The things I post are kind of me talking to myself. If you feel as though I have no right to tell "you" how to feel, remember that I am talking to me. When I say 'you' it is simply a pronoun that makes it easier to express my thoughts in an objective manner.

Happy Quotes

Here are quotes that pertain to happiness. Some are attributed to authors, some are anonymous, and some are my own. I hope this page will help to remind you how to smile and be happy.

If you want to be happy, be. ~Leo Tolstoy

Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy. ~Robert Anthony

Sadness is necessary. Without it you could never know what happiness is. ~ Me

Being happy doesn't mean everything is perfect, it just means you have decided to focus on the good parts. ~ unknown

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 am going to be happy in it. ~ Groucho Marx

Don't worry, be happy. ~ Bobby McFerrin


Some say the key to happiness is love, but I'm pretty sure it's guinea pigs. ~ Me

Don't worry about tomorrow because by the time it comes it's already today so you might as well enjoy it while it's here. ~ Me again

Don't let one cloud obliterate the whole sky. ~ Anais Nin

Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. ~ Voltaire

Whether you think you can or you think you can't, either way you are right. ~ Henry Ford

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.
                                                                          ~ Helen Keller

Laugh when you can
Apologize when you should
And let go of what you can't change
Life is too short to be anything but happy
                                  ~ Author Unknown

Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response.
                                                              ~ Mildred Barthel

For every minute you are angry, You lose sixty seconds of happiness.
                                                                       ~ Author Unknown

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are. ~ Marianne Williamson                                                               

On the whole, the happiest people seem to be those who have no particular reason for being happy except that they are so.
                                                             ~ William R. Inge

You can't change the past; but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future. ~ I said this too

When you rise in the morning,
Give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength.
Give thanks for your food and the joy of living.
If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies with yourself.
                                                                                ~ Tecumseh