Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.
The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.
Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others. . . By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.
I think there are things for all of us to do as long as we're here and we're healthy.
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
Happiness is a risk. If you’re not a little scared, then you’re not doing it right.
A feeling that greater possessions, no matter of what kind they may be, will of themselves bring contentment or happiness, is a misunderstanding. No person, place, or thing can give you happiness. They may give you cause for happiness and a feeling of contentment, but the JOY of Living comes from within.
I want people to FEEL something. . . If it's sadness, anger, horny, happiness whatever! As long as it doesn't just pass you by.
We are the architects of our own happiness
And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died.
What we read with inclination makes a much stronger impression. If we read without inclination, half the mind is employed in fixing the attention; so there is but one half to be employed on what we read.
There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.
Happiness that depends mainly on physical pleasure is unstable; one day it's there, the next day it may not be.
Each time of life has its own kind of love.
God's commandments not only reflect His holiness, they promote our happiness.
Contentment is knowing you're right. Happiness is knowing someone else is wrong.
When we are sure that we are on the right road there is no need to plan our journey too far ahead. No need to burden ourselves with doubts and fears as to the obstacles that may bar our progress. We cannot take more than one step at a time.
I have known some quite good people who were unhappy, but never an interested person who was unhappy.
He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.
My mind works in idleness. To do nothing is often my most profitable way.
