positive quotes about happiness 

"Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, you ought to set up a life you don't need to escape from."

-- Seth Godin

"The problem with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat."

-- Lily Tomlin

"A man should never neglect his family for business."

-- Walt Disney

"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."

-- Theodore Roosevelt

"Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."

-- Will Rogers

"Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games."

-- Babe Ruth

Love is that micro-moment of warmth and connection that you share with another living being. — Barbara L. Fredrickson

While some pain is probably inevitable in all relationships, successful couples are usually the ones who are able to forgive. — Ilona Boniwell

“The wound is the place where light enters you” – Rumi

“Happiness comes from you. No one else can make you happy. You make you happy” – Beyoncé

“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go” – Oscar Wilde

"Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present."

-- Jim Rohn

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."

-- Thomas Jefferson

“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” – Dalai Lama

“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you” – Princess Diana

Every person on this earth is full of great possibilities that can be realized through imagination, effort, & perseverance. — Scott Barry Kaufman

The best way to find out whether you’re on the right path? Stop looking at the path. — Marcus Buckingham (Founder of The Strengths Revolution)

Gratitude … goes far beyond saying “thank you.” When we are grateful, we affirm that a source of goodness exists in our lives. — Robert Emmons (World’s Foremost Researcher on Gratitude)

Happy marriages are based on a deep friendship, mutual respect, and enjoyment of each other’s company. — John Gottman (Four decades of research on Divorce Prediction and Marital Stability)

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."

-- Thomas Edison

"You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take."

-- Wayne Gretzky

"Do or do not. There is no try."

-- Yoda

Happiness is not out there for us to find. The reason that it’s not out there is that it’s inside us. — Sonja Lyubomirsky (The How of Happiness)

Becoming is better than being. — Carol S. Dweck (Pioneering Researcher of Mindset)

Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. — Carl Jung (Founder of Analytical Psychology)

"When you change your thoughts, you change your world."

-- Norman Vincent Peale

"A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it. —Albert Schweitzer (Philosopher, Physician, Nobel Prize winner)

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. — Lao Tzu (Founder of Taoism)

It’s more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted. Yet, everyone takes the happy person for granted. — Gretchen Rubin