50+ Best Feeling Happy Quotes to Start and End Your Day on a High Note

Happiness is contagious—whether it’s from a smile, a warm hug, or a few uplifting words. If you’re in need of a little joy boost, here are 50 feeling happy quotes that will make your heart smile and your soul sparkle.

Feeling Happy Quotes

“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama

“The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it’s all that matters.” – Audrey Hepburn

“Happiness is a direction, not a place.” – Sydney J. Harris

“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” – Dalai Lama

“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.” – Anne Frank

“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” – Aristotle

“There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.” – Buddha

“Do more of what makes you happy.” – Unknown

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

“Smile, it’s free therapy.” – Douglas Horton

“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.” – Mark Twain

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

“Happiness is homemade.” – Unknown

“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.” – John Lennon

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

“Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.” – Hafez

“You do not find the happy life. You make it.” – Camilla Eyring Kimball

“Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like.” – Unknown

“A happy soul is the best shield for a cruel world.” – Atticus

“Happiness is contagious. Pass it on!” – Unknown

“The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.” – Thucydides

“Happiness looks good on you.” – Unknown

“Take time to do what makes your soul happy.” – Unknown

“Be silly. Be fun. Be different. Be crazy. Be you, because life is too short to be anything but happy.” – Unknown

“Happiness isn’t about getting what you want all the time. It’s about loving what you have and being grateful for it.” – Unknown

“Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“A good laugh is sunshine in the house.” – William Makepeace Thackeray

“Happiness is only real when shared.” – Jon Krakauer

“Being happy never goes out of style.” – Lilly Pulitzer

“The key to being happy is knowing you have the power to choose what to accept and what to let go.” – Dodinsky

“Happiness is a warm puppy.” – Charles M. Schulz

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

“The happiest people don’t have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything.” – Unknown

“Laugh louder. Smile bigger. Love longer.” – Unknown

“Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers’ gardens.” – Douglas Jerrold

“To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.” – Albert Camus

“Happiness is the art of never holding in your mind the memory of any unpleasant thing that has passed.” – Unknown

“If you want to be happy, be.” – Leo Tolstoy

“Happiness is an inside job.” – William Arthur Ward

“Wherever you go, no matter the weather, always bring your own sunshine.” – Anthony J. D’Angelo

“Choose happiness daily and happiness will choose you back.” – Unknown

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

“Happiness is the secret to all beauty. There is no beauty without happiness.” – Christian Dior

“Create your own sunshine.” – Unknown

“Happiness doesn’t have to be big. It can be a moment, a laugh, a warm cup of tea.” – Unknown

“Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.” – Maya Angelou

“Joy is not in things; it is in us.” – Richard Wagner

“Happiness is a journey, not a destination.” – Ben Sweetland