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

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 is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

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

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the interests of the governed, not for the governors.

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

Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.

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

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

If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.

We were together. I forget the rest.

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

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

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.

Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

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

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

But happiness is no respecter of persons.

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.