Happiness is not a life without worries or struggles. Happiness is the robust sense of fulfillment one feels when bravely confronting hardship. It is that elevation of the spirit, like an airplane gaining lift from the air resistance against its wings.
Daisaku Ikeda, peacebuilder
Here are a few more thoughts from those wiser than me...
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."
Mahatma Ghandi
"You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace."
Ernie Banks
"True happiness... is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose."
Helen Keller
"Activity is another name for happiness. Give free, unfettered play to your unique talents, live with the full radiance of your being. This is what it means to be truly alive." Daisaku Ikeda, peacebuilder
"True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new."
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude."
Dale Carnegie
"Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run to weeds."
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Activity is another name for happiness. Give free, unfettered play to your unique talents, live with the full radiance of your being. This is what it means to be truly alive.
Daisaku Ikeda, peacebuilder