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

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

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

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

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

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.

Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.

Different men seek ... happiness in different ways and by different means.

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.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.