We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.

I am a true laborer: I earn that I eat, get that I wear, owe no man hate, envy no man’s happiness, glad of other men’s good, content with my harm.

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends, and of which every desire prompts prosecution.

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

If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes.

Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness.

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

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

Those who drink to drown their sorrow should be told sorrow knows how to swim.

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

All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.

The problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth, so that the ties of brotherhood may still bond together the rich and poor in harmonious relationship.

To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.

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.

Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich.

In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality; that is. waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.

Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.

Silver and gold I have none; but such as I have give I thee.

Beware of over concern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.

The progression of emancipation of any class usually, if not always, takes place through the efforts of individuals of that class.

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.