Words worth keeping

Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present.

The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it's all that matters.

Take responsibility of your own happiness, never put it in other people’s hands.

Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.

Happiness is a warm puppy.

You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.

It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.

If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery--isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is.

I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person.

Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.

If you're reading this...Congratulations, you're alive.If that's not something to smile about,then I don't know what is.

They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.

The Seven Social Sins are: Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce without morality. Science without humanity. Worship without sacrifice. Politics without principle.From a sermon given by Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925.

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.