Quotes courtesy of Henrik Edberg The Positivity Blog
“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”
Buddha
“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.”
Epictetus
“If you want happiness for an hour — take a nap.’
If you want happiness for a day — go fishing.
If you want happiness for a year — inherit a fortune.
If you want happiness for a lifetime — help someone else.”
Chinese Proverb
“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality.”
Seneca
“Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.”
Mary Lou Retton
“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.”
Groucho Marx
“Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
“The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.”
Brian Tracy
“Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation.”
Leo Tolstoy
“Follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be.”
Joseph Campbell
“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow. It only saps today of its joy.”
Leo Buscaglia
“If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy.”
Proverb
“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.”
Dalai Lama
“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.”
Albert Ellis
“Being happy doesn’t mean everything is perfect. It means you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.”
Unknown