I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness.

When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things - not the great occasions - that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.

Making money is a happiness. And that's a great incentive. Making other people happy is a super-happiness.

A great man does not seek applause or place; he seeks for truth; he seeks the road to happiness, and what he ascertains, he gives to others.

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.

Nothing makes you feel better than when you get into a hotel bed, and the sheets feel so good. Why shouldn't you wake up like that every day? Spend money on your mattress and bedding because these things make a difference on your sleep and, ultimately, your happiness.

A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness.

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.

It's great to reminisce about good memories of my past. It was enjoyable when it was today. So learning to enjoy today has two benefits: it gives me happiness right now, and it becomes a good memory later.

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

Everyone has noticed how hard it is to turn our thoughts to God when everything is going well with us... While what we call 'our own life' remains agreeable, we will not surrender it to Him. What, then, can God do in our interests but make 'our own life' less agreeable to us, and take away the plausible sources of false happiness?

God will prepare everything for our perfect happiness in heaven, and if it takes my dog being there, I believe he'll be there.

God isn't compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your choice. Our civilization has chosen machinery and medicine and happiness.

Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us and within us.

The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives.

It is possible to live happily in the here and the now. So many conditions of happiness are available - more than enough for you to be happy right now. You don't have to run into the future in order to get more.

When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.

The necessary thing for anyone to be happy and contented as long as he lives is working for the ones who will come after him rather than working for himself... One can reach the true delight and happiness in the life only by working for the existence, honor, and happiness of the future generations.