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Be Happy Quotes

Most Famous Be Happy Quotes of All Time!

Happiness in this collection starts small, a modest business finally able to hire more people, or the idea that you first need to find your own happiness before you can help others feel it too. Read more Happiness quotes on lasting joy.

The only way you can be happy is if you be completely yourself. You have to be you. Don't be what you think you should be.

Quotes by Afrojack

He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.

Quotes by Aesop

I always believed that I had to pretend to be happy. But what I've learned is that it doesn't matter what race or class or demographic you come from. I truly believe that sadness is relative.

Quotes by Adwoa Aboah

I'm a more consistent player than I was and if I can keep averaging over 100 week-in and week-out in the Premier League I'll be happy.

Quotes by Adrian Lewis

Feel Quotes

I like looking nice, but I always put comfort over fashion. I don't find thin girls attractive; be happy and healthy. I've never had a problem with the way I look. I'd rather have lunch with my friends than go...

Quotes by Adele

I've done lots of stuff, but it's rare for people to come up to you and be happy about the fact that it's been put out there, that it's something a bit different, something creative.

Quotes by Adeel Akhtar

I will be happy with certainly when the corruption index improve.

Quotes by Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

I'm probably more fiscally a Republican. But socially, I'm just accepting of everything. I want everyone to be happy; I want everyone to live a life that they're proud of.

Quotes by Abby Huntsman

Our fans want us to be happy and if that means being married or having a girlfriend, they are okay with that. Of course, in this industry it is a bit harder to have normal relationships, but it is possible.

Quotes by A. J. McLean

Good Quotes

I know that there's people that have expectations of me, and I'm a people pleaser, so I want them to be happy.

Quotes by Yvette Nicole Brown

My idea was to stay in Madrid. Then, when I heard of Munich's interest, I said, 'Xabi, think what you want and where you will be happy.'

Quotes by Xabi Alonso

To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with us.

Quotes by William Hazlitt

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.

Quotes by William E. Gladstone

You don't want a guy to be happy he's not starting.

Quotes by Will Muschamp

Happiness Quotes

Happy is the small business that can hire additional employees besides the proprietor; rare is the indie-film enterprise that can be happy in this way. The norm is an unpaid principal with no employees between productions.

Quotes by Whit Stillman

Until you can be happy, you can't facilitate happiness for anybody else.

Quotes by Wendy Raquel Robinson

We cannot be contented because we are happy, and we cannot be happy because we are contented.

Quotes by Walter Savage Landor

Be happy that you're growing older, that you're maturing, that you're smarter, that you're wiser.

Quotes by Walt Handelsman

To the European, it is a characteristic of the American culture that, again and again, one is commanded and ordered to 'be happy.' But happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. One must have a reason to 'be happy.'

Quotes by Viktor E. Frankl

Happy Quotes

As long as I bat well and as long as contribute to the team's win, I will be happy.

Quotes by Vijay Shankar

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the central idea tying these "be happy" quotes together?
Most argue that happiness has to start from within before it can spread outward, and that it's tied to accepting change, like growing older, rather than resisting it.
Is there a quote about happiness and helping others?
Yes -- one line argues you can't create happiness for other people until you've found some for yourself first, making self-happiness a prerequisite rather than a luxury.
What does the quote about contentment and happiness argue?
It plays with the two ideas almost like a riddle, suggesting you can't credit contentment for happiness or happiness for contentment -- they don't simply cause each other.
Is there a business-related example here?
Yes -- one quote notes that a genuinely happy small business is one that can afford to hire beyond just its owner, contrasting that with the tighter reality most independent ventures face.
How can these quotes be used day to day?
They work well as a gentle nudge to Feel good about aging and change, as a short Status update, or simply to sit with the idea that real Happiness starts with you.

Other lines draw a line between simple contentment and true happiness, and encourage embracing the wisdom that comes with getting older. See Feel and Good quotes for more.