49 Quotes About Being Responsible for Your Own Happiness

There are many special formulas that people following to acquire their own happiness. It is different for each person. These quotes about being responsible for your own happiness will empower you to take control of your life.

“A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being.”

“A smile is happiness you’ll find right under your nose.”

“All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife.”

“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”

“Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values.”

“Crying is cleansing. There’s a reason for tears, happiness or sadness.”

“Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.”

“For me, fitness is not just about hitting the gym; it is also about an inner happiness and an overall well-being.”

“Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.”

“Happiness can exist only in acceptance.”

“Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.”

“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.”

“Happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy. There’s going to be stress in life, but it’s your choice whether you let it affect you or not.”

“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.”

“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”

“Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.”

“Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you.”

“I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.”

“I do believe that if you haven’t learnt about sadness, you cannot appreciate happiness.”

“I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness – it’s right in front of me if I’m paying attention and practicing gratitude.”

“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”

“It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.”

“It’s great to reminisce about good memories of my past. It was enjoyable when it was today. So learning to enjoy today has two benefits: it gives me happiness right now, and it becomes a good memory later.”

“Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.”

“Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years.”

“Life is full of happiness and tears; be strong and have faith.”

“Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness, of hatred, of jealousy, and, most easily of all, the gate of fear.”

“Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own.”

“Perfect happiness is a beautiful sunset, the giggle of a grandchild, the first snowfall. It’s the little things that make happy moments, not the grand events. Joy comes in sips, not gulps.”

“Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.”

“Red is such an interesting color to correlate with emotion, because it’s on both ends of the spectrum. On one end you have happiness, falling in love, infatuation with someone, passion, all that. On the other end, you’ve got obsession, jealousy, danger, fear, anger and frustration.”

“Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.”

“Some days are just bad days, that’s all. You have to experience sadness to know happiness, and I remind myself that not every day is going to be a good day, that’s just the way it is.”

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”

“‘Sunrise Sunset’ is about trying to get to a place where life is simple and not letting the stress and happenings in the world get in the way of your happiness.”

“The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.”

“The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.”

“The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.”

“The most simple things can bring the most happiness.”

“The secret to happiness is freedom… And the secret to freedom is courage.”

“The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.”

“There is absolutely nothing in this world that will provide more comfort and happiness than a testimony of the truth.”

“There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.”

“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.”

“To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.”

“True happiness is… to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.”

“Trust your own instincts, go inside, follow your heart. Right from the start. go ahead and stand up for what you believe in. As I’ve learned, that’s the path to happiness.”

“Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.”

The root of all your happiness is centered on your heart and mind.