The Meaning & Purpose of Happiness

• The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

• Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.

• Happiness is the highest good.

• Happiness is the only good.

• Happiness is a state of well-being and contentment.

🧠 Happiness as a State of Mind

• Happiness depends upon ourselves.

• Happiness depends upon your outlook on life.

• Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.

• Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

• Happiness is an inside job.

• Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response.

🌱 Happiness & Living in the Present

• Happiness is to live in the moment and to live in the now.

• The only way to achieve happiness is to cherish each moment.

• Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

• Happiness is a direction, not a place.

• Happiness is a journey, not a destination.

• Happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.

• Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.

🎯 Happiness, Action & Effort

• Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.

• Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.

• Happiness is a state of activity.

• Happiness is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.

• Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

• Happiness is a form of courage.

💛 Happiness & Simplicity

• Happiness is found in the simple things in life.

• The key to happiness is not to seek more, but to develop the capacity to enjoy less.

• Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.

• Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day.

• Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens.

🎨 Happiness & Creativity / Achievement

• Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

• Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement.

• Happiness is the feeling that power increases — that resistance is being overcome.

🤍 Happiness, Love & Gratitude

• Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed.

• Happiness is the experience of loving life.

• Happiness is the joy of living in harmony with the universe.

• Happiness is a warm puppy.

• Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.

• Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

⚖️ Happiness, Balance & Harmony

• Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

• Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.

• Happiness is a well-balanced combination of love, labor, and luck.

💪 Happiness & Strength in Adversity

• The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

• Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them.

• Happiness is the art of never holding in your mind the memory of any unpleasant thing that has passed.

• Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

• Happiness is a function of accepting what is.

🔍 Happiness & Awareness

• The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

• The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.

• The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.

• Happiness is found when you stop comparing yourself to other people.

• Happiness is when reality exceeds expectations.

🧠 Philosophical Views on Happiness

• Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

• Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination.

• The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.

• Happiness is not something you experience; it's something you remember.