No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.
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.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.
Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.
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.
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.
Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.
A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.
Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.
Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.
The intention that man should be happy is not in the plan of Creation.
All who would win joy, must share it; happiness was born a twin.
I never admired another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.
Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called 'All the Things That Could Go Wrong.
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.
