To be able to throw one’s self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a woman’s smile – that is happiness.

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?

I love hugging people. I still hug everybody in my meet-and-greet lines.

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.

The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

When people get married young, you don’t really understand the true definition of marriage.

When we’re falling in love or out of it, that’s when we most need a song that says how we feel. Yeah, I write a lot of songs about boys. And I’m very happy to do that.

Things in themselves have no life in them. A car can’t comfort or encourage you. A house means nothing if there’s no life and love inside.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life – knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.

Falling in love and having a relationship are two different things.

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.

I think that, whatever happens, I’m just happy I’ve written those songs and I’ve made an album. That’s really big for me, and I’m proud of that.

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

He that does good to another does good also to himself.

Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.

We need a president who will choose to do what’s best for the country, even when it doesn’t personally benefit them.

Happiness is within the reach of everyone, rich or poor. Yet comparatively few people are happy. I believe the reason for this is that the majority don’t recognize happiness even when it is within their grasp.

I’m generous. I give good tips. It’s just – the way I live my life, ironically enough, is: I don’t want anything. I’m not a consumer. I don’t crave objects.

This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.

Love, we say, is life; but love without hope and faith is agonizing death.

Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.

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.

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.

Even when a person has all of life’s comforts – good food, good shelter, a companion – he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.

If someone is right for you, you’ll know it.

Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.

Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship – never.

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

No matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it.

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active – not more happy – nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.

However weak we are, however poor, however little our faith, or however small our grace may be, our names are still written on His heart; nor shall we lose our share in Jesus‘ love.

As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.

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

The exercise of benevolence is joy to loving hearts: the more pain it costs, the more joy it is. Kind actions make us happy, and in such joy we find communion with the great heart of Jesus.

Confidence, as a teenager? Because I knew what I loved. I loved to read; I loved to listen to music; and I loved cats. Those three things. So, even though I was an only kid, I could be happy because I knew what I loved.

Everything we touch in our daily lives, including our body, is a miracle. By putting the kingdom of god in the right place, it shows us it is possible to live happily right here, right now.

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

I’m happiest with my family around me.

I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven.

Love is the answer to everything. It’s the only reason to do anything. If you don’t write stories you love, you’ll never make it. If you don’t write stories that other people love, you’ll never make it.

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.

As a vulnerability researcher, the greatest barrier I see is our low tolerance for vulnerability. We’re almost afraid to be happy. We feel like it’s inviting disaster.

When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.

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.

Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

I believe in the spirit of equality and the spirit of this country as one of love and compassion and kindness.

Man’s real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.

Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.

A faithful woman can become a devoted daughter of God – more concerned with being righteous than with being selfish, more anxious to exercise compassion than to exercise dominion, more committed to integrity than to notoriety. And she knows of her own infinite worth.

As apostles and prophets, we are concerned not only for our children and grandchildren but for yours as well – and for each of God’s children.

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he’ll never stop to trouble about whether he’s happy or not.

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.