Happy the people whose annals are vacant.

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

As a vulnerability researcher, the greatest barrier I see is our low tolerance for vulnerability. We’re almost afraid to be happy. We feel like it’s inviting disaster.

Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ, and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in.

Life’s too short to hang out with people who aren’t resourceful.

If one dream dies, dream another dream. If you get knocked down, get back up and go again.

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

When you make a mistake and the devil comes and tells you ‚You’re no good,‘ you don’t have to take on the guilt and condemnation he wants to put on you. No! You can immediately confess your mistake to God, thank Him for forgiving you and cleansing you with the blood of Jesus, and move forward in the victory of His grace and forgiveness.

I am very happy playing and showing off my talent on the cricket field and have no plans to enter Bollywood.

Singing aloud leaves you with a sense of levity and contentedness.

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

Start your diet during a period of optimism and happiness.

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

When things are going bad, there’s going to be some good that’s going to come from it.

My favorite affirmation when I feel stuck or out of sorts is: Whatever I need is already here, and it is all for my highest good. Jot this down and post it conspicuously throughout your home, on the dashboard of your car, at your office, on your microwave oven, and even in front of your toilets!

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.

I don’t want flowers or candy or anything like that. I just want somebody to say, ‚Wow, you’ve done a great job.‘

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

Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

If you’re really satisfied with your position on something, you just say, ‚Hey;‘ you just very calmly present something.

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

We should purify our innate well of contentment – what a wonderful expression – and then external things will be in harmony with us.

I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.

Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down. It’s ultimately more fulfilling, though, to help people reach their goals. Instead of feeling jealous, remember: If God did it for them, He can do it for you.

If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying.

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

Whatever woman may cast her lot with mine, should any ever do so, it is my intention to do all in my power to make her happy and contented; and there is nothing I can imagine that would make me more unhappy than to fail in the effort.

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.

What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.

It makes me sad when I find sisters who aren’t joyful. They might smile, but with just a smile they could be flight attendants!

Peace begins with a smile.

As a sportsperson, the best thing is people recognising you and loving you for what you do. For me, glamour is 100 people in the hotel feeling happy to see you.

You’re not better than anybody else, but you’re not less than anybody else. You’re a child of the Most High God.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

Many of my fans often tell me that they listen to my songs to get through things. And therefore, obviously, I hope that they can picture being in a place where things are better… I hope my songs can bring people to a calm place.

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

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.

Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.

One of the most important decisions you’ll ever make is choosing the kind of universe you exist in: is it helpful and supportive or hostile and unsupportive? Your answer to this question will make all the difference in terms of how you live your life and what kind of Divine assistance you attract.

We are looking for happiness and running after it in such a way that creates anger, fear and discrimination. So when you attend a retreat, you have a chance to look at the deep roots of this pollution of the collective energy that is unwholesome.

A man’s as miserable as he thinks he is.

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.

When you hear people making hateful comments, stand up to them. Point out what a waste it is to hate, and you could open their eyes.

I think the most important thing is to keep active and to hope that your mind stays active.

Having a simple career as a musician who liked music was good enough for me.

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

Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.

I love designing at the moment, I’m so happy with my work.

Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience.

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

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.

Everybody likes a compliment.

The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness.