Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

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!

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.

All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.

Basically, I’m one of the greatest producers ever. And I’m also one of the greatest DJs ever. And I’m also one of the best executives ever.

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, ‚This is a misfortune‘ but ‚To bear this worthily is good fortune.‘

When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.

When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.

Most people are happy being average. Most are happy being faceless in a sea of faces.

I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it done with enjoyment, was the carver happy while he was about it?

Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.

Breathing in, I am aware of my heart. Breathing out, I smile to my heart and know that my heart still functions normally. I feel grateful for my heart.

I’m a Silicon Valley guy. I just think people from Silicon Valley can do anything.

I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

The man who has done his level best… is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.

I’ve been pleased to work with so many wonderful stars through the years. This has been an amazing journey. I hope it continues.

How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

Giving is true having.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.

Social media has given us this idea that we should all have a posse of friends when in reality, if we have one or two really good friends, we are lucky.

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree’s inclined.

If I’m not in love, if I’m not with a long-term companion, I cannot be happy.

I never needed much, and I never thought I’d get more than what I had. A trip to Burger King was the biggest thing in the world to me. Heaven.

I believe God’s keeping the records, and I believe you will be rewarded even in this life. Somehow, some way, God will make it up to you. It may be He protected you from an accident you never knew. You can’t give God something without God giving you more in return, whether it’s peace or joy or satisfaction.

I get nervous when I don’t get nervous. If I’m nervous I know I’m going to have a good show.

I don’t want to hear the word ‚can’t.‘

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

The success I have achieved in bodybuilding, motion pictures, and business would not have been possible without the generosity of the American people and the freedom here to pursue your dreams.

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.

The most talented do not always end up as celebrities, and those with less talent often do. Upsets are written into our history and occur around us every day.

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it… Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

I am not happy, and the quest for happiness as a principal objective is not part of my world. Of course, ever since I can remember, I have done what I felt like doing.

You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile.

We learned about honesty and integrity – that the truth matters… that you don’t take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules… and success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square.

You all look like happy campers to me. Happy campers you are, happy campers you have been, and, as far as I am concerned, happy campers you will always be.

We have a big appetite for putting people down but, at the heart of everyone, there’s enough room for all of us to succeed.

I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.

Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.

Fame doesn’t fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary.

I wouldn’t be here today if it were not for the NHS. I have received a large amount of high-quality treatment without which I would not have survived.

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.

Few of us can stand prosperity. Another man’s, I mean.

We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we’ll also have a lot more joy in living.

Every noble work is at first impossible.

Indeed, it is as important to learn how to receive a blessing as it is to be willing to give one.

I never woke up and thought, ‚I really want to live a bold life.‘

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.

What is easy is seldom excellent.

Little things affect little minds.

Pick the day. Enjoy it – to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come… The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present – and I don’t want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.

You can change your world by changing your words… Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.

The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.