Audrey Hepburn

One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy.

Happiness isn’t a one-size-fits-all proposition. You must define what it looks like for you and then make a conscious effort to access whatever gets you to your unique definition of joy.

They’ve got no idea what happiness is, they don’t know that without this love there is no happiness or unhappiness for us–there is no life.

Action may not bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

You have no more right to consume happiness without producing it, than you do to consume wealth without producing it.

The key to being happy is knowing you have the power to choose what to except and what to let go.

When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him.

What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?

But you know, happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

Pierre was right when he said that one must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and I now believe in it. Let the dead bury the dead, but while I’m alive, I must live and be happy.

How often, for example, have you said or heard someone else say, “All I really want in this life is to be happy”? It sounds like a commonsense answer, but as a life goal, it is destined for failure. My dog, Barkley, wants to be happy. Does that mean that the two of you want the same things? I don’t think so. I’ll bet everything I own that you and Barkley define happiness very differently. So unless you’re willing to settle for someone scratching your belly and letting you sleep under the coffee table, you might want to be a little more precise about what you as a unique individual really want.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

Money itself won’t bring happiness, but it sure makes paying the bills easier.