"The only happy people I know are the ones who are working well at something they consider important." ~ Abraham Maslow
To be happy, drop the words “if only” and substitute instead the words “next time.” ~ Smiley Blanton
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. ~ Victor Hugo
We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. ~ George Bernard Shaw
That is happiness; to be dissolved into something completely great. ~ Willa Cather
All seasons are beautiful for the person who carries happiness within. ~ Horace Friess
Please notice when you're happy. ~ Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Absorption in things other than self is the secret of a happy life. ~ James Cagney
So much of what you take for granted is the bedrock of happiness. ~ Anna Quindlen
Lower your cortisol level. The happiest people have the lowest level of cortisol, a stress hormone that raises blood pressure and weakens the immune system. Cut the stress--more yoga, less road rage--and you'll cut your cortisol production. ~ Daniel Gilbert, Wired, Aug '06
Happiness is like coke-- something you get as a by-product in the process of making something else. ~ Aldous Huxley, Point Counter Point
The happiness which we receive from ourselves is greater than that which we obtain from our surroundings… The world in which a man lives shapes itself chiefly by the way in which he looks at it. ~ Arthur Shopenhauer, World as Will & Idea
If you were happy every day of your life, you wouldn't be a human being--you'd be a game-show host. ~ Gabriel Heatter