Top 100 Happiest People Quotes
#1. The happiest people are the one who have mastered life's hardest lesson. They've learned how to let go,
Romina Russell
#2. The five happiest people I have ever met all had this strange little quirk of referring to their jobs as a 'calling.'
Eric Sevareid
#3. The happiest people I know live lives that revolve around serving others, not themselves.
Tim Elmore
#4. The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything but they make the most of everything.
Sam Cawthorn
#5. The happiest people I know are people who don't even think about being happy. They just think about being good neighbors, good people. And then happiness sort of sneaks in the back window while they are busy doing good.
Harold S. Kushner
#6. The happiest people are not those who have the best things, but those who enjoy the life and get the most of it with what they have.
Pravin Agarwal
#7. Success is not a destination: It is a journey. The happiest people I know are those who are busy working toward specific objectives. The most bored and miserable people I know are those who are drifting along with no worthwhile objectives in mind.
Zig Ziglar
#8. We are not here to enjoy the things on earth, but to pass them around. The people who do it are the happiest people you know!
George H. W. Bush
#10. People with dirty jobs are happier than you think. As a group, they're the happiest people I know.
Mike Rowe
#11. But leisure has little to do with one's happiness. To the contrary, I've found that the happiest people have found some cause and they stride through life propelled by a commitment.
Alan Loy McGinnis
#12. I have found that the happiest people are those who do the most for others; the most miserable are those who do the least. I have also found that few things, if any, are capable of making one so blind and narrow as race prejudice.
Booker T. Washington
#13. The happiest people aren't necessarily the most successful, or the most popular, or the most talented. They're the ones who are interested in the people around them.
Katie Kacvinsky
#14. The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts.
William Lyon Phelps
#15. The happiest people don't bother about whether life is unfair. They just concentrate on what they have.
Andrew Matthews
#16. I feel like I'm one of the happiest people I know.
Hope Davis
#17. The happiest people I have known have been those who gave themselves no concern about their own souls, but did their uttermost to mitigate the miseries of others.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
#18. The happiest people are fearless dreamers. They use their imaginations to create hope and possibility.
Ian K. Smith
#19. The happiest people I know are those who have an obsession to the obedience of God.
David Jeremiah
#20. The happiest people I have known in this world have been the Saints-and, after these, the men and women who get immediate and conscious enjoyment from little things.
Hugh Walpole
#21. Blessed are the idiots, for they are happiest people on earth.
Barry Hughart
#22. I am one of the happiest people I know. And that's a weird place to have arrived at from being a depressed Jewish kid.
Debra Winger
#23. The richest people in the world aren't particularly smart or happy. And the happiest people in the world aren't particularly smart or rich. ... That leaves me making music. But we can't talk about that.
Frank Zappa
#24. The happiest people among us are those who can sleep when they want to ...
Abu Sufyan Ibn Harb
#25. From time to time, to remind ourselves to relax and be peaceful, we may wish to set aside some time for a retreat, a day of mindfulness, when we can walk slowly, smile, drink tea with a friend, enjoy being together as if we are the happiest people on Earth.
Thich Nhat Hanh
#26. I guess everybody thinks about old times, even the happiest people.
Willa Cather
#27. The happiest people I know are separated followers of Jesus Christ.
They are not dependent on artificial stimulants. They do not resort to sick, dirty jokes. They do not abuse their bodies to relax their minds.
Billy Graham
#28. Research shows that the happiest people are those who use their natural talents to the utmost.
T. Harv Eker
#29. The happiest people are those with the fewest regrets. It is not because they have succeeded in everything they've tried; rather, they're happier because they at least put forth the effort - win or lose -and tried to make their thoughts and dreams a reality.
Ian K. Smith
#30. Last but not least, the happiest people do have their share of stresses, crises, and even tragedies. They may become just as distressed and emotional in such circumstances as you or I, but their secret weapon is the poise and strength they show in coping in the face of challenge.
Sonja Lyubomirsky
#31. The people of God ought to be the happiest people in all the wide world! People should be coming to us constantly and asking the source of our joy and delight. A. W. TOZER
Randy Alcorn
#32. I think people who sit around and are always yearning for the next thing are not always the happiest people.
George Osborne
#33. The happiest people in the world cry over the smallest grievances.
Neha Yazmin
#34. Lower your cortisol level. The happiest people have the lowest level of cortisol, a stress hormone that raises blood pressure and weakens the immune system. Cut the stress-more yoga, less road rage-and you'll cut your cortisol production.
Daniel Gilbert
#35. Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others ... By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.
Gordon B. Hinckley
#36. The happiest people are those who are contributing to society.
Ted Turner
#37. The happiest people are not the ones with the best or the most things, but those who most appreciate what they have.
Oliver Gaspirtz
#38. The happiest people I know are the ones that are still working. The saddest are the ones who are retired. Very few performers retire on their own. It's usually because no one wants them. Six years ago Sinatra announced his retirement. He's still working.
George Burns
#39. The happiest people, the ones you like the most, they're never worried about being rich.
Vince Staples
#40. The happiest people in America socialize about seven hours a day,
Dan Buettner
#41. The happiest people are the ones who can build a firm foundation of awesomeness out of the stones people have thrown at them.
Tanya Masse
#42. Some of the happiest people I know have none of the things the world insists are necessary for satisfaction and joy.
Joseph B. Wirthlin
#43. People who love each other fully and truly are the happiest people in the world. They may have little, they may have nothing, but they are happy people. Everything depends on how we love one another.
Mother Teresa
#44. The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.
William Ralph Inge
#45. The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.
Booker T. Washington
#46. There is one thing we can do, and the happiest people are those who do it to the limit of their ability. We can be completely present. We can be all here. We can ... give all our attention to the opportunity before us.
Mark Van Doren
#47. The HAPPIEST people don't have the BEST of everything ... They just drink WINE.
Tanya Masse
#48. The healthiest, holiest, and happiest people on the planet are those who laugh at themselves the most.
Mark Batterson
#49. From a quality-of-life perspective, psychologists have found that the people who have the most flow in their lives are the happiest people on earth.
Steven Kotler
#50. But the happiest people are the ones who understand that good things occur when one allows them to.
Danny Wallace
#51. Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
H. Jackson Brown Jr.
#52. It may sound too good to be true, but once you've seen the happiest people in your life who have nothing, you really start rethinking what the world, and society, tells us that we need to be happy.
Blake Mycoskie
#53. I was thinking that surgeons had to be the happiest people on earth. To cut people up and get paid for it-that's happiness, I told myself.
Norman Mailer
#55. The Happiest people DO NOT necessarily have the BEST THINGS.
They simply APPRECIATE the things they have.
Warren Buffett
#56. An in experienced traveler would imagine that their land contains the finest buildings, the biggest towns, the richest, best-fed, happiest people in the world.
Iain Pears
#57. We wish that we could take magic drugs, play around all day, read, and do nothing strenuous, and be the smartest, happiest people in the world. The truth is, it's all about sweat.
Wayne Coyne
#58. The happiest people are focused on living their own life (not someone else's) as well as possible.
Harriet Lerner
#59. The happiest people I know are not those who find their golden ticket; they are those who, while in pursuit of worthy goals, discover and treasure the beauty and sweetness of the everyday moments.
Dieter F. Uchtdorf
#61. I'm happy, I would say that I'm one of the happiest people I know but I've certainly had periods of profound sadness, depression and heartache and those are the kind of things that are interesting to me to write about.
Richard Marx
#62. Murder, arson, adultery, drugging and drinking, cruel politics
reading a book crammed with such activities can make the timid and yearning among us feel like the happiest people in the world.
Edith Pearlman
#63. The happiest people in the world are those who have a deep, gratitude-drenched relationship with Christ.
Randy Alcorn
#64. I suspect that the happiest people you know are the ones who work at being kind, helpful and reliable - and happiness sneaks into their lives while they are busy doing those things. It is a by-product, never a primary goal.
Harold S. Kushner
#65. The happiest people are those who have invested their time in others. The unhappiest people are those who wonder how the world is going to make them happy.
John C. Maxwell
#66. The happiest people I've found are in science. These people have three times the IQ - maybe I'm exaggerating. They have a higher IQ than I do. They love what they're doing, they have a good family life, they're satisfied.
Eli Broad
#67. I think that Danish people may be thought off as the happiest people, but honestly ... I love America.
Nicolas Winding Refn
#68. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world.
William Lyon Phelps
#69. The happiest people I know as a nation are the Burmese; their brightness and cheeriness are proverbial. Kindness to animals is one of their greatest 'weaknesses'; no Burmese will kill an animal, even if it is to put it out of pain.
Robert Baden-Powell
#70. I think I'm happiest when there are really talented people around.
Domhnall Gleeson
#71. I can't believe how some of the most unfortunate people in the world can be the happiest.It's just so enlightening to me.
Ariana Grande
#72. When people say money doesn't matter, it sure as hell does when you're able to show your mother a beach house and then hand her the keys to it. That was one of the happiest moments of my life.
Tony Robbins
#73. Imagine if you had access to data that allowed you to rank on a scale of overall happiness which people in your life made you the happiest. ... Would you make more time for those people?
Ariel Garten
#74. The last few years have been my happiest. I'm happy in the years that most people are blue and sad and waiting to die. I don't feel that a bit. Smiling has a lot to do with it. You can just lift your spirits by smiling a little bit.
William Proxmire
#75. I am happiest when I am working though, when I am being creative. I realized at a very young age what I loved doing. I think it is so important for people to pursue the things that they love and not give up on their dreams.
Josh Peck
#76. I am the happiest writing and being with the people I love.
Richard Flanagan
#77. You know what has made me the happiest I've ever been? Seeing my son and daughter graduate from college. More than wanting them to be educated, I wanted them to be nice people. To see that they have become both is just a wonderful thing.
Gil Scott-Heron
#78. A U.N. study claims the happiest country in the world is Switzerland. When asked why they're so happy, Swiss people couldn't answer because their hands were counting money and their mouths were full of chocolate.
Conan O'Brien
#79. People are happiest when they're trying to achieve goals that are difficult but not out of reach.
Daniel Gilbert
#80. Be yourself. The happiest and most successful people are those who feel the most comfortable with themselves.
Leighton Meester
#81. The happiest Christian homes I know are those given to hospitality, where neighbors feel at home, where young people are welcome, where the elderly are respected, where children are loved.
Billy Graham
#82. The happiest and most contented people are those who each day perform to make the best of their abilities.
Bill Vaughan
#83. I have always been a bit of an introvert. In fact, my dad used to force me to meet people so that my interpersonal skills improve. As an individual, I was happiest when left alone.
Ashwin Sanghi
#84. I think people live in the past and tend to look that way, because they drop off when they're happiest and most successful.
Patricia Norris
#85. You'd think I'd have been happiest in my life playing music in front of 50,000 people at Gillette Stadium. But let me tell you, it's an odd feeling to feel alone in the spotlight.
Kenny Chesney
#86. In France, the people were the sport of a king's caprice. Everywhere was the shadow of the Bastille. It fell upon the sunniest field, upon the happiest home.
Robert Green Ingersoll
#87. The techniques of different directors are very different, and people have different ways of expressing ideas in film. I'm happiest when working with a director as I would be if I were an actor. I'm wanting to provide a really good performance.
Howard Shore
#88. Seeing my ideas come to reality. Seeing how happy it makes other people to wear them. Seeing them on other people makes me the happiest.
Pamela Love
#89. It's an exceptional time, and it's always the happiest time if you can be really present and doing the things that you want to be doing and surrounding yourself with the people you love. So, yeah, I'm in a good spot right now.
Julia Roberts
#90. Whatever it is, I just loved it and felt at my absolute happiest when I was performing for people. And if that's what you want from a job, then this is the best job you could ever do.
James Corden
#91. Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others
Denis Diderot
#92. You can be the happiest you can be in a relationship but can have an urge to be with someone else. I know a lot of people that it has happened to.
Ellie Goulding
#93. The happiest and most successful people I know don't just love what they do, they're obsessed with solving an important problem, something that matters to them.
Drew Houston
#94. Our greatest pleasure consists in being admired; but those who admire us, even if they have every reason to do so, are slow to express their sentiments. Hence he is the happiest man who, no matter how, manages sincerely to admire himself - so long as other people leave him alone.]
Arthur Schopenhauer
#95. History calls those men the greatest who have ennobled themselves by working for the common good; experience acclaims as happiest the man who has made the greatest number of people happy.
Karl Marx
#96. Very few people have a natural feeling for painting, and so, of course, they naturally think that painting is an expression of the artist's mood. But it rarely is. Very often he may be in greatest despair and be painting his happiest paintings.
Francis Bacon
#97. Most people have friends, but no money. I have the opposite. I don't have a chance to talk to my real friends, the ones I've had since I was 5 years old. Sometimes I wish I could bring Czechoslovakia to America. Then I would be the happiest guy in the world.
Jaromir Jagr
#99. People are happiest when they are giving, they are saddest when they are just taking. And that is the core message of community.
Kevin Rudd
#100. I think we're programmed for hardship. In my experience, human beings are happiest when they're working themselves to the bone. People are more likely to feel adrift and unsatisfied when they have too much leisure time. Obstacles are good.
Jeff Carlson
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