A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance.

The most positive men are the most credulous.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance – the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.

Even when a person has all of life’s comforts – good food, good shelter, a companion – he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man’s happiness really lies in contentment.

The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters.

I always knew that St. Jude was an amazing organization but meeting the kids and seeing how the hospital works first hand was truly beautiful. It doesn’t feel like a regular hospital all dreary and sad. It’s a colorful, beautiful, comfortable, fun place to live and the energy is wonderful.

I used to let other people’s struggles affect my happiness. If they weren’t happy, there was no way I was going to be happy. The opposite was also true: If I wasn’t happy, I didn’t want anyone around me to be happy.

Life is a journey. When we stop, things don’t go right.

All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.

Instead, I have an abundance mentality: When people are genuinely happy at the successes of others, the pie gets larger.

It isn’t necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy.

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.

If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.

You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot – it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

You can be happy where you are.

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.

Many people feel so pressured by the expectations of others that it causes them to be frustrated, miserable and confused about what they should do. But there is a way to live a simple, joy-filled, peaceful life, and the key is learning how to be led by the Holy Spirit, not the traditions or expectations of man.

What’s the use of happiness? It can’t buy you money.

He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.

Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own.

I don’t go down the road of condemning.

I liked his ability to deal with a lot of the negativity that surrounded him. Even though he was in a world that he didn’t want to be in, he still saw the bigger picture.

Peace begins with a smile.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

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

I think it’s OK to be confident in yourself.

I love being on stage, I love being able to tell a story, I love the fact that the audience listens and laughs at it. It makes me happy, and it’s what I live for.

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

At the end of the day, I pray for the best.

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable cares which yet are better than any joys outside our love.

Never complain. Never explain.

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.

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.

There’s hope for everyone. That’s what makes the world go round.

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.

Peace is one of the most precious gifts God has promised His children. I know, because for many years my life was not peaceful, and I was miserable.

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another’s keeping .

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.

Life is too short not to celebrate nice moments!

For me, however, that beloved, glowing little word happiness has become associated with everything I have felt since childhood upon hearing the sound of the word itself.

We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.

It’s not always been a happy marriage. I guess I wanted a quick fix.

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny.

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

Giving up cannot be an option.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.

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.

When we’re looking for compassion, we need someone who is deeply rooted, is able to bend and, most of all, embraces us for our strengths and struggles.

Whether we’re happy with our circumstances or not, giving God praise is so important.