Be Happy Quotes

Welcome to our Be Happy Quotes collection, where we’ve gathered a treasure trove of inspirational and uplifting quotes to brighten your day and bring a little more happiness into your life. Happiness is a universal pursuit, and these quotes are here to remind you that happiness is not just a destination, but also a journey that can be filled with joy, positivity, and contentment.

Life can be challenging, and we all face moments of doubt and uncertainty. However, it’s in these very moments that a well-chosen quote can serve as a beacon of hope and motivation. Whether you’re looking for a daily dose of inspiration, seeking words of encouragement, or simply want to spread some happiness to those around you, our collection of Be Happy Quotes has something for everyone. Scroll down to discover these quotes, and feel free to copy them, place them on an image, or enhance them with stylish fonts to share the happiness with others. Let’s embark on this journey to find joy together!

To forget oneself is to be happy. Robert Louis Stevenson

Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy. Swami Sivananda

Well, I think the golden rule I can think of is the fact that you must follow your passion and do something that’s close to your heart. And I think that that’s very important, well, to be successful and to be happy. Kumar Mangalam Birla

You can be right or you can be happy. Gerald Jampolsky

I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it. Groucho Marx

It is possible to live happily in the here and the now. So many conditions of happiness are available – more than enough for you to be happy right now. You don’t have to run into the future in order to get more. Thich Nhat Hanh

My life is actually empty, so I feel like I’m lying to everyone by pretending to be happy on the outside. Sulli

It feels so good to be happy. Etta James

We shall not be happy unless we live like good animals, unless we enjoy the exercise of the ordinary functions of life: eating, sleeping, loving, walking, running, swimming, riding, sailing. William Morris

Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness. George Orwell

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. Albert Camus

I would like to say every moment counts for you, so make the time that you spend for your dreams a very special moment, make sure that you do something that you’ll be happy with when you go back and look at yourself. Jennie

You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness. Tracy Kidder

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won’t have to hunt for happiness. William E. Gladstone

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. Saint Augustine

I think most of us are raised with preconceived notions of the choices we’re supposed to make. We waste so much time making decisions based on someone else’s idea of our happiness – what will make you a good citizen or a good wife or daughter or actress. Nobody says, ‘Just be happy – go be a cobbler or go live with goats.’ Sandra Bullock

I do not play football to win the Ballon d’Or. I play football to be happy, because I love it and want to play football. Neymar

You can be happy where you are. Joel Osteen

A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can stop him. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. Golda Meir

Happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy. There’s going to be stress in life, but it’s your choice whether you let it affect you or not. Valerie Bertinelli

Don’t wish me happiness – I don’t expect to be happy it’s gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor – I will need them all. Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war. Thucydides

The necessary thing for anyone to be happy and contented as long as he lives is working for the ones who will come after him rather than working for himself… One can reach the true delight and happiness in the life only by working for the existence, honor, and happiness of the future generations. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Life is short, and if we enjoy every moment of every day, then we will be happy no matter what happens or what changes along the way. Gretchen Bleiler

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution. Samuel Johnson

I wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. So it is what it is. There comes a time when things can work out and everybody can be happy. And that’s what it’s all about in the end – everybody being happy and working it out. Nas

A birthday is just another day where you go to work and people give you love. Age is just a state of mind, and you are as old as you think you are. You have to count your blessings and be happy. Abhishek Bachchan

How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being. Oscar Wilde

I won’t be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a glove and swinging a bat. Babe Ruth

I gave up my struggle with perfection a long time ago. That is a concept I don’t find very interesting anymore. Everyone just wants to look good in the photographs. I think that is where some of the pressure comes from. Be happy. Be yourself, the day is about a lot more. Anne Hathaway

People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things – to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today. Zig Ziglar

Do good ’cause God wants you to be happy. When you come to church, when you worship Him, you’re not doing it for God, really. You’re doing it for yourself because that’s what makes God happy. Victoria Osteen

Any fool can be happy. What I’m interested in is satisfaction. There’s got to be more to life than just being happy. You’ve got to be fulfilled. You’ve got to be satisfied; philosophically satisfied is what I mean. Charlie Trotter

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy? Albert Einstein

To the European, it is a characteristic of the American culture that, again and again, one is commanded and ordered to ‘be happy.’ But happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. One must have a reason to ‘be happy.’ Viktor E. Frankl

If I’m not in love, if I’m not with a long-term companion, I cannot be happy. Elon Musk

If you can do what you do best and be happy, you’re further along in life than most people. Leonardo DiCaprio

Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don’t wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it’s at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored. Earl Nightingale

The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be. Marcel Pagnol

I know it sounds corny, but I think the meaning of life is to do what you love and be happy. John 5

Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances. J. Donald Walters

Be happy. It’s one way of being wise. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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

We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Less make-up is better, and it’s always better to let your natural beauty shine. Essentially, be happy with your appearance. Park Shin-hye

I have a tattoo on my arm that says, ‘Would you be proud to die this way?’ And that’s my reminder to continue to treat people well and love people, and if I took my last breath right now, would I be happy with who I am? Jordan Fisher

Be happy now. It’s a great Western disease that we’ll be happy in the future – when we get higher status or that BMW or that promotion or this project finished. Instead, be happy now. Marshall Goldsmith

I want London to be the most cycle-friendly city on Earth, and I want more people to be happy and safe on bicycles. Boris Johnson

It is not God’s will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy. Immanuel Kant

Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. H. L. Mencken

Just try to be happy. Unhappiness starts with wanting to be happier. Sam Levenson

Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with. Charles Farrar Browne

Pain is important, and changing who you are is difficult, painful, and scary. Most of the self-help industry sees change as this euphoric, liberating thing and tells you that you can be happy all the time. I think the opposite. Mark Manson

I didn’t lose weight for my career or a relationship – I did it to be happy and, as Oprah says, to live my best life. Adrienne C. Moore

No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

I just want to say to women, ‘Be yourself – it’s the inner beauty that counts. You are your own best friend, the key to your own happiness, and as soon as you understand that – and it takes a few heartbreaks – you can be happy.’ Cherie Lunghi

I collect art, and I drink wine… things that I like that I had never been exposed to. But I never said, ‘I’m going to buy art to impress this crowd.’ That’s just ridiculous to me. I don’t live my life like that, because how could you be happy with yourself? Jay-Z

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

Nobody’s perfect, so don’t go out there and try to act like you got to live a perfect life. Be yourself, and be happy with it. Khris Middleton

Performing live actually thrills me. Just get me a stage, get me a mic, and I’m going to be happy. Rita Wilson

If only we’d stop trying to be happy we’d have a pretty good time. Edith Wharton

You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren’t happy in one place, chances are you won’t be happy anyplace. Ernie Banks

I am happy because I’m grateful. I choose to be grateful. That gratitude allows me to be happy. Will Arnett

What you feel inside reflects on your face. So be happy and positive all the time. Sridevi

If you want to be happy, be. Leo Tolstoy

Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself. Alice Walker

It is by not always thinking of yourself, if you can manage it, that you might somehow be happy. Until you make room in your life for someone as important to you as yourself, you will always be searching and lost. Richard Bach

Life is like a roller coaster, live it, be happy, enjoy life. Avril Lavigne

When you work hard, you are not going to be happy the whole time, you are going to have frustration, bad times in life. Emiliano Martinez

Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give – pleasure, possessions, power – but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy. Dada Vaswani

I know I will never be happy, but I know I can be gay! Marilyn Monroe

You know it’s love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you’re not part of their happiness. Julia Roberts

We live in a very mollycoddled society where the slightest bit of discomfort is seen as wrong, but that discomfort is there for a reason. It’s supposed to trigger some form of action, some form of change, a realization of a truth – something, and I think the self-help world has you believing that you should be happy all the time. Matthew Hussey

Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight. Mark Victor Hansen

We’re only here for so long. Be happy, man. You could get hit by a truck tomorrow. Timothee Chalamet

Be happy. God gave you a breath to breathe every day. You don’t need to be mad about nothin’. Lamar Jackson

It doesn’t matter how tired I am; I will always still be happy. As soon as you go onstage, you get adrenaline. You hear the crowd: they’re screaming your name. They have posters. The energy gives you energy. Martin Garrix

I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about. Taylor Swift

Just because you got money doesn’t mean you’re gonna be happy, and just ‘cuz you can buy everything in the world doesn’t mean you’re gonna find your purpose. Logic

If someone decides they’re not going to be happy, it’s not your problem. You don’t have to spend your time and energy trying to cheer up someone who has already decided to stay in a bad mood. Believe it or not, you can actually hurt people by playing into their self-pity. Joyce Meyer

The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the single wish to be married, and the married wish to be dead. Ann Landers

It’s my destiny to make a place where people can come and be happy: a garden of joy. Niki de St. Phalle

If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are. Montesquieu

Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. Guillaume Apollinaire

My personal goals are to be happy, healthy and to be surrounded by loved ones. Kiana Tom

At the end of the day, you are in control of your own happiness. Life is going to happen whether you overthink it, overstress it or not. Just experience life and be happy along the way. You can’t control everything in your life, but you can control your happiness. Holly Holm

I believe that God put us in this jolly world to be happy and enjoy life. Robert Baden-Powell

No matter how bad things are, you can at least be happy that you woke up this morning. D. L. Hughley

They say people live to be happy. If you actually think about what happiness is, it’s nothing much. When you get to eat ramen after feeling really, really hungry, that’s happiness. RM

As men are not able to fight against death, misery, ignorance, they have taken it into their heads, in order to be happy, not to think of them at all. Blaise Pascal

There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it. George Herbert

Research has shown that the best way to be happy is to make each day happy. Deepak Chopra

I am someone who can’t hold on to negativity or hold on to grudges. I might feel something at a certain point, but I get tired after that. I don’t carry it with me. I forgive and forget very easily, and that’s the only way to be happy and peaceful. Deepika Padukone

Be happy in what you do. Be respectful of yourself. Do good works for others, and the goodness will come back to you and make you a better person. I think that’s what happiness is all about. Gerard Malanga

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

I can see, and that is why I can be happy, in what you call the dark, but which to me is golden. I can see a God-made world, not a manmade world. Helen Keller

We are built to be happy, strong and healthy. I fear not to live. We have everything to live up to our dreams. You have everything to achieve that, and in a very short period of time you can get all the tools to manifest who you want to be. Wim Hof

It’s easy to impress me. I don’t need a fancy party to be happy. Just good friends, good food, and good laughs. I’m happy. I’m satisfied. I’m content. Maria Sharapova

I don’t think I’m alone in this: I’m obsessed with trying to not only be happy but maintain happiness, but my definition of happiness is skewed more towards ecstasy rather than contentment. Mitski

Anton Usov
Anton Usov
I am Anton Usov, an educator with a passion for quotes that resonate with the human experience. Over many years, I have curated a collection that reflects wisdom and emotions across time. Join me in exploring the power of words to inspire and enlighten our paths.
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