George Bernard Shaw

We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

The seven deadly sins… food, clothing, firing, rent, taxes, respectability and children. Nothing can lift those seven millstones from Man’s neck but money; and the spirit cannot soar until the millstones are lifted.

Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them.

The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.

No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.

To fill the hour – that is happiness.

The unhappiest man on earth is the one who has nothing to do.

If happiness is what you’re after, you’re gonna be let down frequently and you’re gonna be unhappy much of your time. Joy though, joy is the feeling that we have doing what we are fashioned to do, no matter the outcome.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

Pursue whatever it is that you want to do with your life. It is the only secret to happiness that I know except for maybe true love, that and maybe having the amazing health insurance plan that our congressmen have.

They’ve got no idea what happiness is, they don’t know that without this love there is no happiness or unhappiness for us–there is no life.

It’s not selfish to love yourself, take care of yourself, and to make your happiness a priority. It’s necessary.

Happiness and unhappiness are in the heart and spirit of each one of us: If you feel unhappy, then place yourself above that and act so that your happiness does not get to be dependent on anything.

Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

My number one daily habit is to give myself permission to be happy. It’s physical and mental; it’s my diet, physical activity, and emotional state. That’s all tied together.

If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours.

If you are not happy every morning when you get up, leave for work, or start to work at home, and are not enthusiastic about doing that, you will not be successful.

Be happy; without reason.

Choose happiness, not success, as your life’s goal. If you become successful but aren’t happy, then what is the point?