Updated on November 12, 2021
It's not always easy to stay positive and happy when we experience so many negative things daily. We all have our bad days when life gets you down, but happiness quotes and positive affirmations can help you regain your center and inner peace.
If you start your day on the right foot with a quote about happiness, you will be surprised how they can help frame your thoughts and help you spread light and joy all through the day. Attitudes are contagious; reading these happiness quotes will give you an extra boost to help radiate positivity and spread the light around.
Quotes About Happiness To Radiate Positivity Into Your Life
Let go of the past
Hanging onto the past only stops you from enjoying the present and looking forward to the future. Once you have learned from your mistakes and understand that you won't be making the same ones again, there is no point in reliving them. Continuing to focus on your past mistakes does more harm than good. Here are some quotes to help you start each day anew and keep you in a positive mindset.
"We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here NOW with the power to shape your day and your future." — Steve Maraboli
"When things go wrong, don't go with them." — Elvis Presley
"Don't let yesterday take up too much of today" — Will Rogers
"The only thing a person can ever really do is keep moving forward. Take that big leap forward without hesitation, without once looking back. Simply forget the past and forge toward the future." -Alyson Noel
"There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it." -Shannon L. Alder
Love Yourself
We all need reminders to boost our self-confidence and remind us to stay true to ourselves. Love yourself for who you are and remind yourself that you matter. By doing this, it also enables you to help others embrace themselves.
"Do not become a stranger to yourself by blending in with everyone else." -Dodinsky
"I now see how owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we can do." — Brené Brown
"The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself." - Mark Twain
"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are."- Marilyn Monroe
"Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world." -Eleanor Roosevelt
Love Your Life
Here are some quotes to help remind us of all the good in our lives. When you are overflowing with happiness, and glowing with positivity you become a magnet for more good things to come your way. The happier you are the more things show up in your life for you to be happy about.
"There is no path to happiness. Happiness is the path." — Buddha
"Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance." — Echart Tolle
"Don't brood. Get on with living and loving. You don't have forever." -Leo Buscaglia
"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all." — Oscar Wilde
"One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." — Gerard Way
Enjoy The Simple Things
Happiness can be found in the simplest of things if we just take the time to notice. Happiness can be found in a delicious coffee, being greeted by your dog, a good book, or a simple walk. Here are some quotes to remind us to enjoy the simple things in life because by doing this we bring joy and positivity into our everyday.
"This morning, with her, having coffee." — Johnny Cash, when asked for his description of paradise.
"….the perfect beauty of the pattern that each raindrop makes as it joins its puddle."
― Jay Woodman
"He's the happiest who's happy watching an ant climb down a wall."
― Marty Rubin
"Inner peace is not something to be found but something to be created! By enjoying with the simple things of life, you can easily create a peaceful mind!"
― Mehmet Murat ildan
"Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time." - Marthe Troly-Curtin