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

Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.

In order to have friends, you must first be one.

Everything comes too late for those who only wait.

Be yourself and think for yourself, and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the inclusions forced upon you by those who have a personal interest in keeping you in ignorance.

It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.

Reason: The arithmetic of the emotions.

We will not be dictated to by men with less intelligence, energy, initiative and ambition than we ourselves possess.

What we call God’s justice is only man’s idea of what he would do if he were God.

If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want.

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

If you can’t answer a man’s arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.

The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success.

The man who knows it can’t be done counts the risk, not the reward.

Formal religion was organized for slaves: it offered them consolation which earth did not provide.

All success consists in this: You are doing something for somebody – benefiting humanity – and the feeling of success comes from the consciousness of this.

Faith is the effort to believe what your common sense tells you is not true.

I was just doing my job in the ring and doing my best to make people happy.

Do what you’re happy with and not what you think whoever else is going to tell you about you ‘acting a color.’ You don’t act at all. You just do what you think is best.

I want the people of the Philippines to be happy, even if they have nothing.

A life of intimacy with God is characterized by joy.

Deep within, I still exist; a brighter, happy me. Just look beyond my outer casing.

Anytime I can sneak in a moment to fish and ride horses, I’m a happy camper!

No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.

When you have something in life that you want to accomplish greatly, you have to be willing to give up your happiness I’ve lost all my sensitivity as far as being embarrassed, being shy, you just have to lose that.