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In the second half of 2022 and glad to have survived the pandemic, the aftermath of a breakup, the demise of family members, the hard times and still thriving and smiling! To honor the past 2 years of struggle, today I am sharing all the happiness quotes for Instagram which is also perfect to be used on FB or any other social media platform.

As Thomas Merton said, Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm, and harmony.

As the quote above states, in the interest of keeping it in order; first I will share a quick one-liner happy Instagram captions followed by a bit longer happy captions. If you spend a moment really taking the meaning behind these happiness Instagram captions, I hope it brings you a gentle nod in agreement or a Lil smile on your face today. Enjoy!

Happiness quotes for Instagram

Short happy captions for instagram

A smile attracts happiness.

Enjoy the little things.

Happiness is not by chance. But by choice.

Happiness is an inside job. William Arthur Ward

Stop being busy. Start being present. Maxime Lagace

Happiness depends upon ourselves. Aristotle

If you want to be happy, be. Leo Tolstoy

Learning to let go, is the key to happiness.

Being happy never goes out of style.

Eat clean, Be fit, Be Happy

Growth is happiness.

Travel is my happiness.

Happy mind, happy life.

Focus on the good.

Be You. Do You. For you.

:): You decide.

Happiness is a form of courage.

Don’t confuse comfort with happiness.

Independence is happiness. Susan B. Anthony

Life is too short to spend it at war with yourself.

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The art of being happy is to be satisfied with what you have and who you are.

Count your blessings and practice gratitude. That’s the key to happiness.

The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.

Be a good person but don’t waste time proving it.

I don’t feel the need to be understood anymore. I am happy as is.

Deal with your problems before they deal with your happiness.

Be happy without comparing yourself to others.

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.

I would far rather be happy than right any day.

Don’t let the silly little things steal our happiness.

Not how long but how well you have lived is the main thing.

She remembered who she was and the game changed.

You can be happy where you are. Joel Osteen

Be happy it drives people crazy.

If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. It means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections. Gerard Way

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. Marcus Aurelius.

The secret to happiness is freedom… And the secret to freedom is courage. Thucydides

Whoever said money can’t buy happiness simply didn’t know where to go traveling.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. Dale Carnegie

The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are.

Do more of what makes your soul happy.

When you focus on the good the good gets better.

You do not find a happy life. You make it. Camilla Eyring Kimball

If people are talking behind your back, be happy you are the one in front.

One of the best lessons in life is to know how to remain happy and calm.

Happiness is not something readymade, it comes from your own actions.

The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it!

Whatever you decide to do, make sure it makes you happy.

Life is short, smile while you still have teeth!

I have chosen to be happy because it’s good for my health

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows under his feet- James Oppenheim

The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness. William Saroyan

My faith helps me understand that circumstances don’t dictate my happiness, my inner peace. Denzel Washington

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul. Democritus

Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness. Bertrand Russell

A simple truth? we will never have this moment again- be happy.

Noone ever injured their eyesight by looking on the bright side.

We possess only the happiness we are able to understand. Maurice Maeterlinck

We are no longer happy if we wish to be happier.

I learned how to be happy because I know what unhappiness felt like. Lily Singh

Be happy with what you have. Be excited about what is to come.

Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided. Alphonse Karr

Happiness is a direction, not a place. Sydney J. Harris

Happiness is a continuation of happenings that are not resisted. Deepak Chopra

Be crazy, be stupid, be silly, be weird. Be whatever, because life is too short to be anything but happy

Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it. Bernard Meltzer

To be happy let things be. James Pierce

Happiness can exist only in acceptance. George Orwell

Whoever is happy, will make others happy too. Anne Frank

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt

When what we are is what we want to be, that’s happiness. Malcolm Forbes

Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude. Joseph Wood Krutch

Happiness is only real when shared. Jon Krakauer

Be happy you never know how much time you have left.

Don’t worry be happy.

To live is the rarest thing in the world, most people just exist. Oscar Wilde

There is something curiously boring about somebody else’s happiness. Aldous Huxley

To be happy, you must be your own sunshine.

Happiness is the best makeup.

The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy. It’s all that matters.

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness. Don Marquis

When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts nothing. Joseph Roux

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. Bertrand Russell

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change. Friedrich Schiller

A bit longer happy quotes below but still short ones.

When you make a conscious choice to be happy, no one can take it away from you because no one gave it to you. You gave it to yourself.

Whether you choose to move on from your struggles and enjoy life or waddle in your misery, life will continue.

Be positive. Stay happy and don’t let the negativity of the world get you down.

Happiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions. Saul Bellow

True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice. Ben Jonson

Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you. Deepak Chopra

Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself. Alice Walker

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind and has given up worrying once and for all. Ovid

Don’t waste your time in anger, regrets, worries, and grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy.

Satisfaction of one’s curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life. Linus Pauling

Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way. Sophocles

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Be happy about your own life and you’ll be amazed at just how much more beautiful you’ll find it to be.

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory. Rita Mae Brown

For every minute you are angry, you lose 60 seconds of happiness.

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length. Robert Frost

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. Carl Sandburg

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life. Omar Khayyam

Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open. John Barrymore

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things. Henry Ward Beecher

Money can’t buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you’re being miserable. Clare Boothe Luce

The most worthwhile thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others. Robert Baden-Powell

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won’t have to hunt for happiness. William E. Gladstone

Research has shown that the best way to be happy is to make each day happy. Deepak Chopra

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. Benjamin Disraeli

True happiness is… to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. Charles Spurgeon

There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved. George Sand

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

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit, and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy? Albert Einstein

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. Mahatma Gandhi

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. Oscar Wilde

Do what makes you happy. Life is too short to live on other people’s expectations. Amefil

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be. Abraham Lincoln

The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it. Richard Bach

Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing. Napoleon Hill

Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself. Plutarch

Sometimes simple life is a happy life.

Comparison is the thief of joy. Theodore Roosevelt

Happy thoughts lead to a happy day and a happy ending.

Trust the timing of your life.

Take a deep breath & remember who tf you are.

Happiness is the highest level of success.

Be kind whenever possible, it is always possible.

There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. Buddha

If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud. Emile Zola

Everyone wants happiness. No one wants pain but you can’t have a rainbow without a little rain.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. —Mahatma Gandhi

Stop waiting for Friday for summer, for someone to fall in love with you, for life. Happiness is achieved when you stop waiting for it and make the most of the moment you are in now.

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Happiness grows at our own firesides and is not to be picked in strangers’ gardens. Douglas William Jerrold


The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. Benjamin Franklin


The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. Ashley Montagu


Happiness isn’t something you experience; it’s something you remember. Oscar Levant


It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. Agnes Repplier


True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, and the zest for creating things new. Antoine de Saint-Exupery


Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are. Henry Van Dyke


Everything has its wonders, even darkness, and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content. Helen Keller


The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.


What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life. Leo Buscaglia


It’s enough to indulge and to be selfish but true happiness is really when you start giving back. Adrian Grenier


Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit. Hosea Ballou


In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness – otherwise, how would you know when you’re happy? Leslie Caron


Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude. Dale Carnegie

We possess only the happiness we are able to understand. Maurice Maeterlinck


Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness. Bertrand Russell


There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way. Thich Nhat Hanh


The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. Victor Hugo


Be happy about your own life and you’ll be amazed at just how much more beautiful you’ll find it to be.


Life is way more than happy captions Instagram posts show you.


Power means happiness; power means hard work and sacrifice. Beyonce Knowles


They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. Confucius


Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. George Burns

Every single beautiful thought with gratitude makes every single day more meaningful.


Every day is a new day, and you’ll never be able to find happiness if you don’t move on. Carrie Underwood


Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances. J. Donald Walters


There are two ways to be happy – improve your reality or lower your expectation.


To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness. John Dewey


Purity in heart, clarity in mind, sincerity in action & contentment is the formula for happiness. Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy. Ralph Marston


There are two ways to be happy – improve your reality or lower your expectation.


To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness. John Dewey


Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present. Jim Rohn

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Here are a bit longer happiness quotes for Instagram

Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give – pleasure, possessions, power – but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy. Dada Vaswani

Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best. Theodore Isaac Rubin

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. Albert Camus

A great man does not seek applause or place; he seeks for truth; he seeks the road to happiness, and what he ascertains, he gives to others. Robert Green Ingersoll

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. Joseph Addison

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

That should be the measure of success for everyone. It’s not money, it’s not fame, it’s not celebrity; my index of success is happiness. Lupe Fiasco

You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren’t happy in one place, chances are you won’t be happy anyplace. Ernie Banks

If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive. Mountains will not be climbed, races won, or lasting happiness achieved. Maurice Chevalier

Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with others than to fight our own nature. Dennis Prager

A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dares live. Bertrand Russell

Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values. Ayn Rand

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things that are beyond the power of our will. Epictetus

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn, or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude. Denis Waitley

To attain happiness in another world we need only to believe something, while to secure it in this world we must do something. Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature. Marcus Aurelius

I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition. Martha Washington

Don’t wait for things to get easier, simpler, better. Life will always be complicated. Learn to be happy right now. otherwise, you will run out of time.

Do not educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy, so when they grow up they’ll know the value of things, not just the price.

Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occur while you’re climbing it. Andy Rooney

True happiness is a feeling. It is an immersive feeling that everything is good inside. It is not just about riches or wealth; it is a state of mind in which one has a fulfilling and satisfying feeling that his heart is truly at rest.

If being happy is important to you, try this: Instead of regretting all you lack, celebrate all you’ve got.

There are so many reasons to be happy, I hope you find some to live by.

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