Happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have. It depends solely upon what you think.

There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means—either may do—the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

Such sober certainty of walking bliss.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

I refuse to accept the idea that the “isness” of man’s present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the “oughtness” that forever confronts him.

It is of particular value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.

You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man’s actions are, such must be his spirit.

If you compromise your own conscience, you will weaken your conscience. Soon your conscience will fail to guide you and you never will have real wealth based on peace of mind.

He who has so little knowledge of human natures as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

If you are ever tempted to look for outside approval, realize that you have compromised your integrity.

He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.

Amid the seeming confusion of our mysterious world, individuals are so nicely adjusted to a system, and systems to one another and to a whole, that, by stepping aside for a moment, a man exposes himself to a fearful risk of losing his place forever.

Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self.

Before a man can accomplish anything of an enduring nature in the world, he must first of all acquire some measure of success in the management of his own mind.

What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the small man seeks is in others.

How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?

Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely enjoy exercising authority usually lose it.

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.

Two percent of the people think; three percent of the people think they think; and ninety-five percent of the people would rather die than think.

The past is memory. The future is imagination. All that exists is now.

Ignorance never settle a question.

It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.

A man is as big as the measure of his thinking.

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

The man who has anticipated the coming of troubles takes away their power when they arrive.