As long as we continue to think we will be happy in the future, we will never be happy in the moment, and that is the same as saying that we will never be happy. If we think that our lives will be better when we get that better job or retire, stay or go, gain or lose weight, or when our children grow and leave or come back, we are putting off the happiness that there is in today.Aminu Kano
Almost nothing material is needed for a happy life, for he who has understood existence.Marcus Aurelius
Happiness is nothing but good health and freedom, and money is the single best way you can buy your freedom.Scott Adams
I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness.Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
We experience happiness as a series of pleasing moments. They come and go like clouds, unpredictable, fleeting, and without responsibility to our desires. Through honest self-work, reflection, and meditation, we begin to string more of these moments together, creating a web-like design of happiness that drapes around our lives.Tara Stiles
I think self-discovery is the greatest achievement in life, because once you discover yourself and accept what you are, then you can fulfil your true potential and be happy.Marco Pierre White
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.Marcel Proust
If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.Abraham Maslow
No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.Lucius Annaeus Seneca
The world is increasingly designed to depress us. Happiness isn't very good for the economy. If we were happy with what we had, why would we need more?Matt Haig
Take the risk of thinking for yourself, much more happiness, truth, beauty, and wisdom will come to you that way.Christopher Hitchens
If you get hung up on pleasure, you’re doomed. If you pursue joy, you will get everlasting happiness.George Lucas
You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.Diane von Furstenberg
Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.Roy T. Bennett
I now tried a new hypothesis: It was possible that I was more in charge of my happiness than I was allowing myself to be.Michelle Obama
The more you understand this world, the more you destroy yourself. That's why fools are happy, and intelligent people live in loneliness.Fyodor Dostoevsky
Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.Plato
The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.Plato
You need to grab whatever chance you have of happiness where you find it, and not worry about other people too much... We get no more than two or three such chances in a life time, and if we let them go, we regret it for the rest of our lives.Haruki Murakami
Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate and you will be healthy. Be in general virtuous and you will be happy.Benjamin Franklin
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.Carl Jung
You want to enjoy every day. You want to have a job you love — and you want to work with people you like and admire and trust. If you've got that, you are a long way home.Warren Buffett
The first rule of a happy life is low expectations. That’s one you can easily arrange. And if you have unrealistic expectations, you’re going to be miserable all your life.Charlie Munger