25 Positive Quotes to Brighten Your Day
We can all use a little jolt of positivity now and then, right? A kind word from a loved one, praise for a job well done or even a warm smile from a stranger can lift our spirits. Sometimes, a wise quote or saying does the trick too and the words lift our mood.
Here are 25 positive quotes to help brighten your day. And, if one in particular makes you happy, share it with a friend to infuse some positivity into their day. Enjoy!
“The greatest source of happiness is the ability to be grateful at all times.” — Zig Ziglar
“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
“If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling in the world.” — Joseph Addison
“One of the best lessons you can learn in life is to master how to remain calm.” — Catherine Pulsifer
“The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be.” — Marcel Pagnol
“The best way to cheer yourself up is to cheer someone else up.” — Mark Twain
“Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t.” — Bill Nye
“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.” — Epictetus
“The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.” — James M. Barrie
“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
“The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.” — James Oppenheim
“Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don’t even remember leaving open.” — Rose Lane
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” — Herman Cain
“There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them.” — Anthony de Mello
“The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.” — Martha Washington
“Before you start to judge me, step into my shoes and walk the life I’m living and if you get as far as I am, just maybe you will see how strong I really am.” — Unknown
“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” — Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
“Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.” — Mary Lou Retton
“Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.” — Herman Hesse
“Your work is discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.” — Buddha
“Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.” — Marquis de Condorcet
“If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.” — Morris West
“Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.” — Les Brown
“Light tomorrow with today.” — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need tomorrow.” — Robert Tew
