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Happiness Quotes

Most Famous Happiness Quotes of All Time!

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Money can't buy happiness.

Quotes by Howard Hughes

No period of my life has been one of such unmixed happiness as the four years which have been spent within college walls.

Quotes by Horatio Alger

My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory; for if it be a sin to covet glory I am the most offending soul alive.

Quotes by Horatio Nelson

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.

Quotes by Hosea Ballou

Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to happiness.

Quotes by Hosea Ballou

You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.

Quotes by Horace

Musical composition should bring happiness and joy to people and make them forget their troubles.

Quotes by Horace Silver

Those who seek happiness miss it, and those who discuss it, lack it.

Quotes by Holbrook Jackson

It's not attractive when girls get superskinny. Guys don't like it. Girls don't like you as much. You lose some happiness when that's all you think about.

Quotes by Hilary Duff

For me, however, that beloved, glowing little word happiness has become associated with everything I have felt since childhood upon hearing the sound of the word itself.

Quotes by Hermann Hesse

Nevertheless, whether in occurrences lasting days, hours or mere minutes at a time, I have experienced happiness often, and have had brief encounters with it in my later years, even in old age.

Quotes by Hermann Hesse

This happiness consisted of nothing else but the harmony of the few things around me with my own existence, a feeling of contentment and well-being that needed no changes and no intensification.

Quotes by Hermann Hesse

It was as if all of the happiness, all of the magic of this blissful hour had flowed together into these stirring, bittersweet tones and flowed away, becoming temporal and transitory once more.

Quotes by Hermann Hesse

Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.

Quotes by Hermann Hesse

To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a woman's smile - that is happiness.

Quotes by Hermann Hesse

Happiness may perhaps be shared. But not luck, sadly.

Quotes by Herta Muller

The slave may be happy, but happiness is not enough.

Quotes by Herbert Read

It's part of life to have obstacles. It's about overcoming obstacles; that's the key to happiness.

Quotes by Herbie Hancock

Public health service should be as fully organized and as universally incorporated into our governmental system as is public education. The returns are a thousand fold in economic benefits, and infinitely more in reduction of suffering and promotion of human...

Quotes by Herbert Hoover

Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

Quotes by Heraclitus

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these quotes say about controlling your own happiness?
One speaker makes a compelling case for self-control here, warning it "would be a mistake to hinge my happiness on something so completely out of my control." It's a reminder that lasting happiness rarely comes from things outside our control, like an award or outcome.
Can you make other people happy if you're not happy yourself?
According to one quote, no — not really. It states plainly, "Until you can be happy, you can't facilitate happiness for anybody else." The idea is that your own happiness has to come first before you can genuinely help others find theirs.
Is happiness only about material wealth, according to these quotes?
Not entirely. While one quote links a whole way of life to "more happiness, more human enlightenment than from any other way," another pushes back on pure consumption, pointing to "other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness" beyond just buying more. For a closer look at that kind of contentment, see our Fulfillment quotes.
How is happiness connected to enlightenment in these quotes?
One quote draws a direct line between the two, crediting a certain way of life with bringing "more happiness, more human enlightenment than from any other way." It suggests happiness and growth can go hand in hand. For more on the feelings tied to happiness, browse our Emotion quotes.
What's a good next collection to explore after this one?
If these happiness quotes resonated, our Joy collection captures a similar lighter, uplifting feeling, and if you'd rather share a short happiness message, check out our Status page.

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