If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.
We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.
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.
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.
Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.
The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.
Don't waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window- or break down a door.
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.
People take different roads seeking fulfilment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
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