Aphorisms and proverbs about happiness, maxims and popular sayings to be happy, practical advice to regain strength and achieve joy.
Popular sayings about happiness
- Happiness lies in taste and not in things, we are happy because we have what we like and not because we have what others find pleasant. (F. de La Rochefoucauld)
- True happiness lies in virtues. (Seneca)
- Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have. (O. Wilde)
- Each of us is the architect of his destiny, it is up to us to create the causes of happiness. Our responsibility and that of no one else is at stake. (XIV Dalai Lama)
- Happiness is knowing that you don't need to be happy at all costs. (W. Saroyan)
Proverbs about happiness
- Joy is not found in the objects that surround us, but in the depths of the soul. (S. Teresa)
- Nobody can make you feel unhappy if you don't allow it. (T. Roosevelt)
- Our greatest happiness is not in never falling, but in getting up again after each fall. (Confucius)
- The man who has accepted darkness with all his heart, discovers that it has become Light. And, whoever accepts pain with open arms, discovers that only happiness exists for him. (Osho)
- The fool seeks happiness far away, the wise makes it grow at his feet. (J. Openheim)
