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All you need to Know about Quotes About Happiness

Happiness provides a lot of inspiration and subjects for quotes, and we love collecting quotes about happiness on this site. Below are some of the questions that we frequently get asked about happiness quotes.

If you’re just interested in the quotes themselves, then check out the side bar to see a full list of all the Happiness quotes that we have on the site.

Frequently Asked Questions About Happiness

Which authors have written about Happiness?

Throughout the years, a lot of writers have written on the subject of happiness. But everyone has to have their favorites, and at Quotation Oasis, we particularly like the Happiness quotes written by these authors

  • Aristotle
  • Epicurus
  • Seneca
  • Marcus Aurelius
  • Thomas Aquinas
  • Rene Descartes
  • John Locke
  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • Immanuel Kant
  • Jeremy Bentham
  • John Stuart Mill
  • Friedrich Nietzsche
  • Leo Tolstoy
  • Sigmund Freud
  • Carl Jung
  • Bertrand Russell
  • Albert Camus
  • Viktor Frankl
  • Martin Seligman
  • Dalai Lama

We are always trying to add new quotes to the site, so please keep checking back for new happiness quotes from the authors above and please don’t hesitate to let us know if you’d like to see more happiness quotes from a particular author on the site.

Which themes are most often covered in quotes about Happiness?

The good thing about happiness quotes is that they can cover such a broad range of topics and themes, but some of our favorite topics and themes that happiness quotes cover are -

  • Gratitude
  • Love
  • Contentment
  • Joy
  • Positivity
  • Mindfulness
  • Self-care
  • Adventure
  • Friendship
  • Success
  • Simplicity
  • Kindness
  • Laughter
  • Freedom
  • Fulfillment
  • Growth
  • Acceptance
  • Balance
  • Peace
  • Purpose

What are some of the best and most popular quotes about Happiness?

There are so many great quotes about happiness, but we’ve picked out some of our favorites below. We hope you enjoy them.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
Dalai Lama

The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.
William Saroyan

Happiness is a warm puppy.
Charles M. Schulz

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them.
Steve Maraboli

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
Marcus Aurelius

Happiness is not a destination, it's a journey.
Zig Ziglar

Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
Margaret Lee Runbeck

Happiness is not having what you want. It is wanting what you have.
Rabbi Hyman Schachtel

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.
J.M. Barrie