For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called 'All the Things That Could Go Wrong.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.

Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.

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

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

I will not be afraid because I understand... And understanding is happiness.

Happy is he who causes a scandal

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.

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

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

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

To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world.