You don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.

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

A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

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

Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

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.

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

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.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

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

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.

Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.