The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.

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

Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.

Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself.

An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.

Action may not always bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it.

Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.