23 Quotes About True Happiness

True happiness can be elusive, but it is well worth the search. We all want to find peace and contentment in our lives. But while we all share the desire to be happy, we often don’t know how to go about it. We may be looking for a perfect partner or dream job, but we often forget the most important step: we must work on ourselves first Read more

No matter what aspect of our life we look at — career, family, friends, health — we should never lose sight of the fact that we are responsible for our own happiness.

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I find no importance in showing others that I am happy; it's not important to me that they know or think that I am happy but what is important to me is that I am happy. I am interested in being happy, not in making others think or know that I am. C. Joybell C.
To buy a cake... to howl at the moon... to...
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To buy a cake... to howl at the moon... to know true happiness... I am happy. C. Joybell C.
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Peace is something like happiness; you cannot say "I will be happy when.." and you can't say "I will be peaceful when.." Your happiness shouldn't depend on the situation you're in nor on the circumstances that surround you. In the same breath, you cannot wait for everything around you to become peaceful in order for you to say "I am peaceful." In both happiness and peace, there is a heart of strength, determination and steadfastness; a heart that has the power to make things happen. You have to be at peace. You have to be happy. Now. C. Joybell C.
Seeking external validation brings disappointment. Validate yourself from within to...
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Seeking external validation brings disappointment. Validate yourself from within to find true happiness. Amy Leigh Mercree
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Sometimes we must undergo hardships, breakups, and narcissistic wounds, which shatter the flattering image that we had of ourselves, in order to discover two truths: that we are not who we thought we were; and that the loss of a cherished pleasure is not necessarily the loss of true happiness and well-being. (109) JeanYves Leloup
Real women fight for something, other than their own emotions.
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Real women fight for something, other than their own emotions. Shannon L. Alder
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True happiness is devoid of any illusion. Dada Bhagwan
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What is called true happiness? It is 'chit prasannta' (blissful state of chit). The person who has attained 'chit prasannta', he need not beg for anything in this world! Dada Bhagwan
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If you are looking for true happiness, you have to change your level of consciousness and deepness of awareness. Debasish Mridha
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When it becomes above normal, material happiness will feel like misery. Dada Bhagwan
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Learn to be your own best friend first then you will find true happiness, because happiness is from within. Gift Gugu Mona
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Happiness is surrounding yourself only with those who bestow their unconditional love and support. Ken Poirot
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It's normal for us to become unhappy for a while due to how circumstances in life treat us, but it is ungodly for us to be ungrateful for these circumstances that make us unhappy! Israelmore Ayivor
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True happiness cannot not be achieved through wealth, fame or action, But through love, modesty and self satisfaction. Mouloud Benzadi
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There is not a “true” happiness and a “false” happiness. Only happiness and meaning. The key to happiness is to realize that it is not the same thing as meaning.  The key to meaning is to realize that it is to be found neither in the pursuit, nor in the denial, of happiness. Happiness speaks to our health, meaning to our hope. The former provides for the necessities of life, the latter a reason for living… Happiness is the consequence of properly loving ourselves. Meaning is the consequence of loving others as ourselves. James Castleton
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Only those who seek within, get to discover their true unconditional happiness. Unknown
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If what you call happiness are the pleasurable feelings that you experience when things are going very well in your life, then you truly don't know what true happiness is. Unknown
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Isn't it time for you to stop making excuses, complaining and pointing finger, so that you could start challenging and changing your negative thoughts and beliefs in order to change your mood? Try not to deprive yourself from happiness any longer. You solely owe it to yourself. Unknown
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Take out the garbage...true happiness comes from within not from without! Ken Poirot
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The commencement of true happiness is the realization that your happiness begins with you. Ogwo David Emenike
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When someone loves you for who you are (completely) without judgment, impossible conditions or pretense...your heart awakens, your soul comes alive, your senses are stimulated and you know true happiness. Carlos Wallace
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Unless and until you give happiness to others you truly cannot be happy. Amit Abraham