Success isn't about things we acquire.

Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get

Happiness recedes from those who pursue her." Happiness will come upon me unexpectedly as a by-product, a surprising bonus for something I have invested myself in. And, most likely, that investment will include pain. It is hard to imagine pleasure without it.

Everything worthwhile in life is attained through hard work. Happiness is not an exception.

Happiness is a battle to be waged and not a feeling to be awaited.

Many people avoid some of the very things that would bring them the deepest happiness such as marriage, children, intellectually challenging pursuits, religious commitment, and volunteer work. They fear the pain that inevitably accompanies such things and therefore devote more time to 'fun' things that bring little happiness, such as watching television.

A lot of things we don't have to have, but they're enjoyable.

We believe in the American Dream, not in the socialist nightmare.

When I went to school they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down Happy. They told me I didn't understand the assignment and I told them they didn't understand life.

The only failure is not knowing how to be happy."

The problem with people, according to Jesus, is not that we are too happy for God's taste, but that we are not happy enough.

You can be smart and happy or stupid and miserable. . . it's your choice