Ani DiFranco Quotes

Nothing has to happen for me to feel good! I feel good because I'm alive! Life is a gift, and I revel in it.

I think I'm someone who is pretty happy with themselves and pretty content where they are in life. I want to share my happiness and hopefully enrich people's lives that I come into contact with.

I'm so lucky to be crazy happy in my life. And I think it's not so much that I'm happier now than ever; it's that I'm more content. I'm in the harbor of my life.

Usually we try to figure out what we think would make us happy, and then try to make those things happen. But happiness isn't circumstance-de pendent. There are people who have every reason in the world to be happy who aren't. There are people with genuine problems who are. The key to happiness is the decision to be happy.

The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.

The clue to happiness is being interested in life. People's happiness is as great as they can create it.

Keep a good heart. That's the most important thing in life. It's not how much money you make or what you can acquire. The art of it is to keep a good heart.

You don’t need a reason to be happy...your desire to be so is sufficient.

Happiness is your own treasure because it lies within you.

The secret of happiness is the determination to be happy always, rather than wait for outer circumstances to make one happy.

Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.

The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts.

What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not to write books or scale mountains or sail oceans, but to achieve happiness, and preferably an unselfish happiness.

As long as folks are happy, I'm happy.

I have embraced every day with gratitude.

Choosing to be grateful earns you happiness

In order to be happy oneself it is necessary to make at least one other person happy.

I'm happy and I have a great life.

The happiest people I know are people who don't even think about being happy. They just think about being good neighbors, good people. And then happiness sort of sneaks in the back window while they are busy doing good.

The key to happiness is the decision to be happy

Be happy now. Don’t wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future.

Sometimes you have to smile by faith. If you'll smile by faith, soon the joy will follow.

Put aside ambition for public recognition, and simply do what you do because it feels good inside.

Being Grateful. That is the first step on the path to Joy.

Joy is a sign of generosity. When you are full of joy, you move faster and you want to go about doing good to everyone.