I think happiness is a goal all of us can agree on. Let’s face it – we all would like to be happy.

The more you know the less you need to say.

This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.

You have to be someone.

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.

To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

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

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there’s purpose and worth to each and every life.

I’m one of them guys that tries to make everything the best of the best, so sometimes I’m out of control with it.

I have wasted my hours.

Good men by nature, wish to know. I know that many will call this useless work… men who desire nothing but material riches and are absolutely devoid of that of wisdom, which is the food and only true riches of the mind.

Attitude and enthusiasm play a big part in my life. I get excited about the things that inspire me. I also believe in laughing and having a good time.

My songs have always been frustrating themes, relationships that I’ve had. And now that I’m in love, I expect it to be really happy, or at least there won’t be half as much anger as there was.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

I think my vice would be outdoing myself.

I’m reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose.

Attention to health is life’s greatest hindrance.

So much of what we do every single day is the result of habits that we have formed over time.

I’ve heard there are troubles of more than one kind; some come from ahead, and some come from behind. But I’ve brought a big bat. I’m all ready, you see; now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!

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

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

Anything you put your mind to and add your imagination into can make your life a lot better and a lot more fun.

Since everything is in our heads, we had better not lose them.

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

If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people’s happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race.

Thanks to my reading, I have never been caught flat-footed by any situation, never at a loss for how any problem has been addressed… It doesn’t give me all the answers, but it lights what is often a dark path ahead.

You can’t go backward in life.

I always entertain great hopes.

As pessimistic as I am about the nature of human beings and our capacity for atrocity and malevolence and betrayal and laziness and inertia, and all those things, I think we can transcend all that and set things straight.

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.

Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting.

The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don’t have.

We have a choice about how we take what happens to us in our life and whether or not we allow it to turn us. We can become consumed by hate and darkness, or we’re able to regain our humanity somehow, or come to terms with things and learn something about ourselves.

I’m sure the feeling of fear, as long as you can take advantage of it and not be rendered useless by it, can make you extend yourself beyond what you would regard as your capacity. If you’re afraid, the blood seems to flow freely through the veins, and you really do feel a sense of stimulation.

If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man’s estate, is the gift of education.

Find people who will make you better.

When I found somebody who I fell in love with, it made me feel different than I felt the rest of the day. It was electrifying. That’s what inspired the ‚Off to the Races‘ melodies. That’s one of the times when you’re feeling electrified by someone else and they make you happy to be alive.

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

Thinking is a wonderful tool if it’s applied. Thinking, however, can not become the master. Thinking is a very bad master. If you’re dominated by thinking then your life becomes very restricted.

Peace begins with a smile.

To me, if you’re trying to impress a girl, get a date, they’re gonna like that more because you’re a confident guy. That’s what it comes down to.

I don’t want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.

My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.

The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That’s the day we truly grow up.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

I’ve read the last page of the Bible. It’s all going to turn out all right.

The unsuccessful person is burdened by learning, and prefers to walk down familiar paths. Their distaste for learning stunts their growth and limits their influence.

I love making people laugh. And I love laughing.

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.

I’m not this horrible, evil person.

No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

There are trees of a thousand sorts, and all have their several fruits; and I feel the most unhappy man in the world not to know them, for I am well assured that they are all valuable. I bring home specimens of them, and also of the land.