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.

God is a community of persons and He has created you in His image, not as an isolated individual, but as a person whom He has invited to a communal life with Himself and with the whole human family.

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.

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

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

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

Be kind whenever possible.It is always possible.

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

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.

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.

Be joyful because it is humanly possible.

Happiness for a reason is just another form of misery because the reason can be taken away from us at any time.

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

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.

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

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

Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness.

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.

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