“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” Winston Churchill
Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. William Faulkner
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 that has been opened for us. Helen Keller
Joy is the feeling of grinning inside. Dr. Melba Colgrove
We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. Frederick Keonig
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows in under his feet. James Openheim
Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects. Arnold Glasow
Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are. Henry Van Dyke
Happiness is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happens as by little advantages that occur every day. Benjamin Franklin
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it. W. Feather
Learn to laugh at your troubles and you’ll never run out of things to laugh at. Lyn Karol
Rule #1: Don’t sweat the small stuff. Rule #2: It’s all small stuff. Dr. Michael Mantell
The Constitution of American only guarantees pursuit of happiness; you have to catch up with it yourself. Gill Robb Wilson
Today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Never miss an opportunity to make others happy; even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine. Proverbs 27:22 (KJV)