Good Housekeeping

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

11

William Ralph Inge

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

12

Carrie Underwood

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Laura Formisano

Every day is a new day.

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13

Bob Ross

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

14

Jon Kabat Zinn

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

15

Eckhart Tolle

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Laura Formisano

Life is the dancer and you are the dance.

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16

John Lennon

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Good Housekeeping

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

17

Julia Alvarez

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Laura Formisano

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

18

Gabriel García Márquez

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Laura Formisano

No medicine cures what happiness cannot.

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19

Unknown

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Laura Formisano

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

20

Maya Angelou

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Laura Formisano

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

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