Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Don't let life discourage you everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.