" The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances. "

- Martha Washington

" Whoever is happy will make others happy. "

- Anne Frank

" True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not. "

- Seneca

" I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises. "

- Elizabeth Gilbert

" Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others. "

- Martin Luther King Jr

" Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them. "

- Steve Maraboli

" The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. "

- Marcus Aurelius

" Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. "

- Guillaume Apollinaire

" So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed? "

- Hunter S. Thompson

" Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. "

- Mother Teresa

" All happiness depends on courage and work. "

- Honoré de Balzac

" Happiness is holding someone in your arms and knowing you hold the whole world. "

- Orhan Pamuk

" Happiness is a warm puppy. "

- Charles M. Schulz

" The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it's all that matters. "

- Audrey Hepburn

" If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. "

- J.R.R. Tolkien

" Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.” ―John Lennon "

- John Lennon

" Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” "

- George Bernard Shaw

" If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success.” "

- James Cameron

" It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” "

- Leonardo Da Vinci

" You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.” "

- Michael Jordan