--- title: "11 Better Happiness Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Better Happiness quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Better Happiness sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/852/irving-stone-3288_death_an-empty-stomach-is-better-than-full-and_2740028.png" --- > [“An empty stomach is better than full and grief is better than happiness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-stone/an-empty-stomach-is-better-than-full-and-grief-is-better-than/) [Irving Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/852/irving-stone-3288_death_an-empty-stomach-is-better-than-full-and_2740028.png) > [“You think that sadness is better than happiness' 'No. But it is important.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-a-lancaster/you-think-that-sadness-is-better-than-happiness-no-but-it-is-important/) [Mike A. Lancaster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-a-lancaster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eab/mike-a-lancaster-24893_happiness_you-think-that-sadness-is-better-than-ha_3055264.jpg) > [Life is better when happiness is a slow walker and sadness the fastest walker as they transit through our lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-mark/life-is-better-when-happiness-is-a-slow-walker-and-sadness-the/) [Terry Mark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-mark/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c1/terry-mark-87_happiness_life-is-better-when-happiness-is-a-slow_1108342.jpg) > [Thinking of you still makes me smile, talking to you makes everything better,being here with you, is happiness:))](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sabrina-colleen/thinking-of-you-still-makes-me-smile-talking-to-you-makes-everything/) [Sabrina Colleen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sabrina-colleen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e8/sabrina-colleen-22092_complicated-love_thinking-of-you-still-makes-me-smile-tal_533483.jpg) > [“Our job is to make others feel better and to find happiness. It will ultimately make you happy and abundant.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debasish-mridha/our-job-is-to-make-others-feel-better-and-to-find-happiness-it-will/) [Debasish Mridha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debasish-mridha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb4/debasish-mridha-589_buddha_our-job-is-to-make-others-feel-better-an_2655740.jpg) > [“There's just one thing in this life that's better than happiness and that's freedom. It's more important to be free than to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/there-s-just-one-thing-in-this-life-that-s-better-than-happiness-and/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/796/tom-robbins-169_freedom_there-s-just-one-thing-in-this-life-that_1745620.jpg) > [Most people have no idea how unhappy they are because they don't know what happiness is. When they get a little break…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/most-people-have-no-idea-how-unhappy-they-are-because-they-don-t-know/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccd/frederick-lenz-8_break_most-people-have-no-idea-how-unhappy-the_2207775.jpg) > [Nobody whom this war has touched will ever be happy again in quite the same way. But it will be a better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/nobody-whom-this-war-has-touched-will-ever-be-happy-again-in-quite/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8d/anonymous-1_happiness_nobody-whom-this-war-has-touched-will-ev_1533549.jpg) > [“The more happiness research I read, the more it starts to look as though we might all get a better happiness return…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-whippman/the-more-happiness-research-i-read-the-more-it-starts-to-look-as/) [Ruth Whippman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-whippman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/893/ruth-whippman-72006_happiness_the-more-happiness-research-i-read-the-m_724281.jpg) > [A lot of times, and it's probably something I need to get better at, your happiness in a lot of ways is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-huerter/a-lot-of-times-and-it-s-probably-something-i-need-to-get-better-at/) [Kevin Huerter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-huerter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcd/kevin-huerter-6666_better_a-lot-of-times-and-it-s-probably-somethi_1907453.jpg) > [“Anna said. “I’m a student of happiness, you know. It’s all I really want—happiness, every day for the rest of my life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-t-sullivan/anna-said-i-m-a-student-of-happiness-you-know-it-s-all-i-really-want/) [Mark T. Sullivan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-t-sullivan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f4/mark-t-sullivan-5366_better-tomorrow_anna-said-i-m-a-student-of-happiness-you_349770.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better-happiness/#itemlist", "name": "Better Happiness Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“An empty stomach is better than full and grief is better than happiness.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Irving Stone" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-stone/an-empty-stomach-is-better-than-full-and-grief-is-better-than/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/852/irving-stone-3288_death_an-empty-stomach-is-better-than-full-and_2740028.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/852/irving-stone-3288_death_an-empty-stomach-is-better-than-full-and_2740028.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/852/irving-stone-3288_death_an-empty-stomach-is-better-than-full-and_2740028.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“An empty stomach is better than full and grief is better than happiness.” — Irving Stone", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You think that sadness is better than happiness' 'No. But it is important.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mike A. 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