I’ve always been very happy. I’ve always been easy going and I’ve always been very encouraging; it’s just my personality.

You will never exaggerate when you speak good things of God. It is not possible to do so. Try, dear brethren, and boast in the Lord.

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

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.

Whenever things go a bit sour in a job I’m doing, I always tell myself, ‚You can do better than this.‘

Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

I think Pat Robertson is a terrific fellow.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

Life’s a bit like mountaineering – never look down.

Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

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

Once we start to act, hope is everywhere. So instead of looking for hope, look for action. Then, and only then, hope will come.

Tell me what you like and I’ll tell you what you are.

Fun is one of the most important – and underrated – ingredients in any successful venture. If you’re not having fun, then it’s probably time to call it quits and try something else.

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

Let the path be open to talent.

When one’s expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have.

No one knows Anne’s better side, and that’s why most people can’t stand me. Oh, I can be an amusing clown for an afternoon, but after that, everyone’s had enough of me to last a month.

We should take care not to make the intellect our goal; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Over the years, I’ve learned that a confident person doesn’t concentrate or focus on their weaknesses – they maximize their strengths.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

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.

I always was a rich person because money’s not related to happiness.

What I want for my fans and for the world, for anyone who feels pain, is to lean into that pain and embrace it as much as they can and begin the healing process.

It’s better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone – so far.

A man’s character is his fate.

Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.

Remind yourself that the greatest technique for bringing peace into your life is to always choose being kind when you have a choice between being right or being kind.

It’s in the difficult times that we’re growing and you can’t just rebuke everything hard. We’ve got to endure it and fight the good fight of faith and pass the test.

Bragging just sounds good, man.

At the end of the day, I understand that life has road blocks, and life is like school – you’ll be tested; we gotta pass it.

I got a lot of support from my parents. That’s the one thing I always appreciated. They didn’t tell me I was being stupid; they told me I was being funny.

The generous Critic fann’d the Poet’s fire, And taught the world with reason to admire.

Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.

My wife and I are very affectionate.

My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.

I’m convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they’re stones that don’t matter. As long as you’re breathing, it’s never too late to do some good.

If you cannot concentrate, you are not so happy.

However happy people say they are, nobody is satisfied: we always have to be with the prettiest woman, buy a bigger house, change cars, desire what we do not have.

I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it done with enjoyment, was the carver happy while he was about it?

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

I’m confident with my ability.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

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

A good thing to remember is somebody’s got it a lot worse than we do.

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.

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.

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.

I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.

Happy the people whose annals are vacant.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Happiness doesn’t come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy so that you can be useful and so you can enjoy life when you are a man.

People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality. I’m a realist.

Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been.

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.

I never go into a situation with any type of expectations.

Thank God, I never was cheerful. I come from the happy stock of the Mathers, who, as you remember, passed sweet mornings reflecting on the goodness of God and the damnation of infants.