Happiness Quotes by Elizabeth Gilbert

“Life was just unbelievably happy.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Embrace the glorious mess that you are

— Elizabeth Gilbert

God wants us to be in joy, God wants us to be happy.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Happiness is the consequence of personal effort.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“I’m choosing happiness over suffering.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert

I was perfectly happy in my boring life before you came along.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

whenever I would feel such happiness my guilt alarm went off

— Elizabeth Gilbert

At some point, you gotta let go, and sit still, and allow contentment to come to you.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Why have I been chasing happiness my whole life when bliss was here the entire time?”

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Being content with what you have already is an art form that leads to a peace that can’t be replaced by anything…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

I wondered, "Why have I been chasing happiness my whole life when bliss was here the entire time?

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Do I really deserve this pleasure? This is American, too-the insecurity about whether we have earned our happiness.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You must fight for it, strive for it, and insist upon it.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“The search for contentment is, therefore, not merely a self-preserving and self-benefiting act, but also a generous gift to the world. You…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“There's another wonderful Italian expression: l'arte d'arrangiarsi-the art of making something out of nothing. The art of turning a few simple ingredients…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Most of us, even if only for two minutes in our lives, have experienced at some time or another an inexplicable and…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

I have searched frantically for contentment for so many years in so many ways, and all the acquisitions and accomplishments- they run…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

The Yogic path is about disentangling the built-in glitches of the human condition, which I'm going to over-simply define here as the…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Learning how to discipline your speech is a way of preventing your energies from spilling out of you through the rupture of…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“I asked for so little!” she kept saying, as though her diminished demands alone should have protected her against any disappointments. But…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“People tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will descend like fine weather if you're fortunate. But…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

And when you sense a faint potentiality for happiness after such dark times you must grab onto the ankles of that happiness…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Silence and solitude are universally recognized spiritual practices, and there are good reasons for this. Learning how to discipline your speech is…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under my jurisdiction. There are certain…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“I felt a glimmer of happiness when I started studying Italian, and when you sense a faint potentiality for happiness after such…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“I remember saying once to my friend Susan, when my marriage was becoming intolerable, "I don't want my children growing up in…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

We search for happiness everywhere, but we are like Tolstoy's fabled beggar who spent his life sitting on a pot of gold,…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“I keep remembering one of my Guru's teachings about happiness. She says that people universally tend to think that happiness is a…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“This is very American, too - the insecurity about whether we have earned our happiness. Planet Advertising in America orbits completely around…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“The Yogic path is about disentangling the built-in glitches of the human condition, which I'm going to over-simply define here as the…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“People universally tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will maybe descend upon you like fine weather…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“As I focus on diligent joy, I also keep remembering a simple idea my friend Darcey told me once -- that all…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“At some point, as Richard keeps telling me, you gotta let go and sit still and allow contentment to come to you.…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Show up for your own life, he said. Don't pass your days in a stupor, content to swallow whatever watery ideas modern…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“There’s this human capacity for joy and endurance, even when things are at their worst. A joy that occurs not despite our…

— Elizabeth Gilbert