Happiness begins within oneself and ends there.

"Happiness, not in another place,but this place...not for another hour, but this hour." -Walt Whitman

Happiness is the object and design of our existence, and will be the end thereof, if we pursue the path that leads to it; and this path is virtue, uprightness, faithfulness, holiness, and keeping all the commandments of God."Joseph Smith

The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. Allan Chalmers

Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy -- because we will always want to have something else or something more. David Steindl-Rost

The basic thing is that everyone wants happiness, no one wants suffering. And happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors. If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy. Dalai Lama

Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within. It is not what we see and touch or that which others do for us which makes us happy; it is that which we think and feel and do, first for the other fellow and then for ourselves. Helen Keller

Is it a trick to be happy? I don't think so. There probably is a lot in this life to be unhappy about, but it is definitely how we perceive those things in life. I could be sitting in my little apartment without my kids and not be enjoying life at all. Although, I am perfectly content and happy with my life. I am feeling very blessed in my life. Why is this so? It is how I personally choose to interact with my life and how I choose to feel happiness within myself. That is all that I want to feel always. I think I am doing a great job at being happy. I do have my days but overall I am fully happy and I love being were I am at. I do have many wonderful things in store in my future and I will relish them also, but this is the place and the hour to be happy. The future will take care of itself and will be a time of happiness as long as I am happy within myself.