Everything we touch in our daily lives, including our body, is a miracle. By putting the kingdom of god in the right place, it shows us it is possible to live happily right here, right now.

If we depend for our happiness on another, on society or on environment, they become essential to us; we cling to them, and any alteration of these we violently oppose because we depend upon them for our psychological security and comfort.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

There is so much that people take for granted.

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.

When the kids are laughing in the audience, I tear up, I’m so happy I did a nice thing.

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.

A lot of people have it a lot worse than you do.

How much better it would be if all could be more aware of God’s providence and love and express that gratitude to Him.

Real joy seems to me almost as unlike security or prosperity as it is unlike agony.

I believe that God put us in this jolly world to be happy and enjoy life.

The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them.

There is one thing I have never taught my body how to do and that is to figure out at 6 A.M. what it wants to eat at 6 P.M.

To be happy we must not be too concerned with others.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

If someone has a really great boyfriend or career, I think, it’s cool that happens.

You have to like the present; if not your life becomes secondhand, if you think it was better before. Or that it will be better in the future.

Living big and joyful and content is almost always the result of our finding satisfaction in life’s ordinary day-to-day pleasures. And God must be fond of them, too, for He made so many of them for us to enjoy.

I just make good movies. That’s the way I thank my fans.

Everything I have, my career, my success, my family, I owe to America.

Confidence, as a teenager? Because I knew what I loved. I loved to read; I loved to listen to music; and I loved cats. Those three things. So, even though I was an only kid, I could be happy because I knew what I loved.

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States.

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.

I really didn’t consider myself happy or unhappy.

I think everyone should be with who they love.

Some days I totally appreciate everything that’s happening to me, and some days I feel everyone’s waiting for me to mess up.

I don’t know if I particularly want to be remembered for anything. I personally do not think I’m a great gift to the world. I’ve been very fortunate.

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.

I always kind of see how I want things to be better, and I’m generally not happy with how things are or the level of service that we’re providing for people or the quality of the teams that we built. But if you look at this objectively, we’re doing so well on so many of these things. I think it’s important to have gratitude for that.

Of course, to have money is just great because you can do what you think is important to you. I always was a rich person because money’s not related to happiness.

Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.

Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace.

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.

Sometimes we look back and 10 years from now we think, ‚Boy, those were great old days.‘ Well, you know, we’re living in the good old days.

I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness – it’s right in front of me if I’m paying attention and practicing gratitude.

Don’t wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.

All the awards in the world, you can get into all the nightclubs, they’ll send you the nicest clothes. Nothing better than walking into your dad’s restaurant and seeing a smile on his face and knowing that your mom and dad and your sister are real proud of you.

First and foremost comes my family and my life with Brad. We have so much joy in raising our children and teaching them about the world that nothing really compares to that.

I know I do not exaggerate, unconsciously and unintentionally, the scantiness of my resources and the difficulty of my life… I know that, but for the mercy of God, I might easily have been, for any care that was taken of me, a little robber or a vagabond.

Social media has given us this idea that we should all have a posse of friends when in reality, if we have one or two really good friends, we are lucky.

Here ends my forever memorable first High Sierra excursion. I have crossed the Range of Light, surely the brightest and best of all the Lord has built. And, rejoicing in its glory, I gladly, gratefully, hopefully pray I may see it again.

In my later years, I have looked in the mirror each day and found a happy person staring back. Occasionally I wonder why I can be so happy. The answer is that every day of my life I’ve worked only for myself and for the joy that comes from writing and creating. The image in my mirror is not optimistic, but the result of optimal behavior.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.

Life is too short not to celebrate nice moments!

When I look back on my life as a whole, it is impossible for me not to feel blessed.

You all look like happy campers to me. Happy campers you are, happy campers you have been, and, as far as I am concerned, happy campers you will always be.

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

God didn’t make me to make movies, flex muscles, buy gold. What you love the most becomes your God… If I never make another dollar, my life is complete.

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

Smiles are the language of love.

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body.

Every day is a gift from God. There’s no guarantee of tomorrow, so that tells me to see the good in this day to make the most of it.

Our body is dependant on Heaven and Heaven on the Spirit.

For all the supporters of Tesla over the years, and it’s been several years now and there have been some very tough times, I’d just like to say thank you very much. I deeply appreciate the support, particularly through the darkest times.

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.

What makes me happy is just curling up in with my mom in her bed and watching a marathon of ‚CSI‘ and ‚Grey’s Anatomy‘ episodes with pints of ice cream.

All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.