No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.

The Four Levels of Comedy: Make your friends laugh, Make strangers laugh, Get paid to make strangers laugh, and Make people talk like you because it’s so much fun.

There’s hope for everyone. That’s what makes the world go round.

People won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

I’m confident with my ability.

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.

It is good to be tired and wearied by the futile search after the true good, that we may stretch out our arms to the Redeemer.

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

I think a big test we all face in life on a regular basis is that discouragement test. Life’s not always fair, but I believe if you keep doing the right thing, God will get you to where you are.

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

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none.

Any experience that touches you, in any particular way, is good. It can be a horrible experience.

Life is too short for long-term grudges.

If you tell a joke in the forest, but nobody laughs, was it a joke?

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.

Whether we’re happy with our circumstances or not, giving God praise is so important.

See any detour as an opportunity to experience new things.

I’m going to Heaven just like the thief on the cross who said in that last moment: ‚Lord, remember me.‘

I always ask God to work through me and let me be a light of some kind and help in this world, so I always pray for that, and I always want to do good.

In this great country, we celebrate success. We don’t want to penalize those who have done well.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

Saints need sinners.

My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair.

Now I will say this to every sinner, though he should think himself to be the worst sinner who ever lived: cry to the Lord and seek Him while He may be found. A throne of grace is a place fitted for you. By simple faith, go to your Savior, for He is the throne of grace.

God is a great God! I want to encourage you to expect great things from Him.

Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you’ve closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.

We are what we believe we are.

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.

Nothing can resist the person who smiles at life – I don’t mean the ironic and disillusioned smile of my grandfather, but the triumphant smile of the person who knows that he will survive, or that at least he will be saved by what seems to be destroying him.

From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend reading it.

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species.

Giving up cannot be an option.

Pessimism never won any battle.

The love of heaven makes one heavenly.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.

There is little success where there is little laughter.

Fear is real, but so is love.

I don’t want to say anything negative about anybody or anything or anybody’s political beliefs. I’ve never done that. I’ve never tried to get involved in those things.

Choosing an attitude of faith will release peace out of your spirit and into your soul.

When things are going bad, don’t get all bummed out. Don’t get startled; don’t get frustrated. If you can say the word ‚good,‘ guess what? It means you’re still alive. It means you’re still breathing.

He who laughs best today, will also laughs last.

If you don’t set the tone for the day, the devil will set it for you.

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

Isn’t it funny how babies laugh a lot? I read a toddler, a young child laughs 300 times a day. The average adult laughs, like, four times a day. God put it in them. He put the laugh in us, but I think sometimes we let life get us down, you know, have bad breaks, and we lose our breaks.

If we say it long enough eventually we’re going to reap a harvest. We’re going to get exactly what we’re saying.

Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it’s hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.

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.

Bragging just sounds good, man.

When someone does a small task beautifully, their whole environment is affected by it.

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance.

Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.

One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours spent on both sides in inward wrestling with the mental demon of uncharitable feeling.

Be pleasant until ten o’clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.

Despite the slowness, the infidelity, the errors and sins it committed and might still commit against its members, the Church, trust me, has no other meaning and goal but to live and witness Jesus.

Whenever I want to laugh, I read a wonderful book, ‚Children’s Letters to God.‘ You can open it anywhere. One I read recently said, ‚Dear God, thank you for the baby brother, but what I prayed for was a puppy.‘

I think I have the nicest fans in the world, and I quite like being surrounded by people if we’re all feeling the same emotion in the same room.

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. He and his are not neglected by the gods.

If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.