There is in the worst fortunes the best of chances for a happy change.

Surely what a man does when he is in an uncomfortable situation is the best evidence for the sort of man he is.

Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Have to and get to—both are choices. One is negative and one is positive. Choose the right one and it can change your life.

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried?

Change how you see and see how you change.

God, give us the grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

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.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

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

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.

Rest, nature, books, music, such is my idea of happiness.

Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.

Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.

It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.