Optimistic quotes

Here are some of our favourites

About laughter

  • "A laugh is a smile that bursts." - Mary H. Waldrip
  • "A man isn't poor if he can still laugh." - Raymond Hitchcock
  • "At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities." - Jean Houston
  • "It was not a laugh but merely a loud smile." - Author unknown
  • "Laughter is an instant vacation." - Milton Berle
  • "Laughter is the shortest distance between two people." - Victor Borge
  • "Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face." - Victor Hugo
  • "The most wasted of all days is one without laughter." - E. E. Cummings

About happiness

  • "Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." - Albert Schweitzer
  • "Whoever is happy will make others happy too." - Anne Frank
  • "Each happiness of yesterday is a memory for tomorrow." - George W.Douglas
  • "All the statistics in the world can't measure the warmth of a smile." - Chris Hart
  • "Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • "The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for." - Allan K. Chalmers
  • "If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." - Helen Keller
  • "All seasons are beautiful for the person who carries happiness within." - Horace Friess
  • "Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves." - James M Barrie
  • "Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." - Marcel Proust