Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude
Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.
The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the interests of the governed, not for the governors.
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.
Recommend to your children virtues, that alone can make them happy, not gold.
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
Cheerfulness is that quality which enables one to make others happy. It takes its origin half in personal goodness, and half in the belief of the personal goodness of others.
Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness.
Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world.
Unless you make a daily effort to see the world as God sees it, you will never get beyond mere appearances.
Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.
He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.
Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.
