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“I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.”

“We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”

“The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.”

“Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.”

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”

“Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere.”

“Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.”

“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.”

“I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.”

“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.”

“Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.”

“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.”

“Remember that failure is an event, not a person.”

“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

“The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.”

“Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it. You must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it.”

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”

“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects.”

“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”

“Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.”

“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.”

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

“It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.”