Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.

We just cannot worry about ourselves.

A real Christian is a person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.

A man’s as miserable as he thinks he is.

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.

If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

My belief is that we were put into this world of wonders and beauty with a special ability to appreciate them, in some cases to have the fun of taking a hand in developing them, and also in being able to help other people instead of overreaching them and, through it all, to enjoy life – that is, to be happy.

Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess.

He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

I like gifts. I like to give them and I like to get them.

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

Working with our military community has been the biggest honor of my life.

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.

All our actions, as well as our thoughts and words, should praise Him who always blesses us.

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.

The old adage about giving a man a fish versus teaching him how to fish has been updated by a reader: Give a man a fish and he will ask for tartar sauce and French fries! Moreover, some politician who wants his vote will declare all these things to be among his ‚basic rights.‘

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‚I used everything you gave me‘.

It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.

I have spent the greater part of my life in a hotel room with seven or eight kids, looking after everyone, sorting out fights, wiping noses, handing out towels, not having a clean towel left for me.

I’m so happy because today I found my friends – they’re in my head.

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.

To the people I forgot, you weren’t on my mind for some reason and you probably don’t deserve any thanks anyway.

Things won are done, joy’s soul lies in the doing.

The learned is happy, nature to explore; The fool is happy, that he knows no more.

I am a generous man, by nature, and far more trusting than I should be. Indeed. The real world is risky territory for people with generosity of spirit. Beware.

Many Tibetans sacrifice their lives.

My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

The love we give away is the only love we keep.

I don’t know if I’m selfless – I still want to make a great record. I want to make a hit record. I want to tour; that’s not completely selfless. But the truth is I’m not interested in people coming to my show for me as much as I am for them coming to my show for themselves. That’s always been how I am.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

If we chew every morsel of our food, in that way we become grateful, and when you are grateful, you are happy.

The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.

Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.

They might not need me; but they might. I’ll let my head be just in sight; a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity.

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

Our vision and commitment is towards the country’s progress, its place in the world and the happiness of its people.

Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.

I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness – it’s right in front of me if I’m paying attention and practicing gratitude.

Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.

I have no private interest in the reception of my inventions by the world, having never made, nor proposed to make, the least profit by any of them.

I try to live what I teach. A lot of things come against us in life, but we should try to find something to be grateful for, and see each day as a gift.

We are not cisterns made for hoarding, we are channels made for sharing.

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.

I pay a lot of tax, and I feel, one of the reasons I stay and pay why I’m not based in Monaco… I think my country helped me.

When you give up yourself, that’s when you will feel the true spirit of Christmas. And that’s giving that’s serving others and that’s when you feel fulfilled.

I give thanks to God and to all the people in the U.K. who have supported me over the years.

Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.

But now, being a parent, I go home and see my son and I forget about any mistake I ever made or the reason I’m upset. I get home and my son is smiling or he comes running to me. It has just made me grow as an individual and grow as a man.

Wow, I get to wake up again? Ok. You have to make good with what you’ve got.

Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.

Remember happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.

The happiest part of a man’s life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.

I am deeply grateful to the citizens of Sarajevo and the Sarajevo Canton assembly for bestowing upon me this incredible honor of citizenship. I am so proud to now be a part of such an extraordinary part of the world and fellow citizen to the people I deeply love and admire.

There is so much that people take for granted.

Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which I give, I enjoy in a higher manner through the fact that I give it away. To give is to enjoy possessively the object which one gives.

Of course, to have money is just great because you can do what you think is important to you. I always was a rich person because money’s not related to happiness.