In an article by Psychology Today, well-being is described as “The experience of health, happiness, and prosperity. It includes having good mental health, high life satisfaction, a sense of meaning or purpose, and ability to manage stress. More generally, well-being is just feeling well.”
Well-Being is our birthright and natural state of being. Below are 47 quotes to inspire your own well-being. Enjoy!
1. “You are blessed beings, who deserve well-being, and well-being is making its way to you at all times. If you will relax and find a way to allow it – it will be your experience.” – Abraham-Hicks
2. “Healing comes from taking responsibility: to realize that it is you – and no one else – that creates your thoughts, your feelings, and your actions.” — Peter Shepherd
3. “Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table. It is essential for physical and mental health and for happiness.” – Louise Hay
4. “Life is a journey and if you fall in love with the journey you will be in love forever.” — Peter Hagerty
5. “Let your alignment with well-being be first and foremost, and let everything else be secondary.” – Abraham-Hicks
6. “Ultimately your greatest teacher is to live with an open heart.” — Emmanuel (Pat Rodegast)
7. “Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.” — Frank Tyger
8. “When your connected, you’re empowered. You don’t feel insecure. You understand that well-being is yours…” – Abraham-Hicks
9. “Happiness is someone to love, something to do and something to hope for.” — Chinese Proverb
10. “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
11. “By always reaching for the feeling of joy or well-being, you would always be moving toward that which you desire.” – Abraham-Hicks
12. “If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the world belongs to you.” — Lao Tzu
13. “Everything is a gift of the universe —even joy, anger, jealously, frustration, or separateness. Everything is perfect either for our growth or our enjoyment.” — Ken Keyes Jr.
14. “Hard work is not the path to well-being. Feeling good is the path to well-being.” – Abraham-Hicks
15. “If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.” — Andrew Carnegie
16. “You cannot judge what should bring others joy, and others cannot judge what should bring you joy.” — Alan Cohen
17. “Be happy with what you have. Be excited about what you want.” — Alan Cohen
18. “If you start to think the problem is ‘out there,’ stop yourself. That thought is the problem.” — Stephen Covey
19. “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
20. “Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.” — Margaret Lee Runbeck
21. “Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.” — Greg Anderson
22. “Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” — Buddha
23. “The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. As long as this exists, and it certainly always will, then there will be comfort for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances may be.” — Anne Frank
24. “In our lives, change is unavoidable, loss is unavoidable. In the adaptability and ease with which we experience change, lies our happiness and freedom.” — Buddha
25. “Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.” — Mary Anne Roadacher-Hershey
26. “You never regret being kind.” — Nicole Shepherd
27. “Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.” — Paul Boese
28. “The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.” — Buddha
29. “Most of us miss out on life’s big prizes. The Pulitzer. The Nobel. Oscars. The World Cup. But we’re all eligible for life’s smaller prizes… A pat on the back. A kiss behind the ear. A four-pound bass. A full moon. An empty parking space. A crackling fire. A great meal. A glorious sunset. Hot soup. Cold beer.” — Unknown
30. “Reflect upon you present blessings, of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” — Charles Dickens
31. “He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.” — Marcus Aurelius
32. “When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.” — Helen Keller
33. “True happiness… arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self.” — Joseph Addison
34. “Most of us are just about as happy as we make up our minds to be.” – William Adams
35. “We can have peace if we let go of wanting to change the past and wanting to control the future.” — Lester Levinson
36. “Money doesn’t bring happiness and creativity. Your creativity and happiness brings money.” — Sam Rosen
37. “Carefully watch your THOUGHTS, for they become your WORDS. Manage and watch your WORDS, for they will become your ACTIONS. Consider and judge your ACTIONS, for they have become your HABITS. Acknowledge and watch your HABITS, for they shall become your VALUES. Understand and embrace your VALUES, for they become YOUR DESTINY.” — Mahatma Gandhi
38. “There is no stress in the world, only people thinking stressful thoughts and then acting on them.” — Dr. Wayne Dyer
39. “In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.” — Deepak Chopra
40. “Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.” — Soren Kierkegaard
41. “Do what you have always done and you’ll get what you have always got.” — Sue Knight
42. “Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend…when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that’s present—love, health, family, friends, work, the joys of nature and personal pursuits that bring us pleasure—the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience Heaven on earth.” — Sarah Ban Breathnach
43. “Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.” — Thomas Szasz
44. “You are responsible for your life. You can’t keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.” — Oprah Winfrey
45. “You are up and you are happy.
You are down and you are sad.
All ups and downs help you to find a balance in your being.
This is what life is all about.
Once balanced, no more ups and downs,
but bliss and joy and silence and gratitude.” — Tishan
46. “Yesterday is the past. Tomorrow is the future. Today is a gift and that’s why we call it the present.” – Unknown
47. “A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for anything.” – Irish proverb
