Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving, mercy?

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

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.

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

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

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

Be joyful because it is humanly possible.

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

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

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

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

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

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.

Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.

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

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.

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

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

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