40 Quotes About Being Happy With What You Have

List Of 40 Quotes About Being Happy With What You Have:

#1 Roy T. Bennett

“If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present.”

#2 Janette Rallison

“Happy is entirely up to you and always has been.”

#3 Orson Welles

“If you want a happy ending, it just depends on where you close the book!”

#4 Sanhita Baruah

“It is not as much about who you used to be, as it is about who you choose to be.”

#5 Deepak Chopra

“Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.”

#6 George Bernard Shaw

“We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.”

#7 Todd Stocker

“Helping others is the secret sauce to a happy life.”

#8 Sigmund Freud

“Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.”

#9 Shannon L. Alder

“When you are joyful, when you say yes to life and have fun and project positivity all around you, you become a sun in the center of every constellation, and people want to be near you.”

#10 Benjamin Franklin

“There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means – either may do – the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.”

#11 Tom Giaquinto

“Life is so short. The only person you hurt when you stay angry or hold grudges is you. Forgive everyone, including yourself.”

#12 Mahatma Gandhi

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

#13 Amber L. Johnson

“Maybe if we stopped trying to achieve movie standards of greatness, we’d be happy with what we have.”

#14 Mehmet Murat ildan

“If you are happy, don’t analyse your happiness, don’t ask questions and don’t even think about it; just live it to the fullest!”

#15 Laura Ingalls Wilder

“The real things haven’t changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.”

#16 Mandy Hale

“Happiness doesn’t have to be chased…it merely has to be chosen.”

#17 Robert Holden

“Sometimes in order to be happy in the present moment you have to be willing to give up all hope for a better past.”

#18 Mac Miller

“No matter where life takes me, you’ll find me with a smile. Presumed to be happy, always laughing like a child. I never thought life could be this sweet! It’s got me cheesing from cheek to cheek!”

#19 Carl Jung

“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. It is far better to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.”

#20 Swedish Proverb

“Those who wish to sing always find a song.”

#21 14th Dalai Lama

“If a person’s basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a painful physical experience. On the other hand, if someone is suffering from depression, anxiety, or any form of emotional distress, then even if he or she happens to be enjoying physical comforts, he will not really be able to experience the happiness that these could bring.”

#22 Jason Mraz

“You can turn off the sun, but I’m still gonna shine!”

#23 Misha Collins

“Be kind to yourself, so you can be happy enough to be kind to the world.”

#24 Ogwo David Emenike

“Happy is the soul that has a friend. Happier is the soul that trusts in the truth of the heart of a friend. Happiest is the soul that knows the solemnity of friendship and honours its laws.”

#25 Abraham Lincoln

“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”

#26 Peter Deunov

“Stop in somebody’s shadow to rest and cool down, and you are lost. No one can make anyone else happy.”

#27 James Oppenheim

“The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.”

#28 Aristotle

“…happiness does not consist in amusement. In fact, it would be strange if our end were amusement, and if we were to labor and suffer hardships all our life long merely to amuse ourselves…. The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not spent in amusement….”

#29 Buddha

“Learn to let go. That is the key to happiness.”

#30 Matt Haig

“Make sure, as often as possible, you are doing something you’d be happy to die doing.”

#31 Mark Twain

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

#32 Ilona Andrews

“Everybody has something, that one thing they must do to feel happy. I think this is yours, and I want you to be happy. You don’t have to do it, but it’s here if you choose to come back to it.”

#33 Jim Rohn

“Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.”

#34 Sharon Swan

“I’m a happy person. If you want to be around me, you can either choose to be happy too, or follow the signs to the nearest exit!”

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#35 Debasish Mridha

“You are happy when you are enthusiastic and action-oriented, not when you are luxury and pleasure-oriented.”

#36 Melody Carstairs

“If you’ve got nothing to dance about, find a reason to sing.”

#37 Immanuel Kant

“Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.”

#38 Gordon B. Hinckley

“Be believing, be happy, don’t get discouraged. Things will work out.”

#39 Helen Keller

“Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.”

#40 Anne Frank

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

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References

https://www.biography.com/activist/helen-keller
https://www.hki.org/helen-kellers-life-and-legacy#.XPSvQogzZPY