Daily Happiness Quotes to Make You Smile

It is always better to start the day off with a smile, so we have put together a list of all the best daily happiness quotes to get you moving in the right direction. And if you’re looking for short daily happiness quotes for Instagram, we also have you covered.

Now go ahead and browse through to find your favorite.

Daily Happiness Quotes

“Happy people plan actions, they don’t plan results.” – Dennis Waitley

“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.” – Confucius

“The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are.” – Goldie Hawn

“Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.” – Herman Hesse

“Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.” – Ayn Rand

“The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it’s all that matters.” – Audrey Hepburn

“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.” ― Albert Camus

“If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.” – Morris West

“Happy people don’t fail. Happy people just learn. Don’t think they’re above the push and shove. They just wait their turn. They always got a hand or a dollar to spare. Know the Golden Rule, what you’re going through even if they’ve never been there.” – Big Little Town

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

“Happiness is a state of mind. It’s just according to the way you look at things.” – Walt Disney

“The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.” – Andre Maurois

“Happiness is not a goal…it’s a by-product of a life well-lived.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.” – Arthur Schopenhauer

“I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle – victorious.” – Vince Lombardi

“Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic.” – John Henry Jowett

“I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.” ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.” – James Oppenheim

“For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.” – Seneca

“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” – Marthe Troly-Curtin

“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.

“Every new day gives me ceaseless hope to reach out for my dreams.” – Lailah Gifty Akita

“Remember, you’re the one who can fill the world with sunshine.” ― Snow White, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

“We become what we think about.” – Earl Nightingale

“Happiness is a state of activity.” – Aristotle

“I got that sunshine in my pocket, got that good soul in my feet.” – Justin Timberlake

“There’s nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard” – Stephen Chbosky

“Most people would rather be certain they’re miserable, than risk being happy.” – Dr. Robert Anthony

“Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look.” —Jodi Picoul

“Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.” – Charles Dickens

“People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.” – Anton Chekhov

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

“Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get” – W. P. Kinsella

“Life is too short to live on low-fat everything.” – Kristin Scott Thomas

“The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.” – Mark Twain

“Being happy isn’t having everything in your life be perfect. Maybe it’s about stringing together all the little things.” ― Ann Brashares, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

“A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?” – Albert Einstein

“If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.” – Mary Lou Retton

“Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.” – Benjamin Franklin

“It’s a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.” – Lucille Ball

“I’m singin’ in the rain, just singin’ in the rain. What a glorious feeling. I’m happy again.” – Gene Kelly

“Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower.” – John Harrigan

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

“I’d far rather be happy than right any day.” – Douglas Adams

“Enjoy life while you can. It can be taken in a heartbeat.” – Jasmin Morin

“There comes a day when you’re gonna look around and realize happiness is where you are.” ― Chief Tui, Moana

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.” – Heraclitus

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anaïs Nin

“Pick out a pleasant outlook, stick out that noble chin. Wipe off that “full of doubt” look, slap on a happy grin and spread sunshine all over the place. Just put on a happy face!” – Dick Van Dyck

“Every morning is a chance at a new day.” – Marjorie Pay Hinckley

“There is great happiness in not wanting.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.” – Dale Carnegie

“Say something positive, and you’ll see something positive.” —Jim Thompson

“When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a billionaire without paying taxes.” – Ernie Banks

“The best time to be happy is always now.” – Roy T. Bennett

“Don’t take life too seriously. You’ll never get out of it alive.” – Elbert Hubbard

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.” – Herman Cain

“And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.” – Confucius

“Happiness is holding someone in your arms and knowing you hold the whole world.” ― Orhan Pamuk, Snow

“A positive attitude awakens inner strength, energy, motivation, and initiative.” – Remez Sasson

“Tension is who you think you should be, relaxation is who you are.” – Chinese proverb

“The mere sense of living is joy enough.” – Emily Dickinson

“Tomorrow is promised to no one. Prioritize today accordingly.” – Gina Greenlee

“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh

“If you are positive, you’ll see opportunities instead of obstacles.” – Widad Akrawi

“Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” – Guillaume Apollinaire

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop

“Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.” – Albert Schweitzer

“Happiness [is] only real when shared.” ― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

“It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.” – Seneca

“It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.” ― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People

“The mere sense of living is joy enough.” – Emily Dickinson

“Simplicity makes me happy.” – Alicia Keys

“It’s almost always possible to be honest and positive.” – Naval Ravikant

“That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest.” – Henry David Thoreau

“Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.” ― Helen Keller

“If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.” – Epicurus

“Roll with the punches and enjoy every minute of it.” – Meghan Markle

“We can truly love one another once we love who we are.” –Angela C. Santomero

“If you want something, don’t wish for it. Life is too short to wait.” – Stephen Hines

“Life is too short to be unhappy.” – Roy T. Bennett

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” – Marcus Aurelius

“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” – Omar Khayyam

“Independence is happiness.” – Susan B. Anthony

“One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.” – Rita Mae Brown

“Today is a new day, the first day of the rest of your life.” – Abbie Hoffman

“If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams, and you will always look lovely.” – Roald Dahl

“The pleasure which we most rarely experience gives us greatest delight.” – Epictetus

“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.” – Bertrand Russell

“Live for each second without hesitation.” — Elton John

“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Life will bring you pain all by itself. Your responsibility is to create joy.” – Milton Erickson

“The constant happiness is curiosity.” – Alice Munro

“Happiness never decreases by being shared.” – Buddha

“Happiness is the secret to all beauty. There is no beauty without happiness.” – Christian Dior

“All happiness depends on courage and work.” – Honoré de Balzac

“Do what is true to your soul.” —Malini Saba

“Don’t rely on someone else for your happiness and self-worth.” – Stacey Charter

“Have fun, work hard and money will come. Don’t waste time – grab your chances. Have a positive outlook on life. When it’s not fun, move on.” – Richard Branson

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss

“Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon” – Winnie the Pooh

“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama

“Happiness is not doing fun things. Happiness is doing meaningful things.” – Maxime Lagacé

“What we think, we become.” —Buddha

“Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow. It only saps today of its joy.” – Leo Buscaglia

“Happiness does not lead to gratitude. Gratitude leads to happiness.” – David Steindl-Rast

“I may be a living legend, but that sure don’t help when I’ve got to change a flat tire.” – Roy Orbison

“In order to carry a positive action, we must develop here a positive vision.” – Dalai Lama

“The only joy in the world is to begin.” – Cesare Pavese

“Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.” – Paulo Coelho

“If you want to be happy, be.” – Leo Tolstoy

“Learn to let go. That is the key to happiness.” – Buddha

“Every morning starts a new page in your story. Make it a great one today.” – Doe Zantamata

“Love yourself more, you’ll never regret it.” – Ann Marie Molina

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” – Confucius

“Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” ― Guillaume Apollinaire

“If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours.” ― Dolly Parton

“The past is gone. Today is full of possibilities.” – Karen Casey

“Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet.” – Sarah Louise Delany

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” —Mahatma Gandhi

“It’s been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.” ― Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

“Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon” – Winnie the Pooh

“Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.” – Friedrich Schiller

“Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.” – Robert Frost

“Be yourself and people will like you.” —Jeff Kinney

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Happiness [is] only real when shared” – Jon Krakauer

“And I’m so happy lovin’ you that anyone can see that I’m bubblin’ over, bubblin’ over, bubblin’ over because you love me.” – Dolly Parton

“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.” – Ernest Hemingway

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

“Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it.” – Lou Holtz

“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.” – Aesop

“Be happy. It really annoys negative people.” – Ricky Gervais

“Never continue in a job you don’t enjoy. If you’re happy in what you’re doing, you’ll like yourself, you’ll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined.” – Johnny Carson

“Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.” – Benjamin Disraeli

“The truly wise and happy are never rushed.” – Maxime Lagacé

“Enjoy every moment you have. Because in life, there are no rewinds, only flashbacks.” – Anmol Andore

“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself.” – Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

“That’s your unlimited desires that are clouding your peace, your happiness.” – Naval Ravikant

“The only joy in the world is to begin.” – Cesare Pavese

“To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.” – Albert Camus

“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” – Aristotle

“Happiness is a warm puppy.” – Charles M. Schulz

“There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.” – George Sand

“Embrace your uniqueness. Time is much too short to be living someone else’s life.” – Kobi Yamada

“Turn every life situation into a positive one.” – Rhonda Byrne

“Now, think of the happiest things. It’s the same as having wings.” ― Peter Pan, Peter Pan

“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.” – Oscar Wilde

“There is more to life than increasing its speed.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn’t calculate his happiness.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Forget your troubles, c’mon get happy. You better chase all your cares away. Shout hallelujah, c’mon get happy. Get ready for the judgment day.” – July Garland

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist.” – Oscar Wilde

“They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: Someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.” – Tom Bodett

“If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy.” – Proverb

“Now there is this song I wrote, I hope you learned it note for note. Like good little children, don’t worry, be happy. Listen to what I say. In your life expect some trouble. When you worry you make it double. Don’t worry, be happy. Be happy now.” – Bob Marley

“The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.” – James M. Barrie

“Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.” – Marquis de Condorcet

“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.” – Anne Frank

“There’ll be happiness after you. But there was happiness because of you. Both of these things can be true.” – Taylor Swift

“Every moment is a fresh beginning.” —T.S. Eliot

“Yesterday ended last night, today is a brand-new day. And it’s yours.” – Zig Ziglar

“Life is short and you’ve got to get the most out of it.” – Gwen Stefani

“Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny.” – Stephen Hawking

“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” – George Burns

So that is it for our list of Daily Happiness Quotes. We hope you found the perfect one!

If you like these, you might also want to check out our other lists of Joyful Quotes, Uplifting Quotes, Enjoy the Moment Quotes, Happy Captions and Enjoy Life Quotes.