Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.

Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness.

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

Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.

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.

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

I think the thing to do is to enjoy the ride while you're on it.

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

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

Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.

Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

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

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity.

True happiness...is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.

From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!