The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

There is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.

The common denominator of happy and successful people is that they spend their time with other happy and successful people.

Such sober certainty of walking bliss.

The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment.

Happiness is a quality of the soul, not a function of one's material circumstances.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden.

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

It doesn't matter how smart you are unless you stop and think.

He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.

The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.

Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own.

The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.

You are the only person who thinks in your mind. You are the power and authority in your world.

When there is silence one finds the anchor of the universe within oneself.

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