International Day of Happiness: 20 Famous Happiness Quotes
Happy quotes from 20 prominent people around the world.
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Don't Worry, Be Happy - Move over Spring Equinox, today is also the International Day of Happiness. The United Nations Foundation and Pharrell Williams have partnered to promote joy and smiles across the world through the holiday. To get into the spirit, take a look at 20 happiness quotes from prominent individuals. — Natelege Whaley (@Natelege) (Photo: United Nations Foundation)
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Mahatma Gandhi - "Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." (Photo: Central Press/Getty Images)
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Alice Walker - "Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself."(Photo: Dana Nalbandian/WireImage)
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Nelson Mandela - “Tread softly; breathe peacefully; laugh hysterically.” (Photo: Mike Hutchings/Reuters)
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Maya Angelou - “When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness... all the good things.” (Photo: Frank Micelotta/PictureGroup)
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Fela Anikulapo-Kuti - "Despite my sadness, I create joyful rhythms. Yeah, I am sad. I am an artist. I have my reasons for being sad. I want to change sadness. I want people to be happy. And I can do it by playing happy music. And through happy music I tell them about the sadness of others." (Photo: Reuters)
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Oprah Winfrey - "I define joy as a sustained sense of well-being and internal peace — a connection to what matters." (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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Denzel Washington - "My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace." (Photo: Monica Schipper/Getty Images)
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Tyler Perry - "Happiness for me is totally just being at peace knowing that, everything I'm doing, God is pleased with that. It's complete peace for me."(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
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Queen Latifah - "I don't have to take a trip around the world or be on a yacht in the Mediterranean to have happiness. I can find it in the little things, like looking out into my backyard and seeing deer in the fields." (Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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Jourdan Dunn - "Happiness is making your dreams come true." (Photo: Monica Schipper/FilmMagic)
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Herbie Hancock - "It's part of life to have obstacles. It's about overcoming obstacles; that's the key to happiness." (Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
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Josephine Baker - "God dislikes evil, and no happiness can be built on hate. Love one another as brothers."(Photo: Trascendental Graphics/Getty Images)
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Lupita Nygon'o - "I discovered that joy is not the negation of pain, but rather acknowledging the presence of pain and feeling happiness in spite of it." (Photo: Rob Kim/Getty Images)
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Wilma Rudolph - "When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome." (Photo: MCT /Landov)
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