A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.

The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done.

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.

Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it’s the real test of your character and of your faith to say, ‚Things are not going our way, but I’m still being good to people; I’m still attending church; I still have a good attitude.‘

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.

We’re constantly striving for success, fame and comfort when all we really need to be happy is someone or some thing to be enthusiastic about.

When we tell the story of our own conversion, I would have it done with great sorrow, remembering what we used to be, and with great joy and gratitude, remembering how little we deserve these things.

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

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

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.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.

Kindness and faithfulness keep a king safe, through kindness his throne is made secure.

If we don’t plant the right things, we will reap the wrong things. It goes without saying. And you don’t have to be, you know, a brilliant biochemist and you don’t have to have an IQ of 150. Just common sense tells you to be kind, ninny, fool. Be kind.

I’ll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying.

Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

I need privacy. I would think that because what I do makes a lot of people happy that I might deserve a little bit of respect in return. Instead, the papers try to drag me off my pedestal.

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

Happiness is a hard master, particularly other people’s happiness.

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

I listen to these comparisons with Cristiano Ronaldo, I’ll be happy and then forget it in five seconds.

The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of pleasing impression.

It’s that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so ‚don’t fuss, dear; get on with it.‘

In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation.

Believe it or not, I make myself laugh. Sometimes when I have thoughts or say some things that are funny, it just makes me laugh, and I don’t mind laughing at it before you guys do.

Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

We have the tendency to run away from suffering and to look for happiness. But, in fact, if you have not suffered, you have no chance to experience real happiness.

As long as I am playing competitive football I am happy.

The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

The child inside of you knows how to take things as they come, how to deal most effectively and happily with everything and everyone it encounters on this planet. If you can recapture that childlike essence of your being, you can stay ‚forever young at heart.‘

He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.

Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope, and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.

Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.

A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.

Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.

Smiles are the language of love.

With compassion you can die for other people, like the mother who can die for her child. You have the courage to say it because you are not afraid of losing anything, because you know that understanding and love is the foundation of happiness. But if you have fear of losing your status, your position, you will not have the courage to do it.

Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

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.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.

There are some days when I think I’m going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.

Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species.

From caring comes courage.

I wake up in the morning and my heart is light, man. It’s not heavy. I don’t have skeletons in the closet on their way out.

Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.

The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.

You want to do good things, and once you’ve done a couple of good things in a row, you think ‚Well gee, let’s not mess this up.‘ But I am lucky at this point that I have something I really love to do, and it completely holds my attention. I never feel frustrated by it.

For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.

Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.

Your joy comes from how you think, the choices that we make in life.

True happiness… is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Friends… they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.

The child in you, like all children, loves to laugh, to be around people who can laugh at themselves and life. Children instinctively know that the more laughter we have in our lives, the better.

Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.