The happiest

If you want to be happy, be. ~Leo Tolstoy
Happiness is never stopping to think if you are. ~Palmer Sondreal

Cheerfulness is what greases the axles of the world. Don't go through life creaking. ~H.W. Byles

We are seldom happy with what we now have, but would go to pieces if we lost any part of it. ~Mignon McLaughlin, 1960

Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it.~William Feather

Some pursue happiness, others create it. ~Author Unknown
On the whole, the happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so. ~William R. Inge

Pleasure is spread through the earth

In stray gifts to be claimed by whoever shall find.
~William Wordsworth, 1806

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. ~Marcel Proust

If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get. ~Frank A. Clark

You cannot always have happiness, but you can always give happiness. ~Author Unknown

It's never too late to have a happy childhood. ~Berke Breathed

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. ~Thornton Wilder

"Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead."
~Anonymous
If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.
~Charles Montesquieu

When you're really happy, the birds chirp and the sun shines even on cold dark winter nights - and flowers will bloom on a barren land. ~Grey Livingston
Happiness is a form of courage. ~Holbrook Jackson

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. ~Guilaume Apollinaire

I think this might be too much wisdom for one post -grins-
Many people know, they've really gone through it and have discovered, it's wonderful they share it with the rest of us. A toast to happiness! Pretend you have a tequila bottle, red wine, unromantic beer or whatever it is you'd like to drink right now. Take out the champagne, let's celebrate, we can be happy now.
I just remembered right now, that when someone is dying or knows will soon, there are simply no special occasions in their minds, no special occasions to wait for to do things. All we have is now, the past is past, nothing can be done about it, and we don't know what will happen in the future. So I'm happy now. You?
I'll head to bed. And fall asleep with a smile...if that doesn't happen, I know I'll wake up with one! :P