I will not be afraid because I understand... And understanding is happiness.

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 depends upon ourselves.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.

Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.

If you're not having fun, you're doing something wrong.

If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Be kind whenever possible.It is always possible.

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .

It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

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.

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful much adulated, very famous and very unhappy

I never admired another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.