We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.

Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.

I begin to see that a man's got to be in his own heaven to be happy.

The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.

Many in this world run after felicity like an absent-minded man hunting for his hat while all the time it is on his head.

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

I do think awful things may happen at any moment, so while they are not happening, you may as well be pleased.

Everyday happiness means you can't wait to come home, because the soup is hot.

People are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

For the happiest life, days should be rigorously planned, nights left open to chance.