Right now I’m just delighted to be alive and to have had a nice long bath.

I never admire another’s fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

How easy it is to govern when one follows a system of consulting the will of the people and one holds as the only norm all the actions which contribute to the well being of the people.

It’s hard to practice compassion when we’re struggling with our authenticity or when our own worthiness is off-balance.

I found music to be the therapy of choice. I guess it is for a lot of people.

There are going to be good days and bad days. Bottom line.

There are some days when I think I’m going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.

Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day’s own trouble be sufficient for the day.

I love being on stage, I love being able to tell a story, I love the fact that the audience listens and laughs at it. It makes me happy, and it’s what I live for.

There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.

I need to keep working on myself for a while.

The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done.

If it’s stress of things that we cannot control, what you have to do is you mitigate that stress as much as possible. You’ve planned, you’ve trained, you’ve done everything you can in your power to mitigate the stress that’s facing you. And then after that, there’s nothing you can do. So, you have to let that one go.

Saints can be happy under every circumstance.

You should hurry up and acquire the cigar habit. It’s one of the major happinesses. And so much more lasting than love, so much less costly in emotional wear and tear.

To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.

Start your diet during a period of optimism and happiness.

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.

Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

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.

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man is the nurse to the sounder.

The longer I live, the more I feel that true repose consists in ‚renouncing‘ one’s own self, by which I mean making up one’s mind to admit that there is no importance whatever in being ‚happy‘ or ‚unhappy‘ in the usual meaning of the words.

I say there’re no depressed words just depressed minds.

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.

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

How sweet it is to learn the Savior’s love when nobody else loves us! When friends flee, what a blessed thing it is to see that the Savior does not forsake us but still keeps us and holds us fast and clings to us and will not let us go!

I believe that the greatest gift you can give your family and the world is a healthy you.

Men want to make women happy.

Enjoyment is an incredible energizer to the human spirit.

The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind.

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.

I’m addicted to exercising and I have to do something every day.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Money can’t buy life.

Nevertheless, whether in occurrences lasting days, hours or mere minutes at a time, I have experienced happiness often, and have had brief encounters with it in my later years, even in old age.

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.

I became a beach bum.

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it.

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

Why should I stop working? If I do, I’ll die and it’ll all be finished.

Everything I have, my career, my success, my family, I owe to America.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

I’ve had no contact with my daughter for years. That’s her choice. Anyway, you move on. If people don’t want to bother with me, fine. You know, God bless them, and move on.

I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.

If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

Ya know what I do almost every day? I wash. Personal hygiene is part of the package with me.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

This is love: the flowering of love is meditation.

There are trees of a thousand sorts, and all have their several fruits; and I feel the most unhappy man in the world not to know them, for I am well assured that they are all valuable. I bring home specimens of them, and also of the land.

Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.

Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you’re doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you.

In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.

I had no bad moment in my relationship with Dortmund. Not one second.

I have found out in later years that we were very poor, but the glory of America is that we didn’t know it then.

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief.

I think women want to take care of themselves, and I think having a voice in how that is done is very important.

Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or desire.

I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I’m praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I’m grateful that I’m heard.