Most times when people seek happiness, they focus on things that they do not have to be happy. It may be something materialistic or even the approval of others that they look for with the belief that it would make them happy if they get it. They may attribute happiness to a particular job that they desire, someone whom they have feelings for, or something else that they always wanted.
But there’s something common to a lot of these people who depend on external things for their happiness; they discover that they hardly feel fulfilled, and even when they get those things that they so desperately wanted, they find out that they always want more. This at times could make them unhappy.
But perhaps, if you learned to celebrate the little things which you already have and find happiness in helping others, then you can be more satisfied compared to when you find happiness outside.
If you aren’t happy with yourself, then it’s hard to think that you can be happy acquiring materials. You get happiness from just being yourself and accepting who you are.
You should realize that happiness begins with yourself, and if you are looking for quotes to draw inspiration to be happy with yourself, here are a few.
Quotes on being happy with yourself
1. “Happiness depends upon ourselves.” Aristotle
2. “We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.” Frederick Keonig
3. “It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.” Arthur Schopenhauer
4. “Be happy with what you have. Be excited about what you want.” Alan Cohen
5. “Happiness depends on your mindset and attitude.” Roy T. Bennett
6. “On the whole, the happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.” William R. Inge
7. “Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” Marcus Aurelius
8. “If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more.” Roy T. Bennett
9. “If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the world belongs to you.” Lao Tzu
10. “There is no need for comparison. Be happy with yourself and find satisfaction in your work.” Lailah Gifty Akita
11. “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” Albert Einstein
12. “Think of what you have rather than of what you lack. Of the things you have, select the best and then reflect how eagerly you would have sought them if you did not have them.” Marcus Aurelius
13. “The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think you are.” Goldie Hawn
14. “The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.” Henry Ward Beecher
15. “True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self.” Joseph Addison
16. “It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.” Dale Carnegie
17. “A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit; and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?” Albert Einstein
18. “Happiness is being content with what you have, living in freedom and liberty, having a good family life and good friends.” Divyanka Tripathi
19. “Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it.” William Feather
20. “Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don’t wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it’s at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.” Earl Nightingale
21. “Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it.” William Feather
22. “All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.” Baruch Spinoza
23. “The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.” Epictetus
24. “The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don’t have.” Woody Allen
25. “Happiness is the default state. It’s what’s there when you remove the sense that something is missing in life.” Naval Ravikant
26. “The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment.” Doug Larson
27. “The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters.” Audrey Hepburn
28. “We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.” Frederick Keonig
29. “Happiness is a function of accepting what is.” Werner Erhard
30. “Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.” Herman Hesse
31. “There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.” Epictetus
32. “Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.” Coco Chanel
33. “The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.” Martha Washington
34. “I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.” John Stuart Mill
35. “As people spin faster and faster in the pursuit of merely personal happiness, they become exhausted in the futile effort of chasing themselves.” Andrew Delbanco
36. “The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.” Carl Sandburg
37. “Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.” Abraham Lincoln
38. “There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.” Epictetus
39. “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” Dalai Lama
40. “Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” Guillaume Apollinaire
41. “The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life.” Euripides
42. “Happiness consists more in conveniences of pleasure that occur everyday than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom.” Benjamin Franklin
43. “True happiness is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.” Helen Keller
44. “Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get.” W.P. Kinsella
45. “The secret of happiness, you see is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.” Socrates
46. “But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?” Albert Camus
47. “There are two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations.” Jodi Picoult
48. “No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.” Barbara DeAngelis
49. “It’s the moments that I stopped just to be, rather than do, that have given me true happiness.” Richard Branson
50. “Happiness does not depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.” Dale Carnegie