That Cool Chick Toni from A Daily Dose of Toni started this great weekly ritual of posting Favorite Quotes – the quotes that people come up with are very inspiring, so if you haven’t had a chance to check out Quotable Sunday, now’s your chance! 😉 This week I have chosen quotes about ‘Happiness’. This subject has come up a lot in random conversations over the past week, so I think it is very appropriate! 😉 I sort of went overboard this week, but I really couldn’t leave any of these out:

“Always remember to forget the things that made you sad. But never forget to remember the things that made you happy.” – Anonymous

“Be happy while you’re living, for you’re a long time dead.” – Scottish Proverb

“Don’t miss a rainbow because you’re looking down; look up and see it.” – Anonymous

“Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.” – Cicero

“God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed.” – West African Proverb

“Happiness comes from spiritual wealth, not material wealth. . . Happiness comes from giving, not getting. If we try hard to bring happiness to others, we cannot stop it from coming to us also. To get joy, we must give it, and to keep joy, we must scatter it.” – John Templeton

“Happiness is a path, not a destination.” – Anonymous

“Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Happiness is not having what you want. It’s wanting what you have.” – Anonymous

“If you want happiness for an hour take a nap. If you want happiness for a day go fishing. If you want happiness for a year inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime help someone else.” – Chinese Proverb

“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust

“Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.” – Mark Twain

“Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” – Abraham Lincoln

“Seven days without laughter makes one weak.” – Mort Walker

“The happiest people don’t always get the best of everything; they just make the best of everything.” – Anonymous

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

“Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.” – Anonymous

Want to join us on Quotable Sunday? Here are the basic and easy-to-follow rules…come on and join in, it’s fun! 😉

The rules (for newbies)
~Go to your blog and post one or more of your favorite quotes.
~Go to Toni’s and sign mister linky with the link to your post and then go visit the other participants and leave some comment love.
~Spread the word of course…we want lots of Quotes to read 🙂


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11 Comments

  1. OHHHH Love this one:
    The happiest people don’t always get the best of everything; they just make the best of everything.” – Anonymous

    Great quotes Stacy 🙂

  2. @Toni: That’s one of my favorites, too! It is SO true! 🙂 Thanks so much for stopping by! 🙂

  3. I LOVE every single one of those quotes! They made me feel happy!

    I especially love the quote from good ole Abraham Lincoln!

    Thanks for sharing!

  4. GREAT quotes! I love this idea…but I would probably wind up only quoting Jack Handy…

  5. @Bee and Rose: I had that same thing happen when I was searching for happy quotes…they all made me smile! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by! 🙂

    @Jenni Jiggety: OK, I literally LOL’d when I read your comment, Jenni! 🙂 The quotes don’t have to be seriously inspirational, they can be fun and funny, too! 😉 Thanks a bunch for stopping by! 🙂

  6. Happiness is not having what you want. It’s wanting what you have.”

    I should remember this one today!!

  7. These are fabulous! I really like this one and i had not head it before: “God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed.” – West African Proverb.
    Thanks!

  9. I had a hard time choosing a favorite, you had several great ones. This quote grabed my attention: “Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.”

    Times are tough for many people, and a smile is such a small gesture. Thanks for sharing this.

  10. Here’s my choice for the week: “Happiness is a path, not a destination.” – Anonymous

    Thanks for the great thoughts.

  11. @Lori @ The Downs Gang: It’s definitely a good one to remember! 😉 Thanks for stopping by, Lori! 🙂

    @Jennifer: Thanks, Jennifer! I like that one, too – it really makes sense! Thanks for stopping by! 🙂

    @my2boyz: I couldn’t pick just a few, had to post all of them for the same reason! 😉 Happy Sunday sounds just right to me! 😉 Thanks for stopping by! 🙂

    @rmgales: I absolutely agree – that one gave me chills when I read it, so I had to include it. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by! 🙂

    @Amy: I love that one, too! Thanks for stopping by, Amy! 🙂

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