Kin Hubbard

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won’t have to haunt for happiness

I have to plan my happiness. That’s the thing, we think happiness just happens and it can, but you’ve got to work in some happiness too.

Happiness cannot be travel to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.

Anybody who thinks money will make you happy, hasn’t got money.

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one’s self to do without it.

It’s not selfish to love yourself, take care of yourself, and to make your happiness a priority. It’s necessary.

I love people who make me laugh.

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.

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

Happiness ain’t a thing in itself -it’s only a contrast with something that ain’t pleasant. And so, as soon as the novelty is over and the force of the contrast dulled, it ain’t happiness any longer, and you have to get something fresh.

Happiness, wealth, and success are the byproducts of goal setting; they cannot be the goals themselves.

While I am opposed to all orthodox creeds, I have a creed myself; and my creed is this. Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so. This creed is somewhat short, but it is long enough for this life, strong enough for this world. If there is another world, when we get there we can make another creed.

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.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours.