“Would I date a dude who adored me, had a great job, bought me flowers once a year on my birthday, and made me feel happy—even if he was under six feet tall? Yep. But then again, I wouldn't feel like I had "settled" for him—I'd feel like I was pretty damn lucky to finally find someone so amazing.”— Lindsay Tigar, womenshealthmag.com
“Each woman possesses standards unique to her, but it is important that she acquires standards that bring her true satisfaction and happiness.”— Lucy E., futurefemaleleader.com
“Seeing her step so easily from the pantry and emerge looking precisely as she did when she entered, only happier, taught Sula that sex was pleasant and frequent, but otherwise unremarkable.”— Toni Morrison, amazon.com
“It had been the longest time since she had had a rib-scraping laugh. She had forgotten how deep and down it could be. So different from the miscellaneous giggles and smiles she had learned to be content with these past few years.”— Toni Morrison, amazon.com
“How exquisitely human was the wish for permanent happiness, and how thin human imagination became trying to achieve it.”— Toni Morrison, amazon.com
“Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, amazon.com
“I realize this sounds cheesy, but you cannot be happy with someone else until you’re happy with yourself. Stop trying to flirt with everyone and stop trying to set up a lot of dates. Don’t think of every crush as a potential boyfriend. Don’t read too far into things. Take things slow with someone an…”— Jessica Booth, gurl.com
“In loving my happiness as well as sadness, my excitement as well as boredom, I discover that I am not my emotions, but the lover of my emotions.”— Abundantlee, amazon.com
“The scar on my wrist reminds me that I was once very sad but now the ring on my finger tells me it is possible to be happy, very happy.”— Scott, web.archive.org
“Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must nev…”— Elizabeth Gilbert, amazon.com
“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.”— Mother Teresa, catholic.org
“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”— Mother Teresa, catholic.org
“We can't all be happy, we can't all be rich, we can't all be lucky — and it would be so much less fun if we were.”— Jean Rhys, amazon.com
“Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.”— Helen Keller, amazon.com