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.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.

The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.

Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.

I didn’t always have 14,000 people wanting to hang out with me on a Saturday night.

There’s only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I’ll get married again.

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it… that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.

For a long time, I had the idea that I would do a certain amount of work the best I could, and then I would reach a comfort zone, and I wouldn’t be pushed to write more. I would become a different person. It’s a surprise to me that this hasn’t happened. Your body ages, but your mind is the same.

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.

A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.

The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective.

If you can’t read, it’s going to be hard to realize dreams.

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.

Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.

The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.

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.

I’m never going to be fast, and nobody will ever mistake me for being fast.

God gave you a brain. Do the best you can with it. And you don’t have to be Einstein, but Einstein was mentally tough. He believed what he believed. And he worked out things. And he argued with people who disagreed with him. But I’m sure he didn’t call everybody jerks.

I’m one of the world’s most self-conscious people. I really have to struggle.

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

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world – that is the myth of the atomic age – as in being able to remake ourselves.

God will prepare everything for our perfect happiness in heaven, and if it takes my dog being there, I believe he’ll be there.

You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.

I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God’s help I shall succeed.

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

You want to do good things, and once you’ve done a couple of good things in a row, you think ‚Well gee, let’s not mess this up.‘ But I am lucky at this point that I have something I really love to do, and it completely holds my attention. I never feel frustrated by it.

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.

There’s not a note of mine that’s worth the noting.

It definitely has learning a lesson about the way you’re living your life. I wouldn’t compare our movie to that, but it has a structure where it’s about a man who doesn’t appreciate all that he has and finds out at the end that life has been great and he has to enjoy that.

Perfectionists demand perfection from themselves first and foremost.

Our whole life is set up in the path of least resistance. We don’t want to suffer. We don’t want to feel discomfort. So the whole time, we’re living our lives in a very comfortable area. There’s no growth in that.

Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.

There’s an inherent danger in letting people think that they have perfected something. When they believe they’ve ‚nailed it,‘ most people tend to sit back and rest on their laurels while countless others will be labouring furiously to better their work!

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits.

I tried acting, liked it, and stuck with it. I saw it as the way I would keep that promise to myself of getting back at those who had made my school life a misery.

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance.

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

I always wanted a family.

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.

Happiness is just another of the tricks that our genetic system plays on us to carry out its only role, which is the survival of the species.

The future rewards those who press on. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I’m going to press on.

No man is hurt but by himself.

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

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

Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition – such as lifting weights – we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.

If you start by promising what you don’t even have yet, you’ll lose your desire to work towards getting it.

Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one’s potential.

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

Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.

Your Highest Self is not just an idea that sounds lofty and spiritual. It is a way of being. It is the very first principle that you must come to understand and embrace as you move toward attracting to you that which you want and need for this parenthesis in eternity that you know as your life.

Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.

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

You don’t want to pigeonhole yourself.