70+ Choose Happiness Quotes to Build a Happy Life

In a world where negativity often overshadows positivity, choosing happiness can be a revolutionary act. It’s a lifelong journey rather than a destination. Choosing happiness embraces vulnerability and resilience. It's about prioritizing positivity regardless of life's challenges. To inspire your path towards a happier life, here are more than 70 quotes that encapsulate the essence of choosing happiness.

1. "Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions." — Dalai Lama
2. "The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." — Marcus Aurelius
3. "Happiness is a choice, a repetitive one." — Akilnathan Logeswaran
4. "Happiness is not by chance, but by choice." — Jim Rohn
5. "You must decide where you are going in the next life before you get there." — Ali Vincent
6. "Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking." — Marcus Aurelius
7. "Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be." — Abraham Lincoln
8. "The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open." — Chuck Palahniuk
9. "Happiness is a direction, not a place." — Sydney J. Harris
10. "The happiest people don’t have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything." — Anonymous
11. "The purpose of our lives is to be happy." — Dalai Lama
12. "Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product." — Eleanor Roosevelt
13. "Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears." — John Lennon
14. "For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
15. "Happiness depends upon ourselves." — Aristotle
16. "Happiness is the secret to all beauty. There is no beauty without happiness." — Christian Dior
17. "The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness." — William Saroyan
18. "If you want to be happy, be." — Leo Tolstoy
19. "Happiness consists more in conveniences of pleasure that occur every day than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom." — Benjamin Franklin
20. "We don’t laugh because we’re happy – we’re happy because we laugh." — William James
21. "The only joy in the world is to begin." — Cesare Pavese
22. "The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions." — Robert Louis Stevenson
23. "Happiness is the art of never holding in your mind the memory of any unpleasant thing that has passed." — Unknown
24. "Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort." — Franklin D. Roosevelt
25. "Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." — Mahatma Gandhi
26. "The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up." — Mark Twain
27. "Happiness is a warm puppy." — Charles M. Schulz
28. "Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile." — Albert Einstein
29. "Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." — Albert Schweitzer
30. "Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present." — Jim Rohn
31. "In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single word." — Walt Whitman
32. "The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it." — Richard Bach
33. "Happiness is not having what you want. It is appreciating what you have." — Unknown
34. "Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like and celebrating it for everything that it is." — Mandy Hale
35. "Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another." — Marquis de Condorcet
36. "Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence." — Aristotle
37. "Happiness is a state of mind. It's just according to the way you look at things." — Walt Disney
38. "Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination." — Immanuel Kant
39. "The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life." — William Morris
40. "Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier." — Mother Teresa
41. "Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot." — Aristotle
42. "There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will." — Epictetus
43. "True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self." — Joseph Addison
44. "Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn, or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude." — Denis Waitley
45. "Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it." — Albert Schweitzer
46. "Happiness is a simple, frugal heart." — Felipe Ariza
47. "Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort." — Franklin D. Roosevelt
48. "To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others." — Albert Camus
49. "Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." — Marcel Proust
50. "Happiness is not something ready-made; it comes from your own actions." — Dalai Lama
51. "If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway." — Mother Teresa
52. "Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life." — Omar Khayyam
53. "The secret to happiness is freedom... and the secret to freedom is courage." — Thucydides
54. "All happiness depends on courage and work." — Honoré de Balzac
55. "It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness." — Charles Spurgeon
56. "The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it’s all that matters." — Audrey Hepburn
57. "Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product of a life well lived." — Eleanor Roosevelt
58. "Happiness is not what makes us grateful. It is gratefulness that makes us happy." — David Steindl-Rast
59. "Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory." — Albert Schweitzer
60. "Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul." — Democritus
61. "Happiness is relational; it blooms in the company of others but withers in the presence of hatred." — Anita Krizzan
62. "Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action." — William James
63. "There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path." — Gautama Buddha
64. "Whoever is happy will make others happy too." — Anne Frank
65. "Being happy never goes out of style." — Lilly Pulitzer
66. "Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time." — Marthe Troly-Curtin
67. "Happiness comes in waves. It’ll find you again." — Anonymous
68. "The happiest people are those who are too busy to notice whether they are or not." — William Feather
69. "You can’t stop being afraid just by pretending everything that scares you isn’t there." — Michael Marshall
70. "Be happy. Not because everything is perfect. But because you choose to focus on the perfect moments." — Anonymous

Happiness is not a destination but a journey marked by the little choices we make every day. Keep these quotes close as a reminder that you have the power to choose happiness, cultivate it, and spread it wherever you go. One powerful tool to help in this journey is journaling.

By regularly documenting your thoughts, experiences, and moments of joy, you create a tangible record of happiness that you can revisit anytime. This practice not only reinforces joyful memories but also deepens your appreciation for life's everyday blessings. In doing so, you'll be building a happy and fulfilling life, not just for yourself, but for those around you as well. So, open your journal, embrace gratitude, and let happiness flow from the pages into your life.