" There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons. "

- Stephen Chbosky

" Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. "

- Mahatma Gandhi

" The happiness of life is made up of the little charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment. "

- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

" We all get report cards in many different ways, but the real excitement of what you're doing is in the doing of it. It's not what you're gonna get in the end—it's not the final curtain—it's really in the doing it, and loving what you're doing. "

- Ralph Lauren

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

- Dale Carnegie

" When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us. "

- Helen Keller

" Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity. "

- Carl Jung

" Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting. "

- Bernard Meltzer

" True happiness is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. "

- Helen Keller

" Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. "

- Buddha

" Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling. "

- Margaret Lee Runbeck

" Tension is who you think you should be, relaxation is who you are. "

- Chinese Proverb

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

- Andrew Carnegie

" If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the world belongs to you. "

- Lao Tzu

" Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. "

- Abraham Lincoln

" Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. "

- Marcel Proust

" The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past. "

- Andre Maurois

" If someone bases his/her happiness on major events like a great job, huge amounts of money, a flawlessly happy marriage or a trip to Paris, that person isn’t going to be happy much of the time. If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast, flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap, then we are more likely to live with quite a bit of happiness. "

- Andy Rooney

" 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. "

- Groucho Marx

" Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory. "

- Albert Schweitzer