I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.

The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere.

I have never taken any exercise, except sleeping and resting, and I never intend to take any.

Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.

If our condition were truly happy, we would not seek diversion from it in order to make ourselves happy.

Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

I’m very serious about no alcohol, no drugs. Life is too beautiful.

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.

Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change.

Guarding your heart and protecting your dignity are a little bit more important than clarifying the emotions of someone who’s only texting you back three words. I’ve learned that from trying to figure out people who don’t deserve to be figured out.

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‚to do‘ list.

If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.

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.

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time.

A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.

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.

I love being American, and I love family. I love having a family, and I feel so blessed, and I feel like God gave me exactly what I wanted, so now I have to do the right thing in God’s eyes also. Just follow what God wants me to do.

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

Love is trembling happiness.

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

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.

Even with all of the things that are so awful, if you walk into your yard and stay there looking at almost anything for five minutes, you will be stunned by how marvelous life is and how incredibly lucky we are to have it.

God is not so wary as we, else He would give us no friends, lest we forget Him! The charms of the heaven in the bush are superseded, I fear, by the heaven in the hand, occasionally.

I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana’s loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect.

Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.

A career is wonderful, but you can’t curl up with it on a cold night.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

Too often in life, something happens and we blame other people for us not being happy or satisfied or fulfilled. So the point is, we all have choices, and we make the choice to accept people or situations or to not accept situations.

Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

Don’t program yourself to break down as you age with thoughts that decline is inevitable. Time may be passing for our bodies, but because they house our ageless souls, we never need to see ourselves as old and infirm.

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

I was brought up differently than the average American child because the average child is brought up expecting to be happy.

If this were all to go away tomorrow, all the big success, I would still be very happy going from bar to bar playing music for people.

I always tell young girls, surround yourself with goodness. I learned early on how to get the haters out of my life.

The people of Northern Ireland have sorted out my whole life.

The person who doesn’t scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs.

Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

Attention to health is life’s greatest hindrance.

The dieting wars have got to stop.

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.

It makes no sense to worry about things you have no control over because there’s nothing you can do about them, and why worry about things you do control? The activity of worrying keeps you immobilized.

My belief is that we were put into this world of wonders and beauty with a special ability to appreciate them, in some cases to have the fun of taking a hand in developing them, and also in being able to help other people instead of overreaching them and, through it all, to enjoy life – that is, to be happy.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

Fun is good.

If you truly get in touch with a piece of carrot, you get in touch with the soil, the rain, the sunshine. You get in touch with Mother Earth and eating in such a way, you feel in touch with true life, your roots, and that is meditation. If we chew every morsel of our food in that way we become grateful and when you are grateful, you are happy.

God can cause opportunity to find you. He has unexpected blessings where you suddenly meet the right person, or suddenly your health improves, or suddenly you’re able to pay off your house. That’s God shifting things in your favor.

Marriage and family are ordained of God. The family is the most important social unit in time and in eternity. Under God’s great plan of happiness, families can be sealed in temples and be prepared to return to dwell in His holy presence forever. That is eternal life!

Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.

I’ve always put everybody else’s child first before my own health, before my own outfit, before my own time frame.

In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

If you’re not careful to think and speak words of faith, worry will creep in, and it will not only steal your peace and joy, it will steal your ‚today.‘ The present is the greatest gift God ever gives us. So hold on to the peace that’s yours in Christ. Don’t let it go.

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

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

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself.

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