International Day of Happiness is celebrated around the world on March 20. This United Nations-sanctioned holiday is observed to recognize the importance of happiness in the lives of people.

It was celebrated for the first time in 2013.

Here are some quotes about happiness, compiled from Good Reads, to share with your loved ones on this day:

1. "The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think you are." — Goldie Hawn

2. "The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don't have." — Woody Allen

3. "If you want a happy ending that depends, of course, on where you stop your story." — Orson Welles

4. "If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." — Dalai Lama

5. "Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." — Mahatma Gandhi

6. "Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness." — Immanuel Kant

7. "Happiness is the secret to all beauty. There is no beauty without happiness." — Christian Dior

8. "Happiness depends upon ourselves." — Aristotle

9. "Life will bring you pain all by itself. Your responsibility is to create joy." — Milton Erickson

10. "There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons." — Stephen Chbosky

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According to the World Happiness Report 2018, the United States of America is listed in the 18th spot. In this photo, army Sgt. Kimberly Singletary is hugged by a friend during a welcome home ceremony at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia, Dec. 30, 2005. Getty Images/ Stephen Morton
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