Famous Happiness Quotes

“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” – Abraham Lincoln

“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

“The best way to cheer yourself up is to cheer somebody else up.” – Mark Twain

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” – Thomas Jefferson

“It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.” – Dalai Lama

“Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.” – Robert Frost

“Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.” – Storm Jameson

“The U.S. Constitution doesn’t guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.” – Albert Schweitzer