I think the thing to do is to enjoy the ride while you're on it.
Recommend to your children virtues, that alone can make them happy, not gold.
As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both.
Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.
Happiness can exist only in acceptance.
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
Be joyful because it is humanly possible.
Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.
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.
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.
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.
The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!
It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.
Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.