Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.

I love walking down the street and seeing faces and drama and happiness and sadness and dirt and cleanliness.

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.

Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.

You take away all the other luxuries in life, and if you can make someone smile and laugh, you have given the most special gift: happiness.

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

To me, flowers are happiness.

I don't know about happy endings, because I don't think, eventually, anything is happy. You feel a bout of happiness with good news. Five minutes later, there could be a traffic jam or a phone call from an irritating relative or a weird thought, or it could be a tweet that annoys you, and your emotion will flip immediately.

If I can bring happiness to people all around the world, then I will try my best to do so.

Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will find solid happiness.

When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away.

You might not make it to the top, but if you are doing what you love, there is much more happiness there than being rich or famous.

My definition of beauty is happiness. I believe that when you are happy, it shines through and makes you a more attractive and beautiful person!

My idea of absolute happiness is to be in bed on a rainy day, with my blankie, my cat, and my dog.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

I think happiness is a choice. If you feel yourself being happy and can settle in to the life choices you make, then it's great. It's really, really great. I swear to God, happiness is the best makeup.

Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with others than to fight our own nature.

Joy can only be real if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.

The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.

Success is not just making money. Success is happiness. Success is fulfillment; it's the ability to give.

I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness - it's right in front of me if I'm paying attention and practicing gratitude.

I've realized through the years that I just find happiness in other things, whether it's my dogs or my friends or, like, looking at the sunset. So if I were to wish for something else, it would just to be happy all the time, to have a superpower of not letting things affect me, and to be true to who I am, always.

I think most of us are raised with preconceived notions of the choices we're supposed to make. We waste so much time making decisions based on someone else's idea of our happiness - what will make you a good citizen or a good wife or daughter or actress. Nobody says, 'Just be happy - go be a cobbler or go live with goats.'

Happiness is in our own hearts. I have no regrets of anything in the past. I'm totally cheerful and happy, and I think that a lot of your attitude is not in the circumstances you find yourself in, but in the circumstances you make for yourself.

Personal health is related to self-control and to the worship of life in all its natural beauty - self-control bringing with it happiness, renewed youth, and long life.

Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table. It is essential for physical and mental health and for happiness.

In South Korea, they believe that when you turn 60, you've become a baby again and the rest of your life should be totally about joy and happiness, and people should leave you alone, and I just think that that's the height of intelligence.

Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it!

Independence is happiness.

I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.

If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem.

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.

When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts nothing.

No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.

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

Happiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions.

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

Being of service to others is what brings true happiness.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.

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

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It's also a very clear path to happiness.

One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken.

One of the magical things about kindness is that it's what we nerds call a 'happiness aggregator.' People confuse kindness with being nice. And they're very different. You can be nice and be passive. But kindness requires action.

Happiness is overrated. There has to be conflict in life.