Happiness Depends upon Ourselves

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions,
it is governed by our mental attitude.
- Dale Carnegie

Happiness depends upon ourselves.
- Aristotle

Life is 10 percent what happens to me
and 90 percent how I react to it.
- Charles Swindoll

Happiness is not something ready made.
It comes from your own actions.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

Consistent happiness is found through
living in a state of constant gratitude.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase:
if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.
- C.P. Snow

Today's affirmation:
I become happy when I choose to accept and love all of life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Finding Joy

Ten Little Tips to Feel Happier Right Now

The Secret of Happiness

What Causes Unhappiness? 

Choose To Be Happy

How to be Happier in Life 

A life of happiness requires a plan and it requires action

Joy is a choice, but it isn't an easy choice.
- jlh

This above all, to thine own self be true.
- William Shakespeare

The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.
- C.P. Snow

Happiness depends upon ourselves.
- Aristotle

You can't "find" happiness. You can't successfully "pursue" happiness. You create a joyful life of great happiness by finding your purpose, by moving forward according to your purpose, by maintaining a positive perspective on everything and everyone around you.

Happiness is a choice, as the old saying goes, but not just by declaring, "I choose happiness." A life of happiness requires a plan and it requires action.

The Path to Happiness

The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you'll never find it. - C.P. Snow 

 Happiness is a choice. - Anonymous 

 If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. - Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama 

 The path to happiness is forgiveness of everyone and gratitude for everything. - jlh 

 What is admirable about those who have been of great service to humanity is not that they suffered in being of service, but that they found their source of happiness (joy if you prefer) in that service. - jlh