“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” —Aristotle
“One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats.” —Iris Murdoch
“The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.” —Ashley Montagu
“Remember this, that very little is needed to make a happy life.” —Marcus Aurelius
“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.” —Mark Twain
“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” —Abraham Lincoln
“Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.” —Helen Keller
“The U. S. Constitution doesn’t guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.” —Benjamin Franklin
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” —Thomas Jefferson
“Be happy while you’re living, for you’re a long time dead.” —Scottish Proverb
“Remember happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.” —Dale Carnegie