Power means happiness; power means hard work and sacrifice.

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.

John Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded.

How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?

I love making people laugh. And I love laughing.

God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.

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.

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

When anyone has the power to destroy the whole human race in a matter of hours, it becomes a moral issue. The church must speak out.

Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy.

It makes me sad when I find sisters who aren’t joyful. They might smile, but with just a smile they could be flight attendants!

Power is the great aphrodisiac.

We can approach God’s throne with boldness because we are confident in the power of what Jesus accomplished for us at the cross.

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.

We all have experiences in our lives that change us, and we all learn from people, like my dad, but at the end of the day, it’s only us. And we’re only responsible to make ourselves happy.

It’s really hard to guarantee things in life. I guarantee if you get up in the morning and you work out, and you work hard, you will have a better day – 100% guaranteed.

Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

It seems like a lot of people seek their peace in things. And most of us are not even satisfied with the things we have… we always want more.

It is the flash which appears, the thunderbolt will follow.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced – the just demands of peace and security will be met – or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power.

Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.

I like to make people feel happy and superior in their reaction towards my appearance.

The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

If you die you’re completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I’m not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I’ve got.

In Europe first and now in America, elected men have taken it upon themselves to indebt their people to create an atmosphere of dependency. And why? For their own selfish need to increase their own personal power.

To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

I have a full and satisfying life. My work and my family are very important to me.

The man who has the will to undergo all labor may win to any good.

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.

A lot of blood, sweat, and tears have gone into this career of mine.

Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.

Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.

The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.

I believe that God put us in this jolly world to be happy and enjoy life.

You can’t be happy by doing something groovy.

No, there is literally nothing on the business side that I wouldn’t sacrifice in a heartbeat to have an extra couple of hours‘ writing. Nothing.

The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.

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.

But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power.

Tyrants seldom want pretexts.

A lot of dreams can turn to nightmares… if you don’t really work them.

We have the tendency to run away from suffering and to look for happiness. But, in fact, if you have not suffered, you have no chance to experience real happiness.

First and foremost comes my family and my life with Brad. We have so much joy in raising our children and teaching them about the world that nothing really compares to that.

I’m proud to play for Real Madrid because I have fun; when you no longer have fun it’s a sign that it’s time to leave. For now though, I’m happy here at the greatest club in the world.

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

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.

I knew early on that I wanted to entertain in some form. And I knew I would work as hard as anyone to do it.

Off with you! You’re a happy fellow, for you’ll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that!

Nature has always had more force than education.

Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.

The child inside of you knows how to take things as they come, how to deal most effectively and happily with everything and everyone it encounters on this planet. If you can recapture that childlike essence of your being, you can stay ‚forever young at heart.‘

To be honest, I never really considered myself to be too much of an actress. So, whenever I get the chance to do music, I’m always, like, just in it. It’s like, ‚Oh my God, I finally get to do this. I’m so happy.‘

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

You can be happy where you are.