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

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

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

Recommend to your children virtues, that alone can make them happy, not gold.

Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

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

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

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

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

Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.

Unless you make a daily effort to see the world as God sees it, you will never get beyond mere appearances.

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

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

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

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

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