“I don’t know why it is that I have always been happier thinking of somewhere I have been or wanted to go, than where I am at the time. I find it difficult to be happy in the present.”— Pat Conroy, amazon.com
“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.”— Marcus Aurelius, amazon.com
“Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn’t calculate his happiness.”— Fyodor Dostoyevsky, amazon.com
“Human interaction. The most complicated form of happiness I will never figure out.”— Charlotte Eriksson, charlotteeriksson.com
“Someone once asked me what I regarded as the three most important requirements for happiness. My answer was: A feeling that you have been honest with yourself and those around you; a feeling that you have done the best you could both in your personal life and in your work; and the ability to love ot…”— Eleanor Roosevelt,, amazon.com
“Never be ashamed of what you feel. You have the right to feel any emotion that you want, and to do what makes you happy.”— Demi Lovato, seventeen.com
“Even if you’re unhappy, just pretend that you’re happy. Eventually, your smile will be contagious to yourself. I had to learn that. I used to think, ‘I’m being fake,’ but you know what? Better to be fake and happy than real and miserable.”— Evangeline Lilly, people.com
“I wish for the same thing I’ve hoped for since the beginning. I wish for a life so brave, so unpredictable, so full of unexpected joys and unforgettable love that no box could possibly contain all my memories.”— Chelsey Philpot, amazon.com
“If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.”— Morris West, amazon.com
“Changing the world is good for those who want their names in books. But being happy, that is for those who write their names in the lives of others, and hold the hearts of others as the treasure most dear.”— Orson Scott Card, amazon.com
“When she is happy, she can’t stop talking, when she is sad she doesn’t say a word.”— Ann Brashares, amazon.com
“Even if it’s not what you planned, you can make a life for yourself on your own and be happy.”— Lisa Scottoline, publishersweekly.com
“Happiness is waking up, looking at the clock and finding that you still have two hours left to sleep.”— Charles M. Schulz, goodreads.com
“The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world. And they are not only happy in themselves, t…”— William Lyon Phelps, en.wikipedia.org
“All I want to be is very young always and very irresponsible and to feel that my life is my own-to live and be happy and die in my own way to please myself.”— Zelda Fitzgerald, goodreads.com
“Every minute you spend with someone gives them a part of your life and takes part of theirs.”— Ally Condie, amazon.com
“Happiness is holding someone in your arms and knowing you hold the whole world.”— Orhan Pamuk, amazon.com