As what Leo Tolstoy said so succinctly: "If you want to be happy, be."
This is another one of my all-time favorite happiness quotes by Albert Camus:"But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads."
Anyway, here I have selected some short and easy-to-understand happiness quotes to share with you:
"Happiness depends upon ourselves." - Aristotle
"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." - Abraham Lincoln
“I’d far rather be happy than right any day.” - Douglas Adams
"If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time." - Edith Wharton
"What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner." - Colette
“Happy people plan actions, they don’t plan results.” - Dennis Waitley
"Whoever is happy will make others happy, too." - Mark Twain
"Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age." - Christopher Morley
“The only joy in the world is to begin.” - Cesare Pavese
"Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Be happy. It's one way of being wise." - Sidonie Gabrielle
“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” - Dalai Lama
"To be happy, do not add to your possessions, but subtract from your desires." - Unknown
"Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure: where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness." - St. Augustine
“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.” - E. E. Cummings
"Better to be happy than wise."- John Heywood
“It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.” - Seneca