Vladimir Putin

Export in technical equipment is growing, which shows that some structural changes are going on in the economy. Export of agricultural produce, at 20 billion last year, was higher than defense exports, which were at 15 billion.

Nobody and nothing will stop Russia on the road to strengthening democracy and ensuring human rights and freedoms.

Protest actions and propaganda are two slightly different things.

It’s better not to argue with women.

I have some rules of my own. One of them is never to regret anything. Over time, I came to the conclusion that this was the right thing to do. As soon as you start regretting and looking back, you start to sour. You always have to think about the future. You always have to look ahead. Of course you have to analyze your past mistakes, but only so that you can learn and correct the course of your life.

Stalin is the most popular figure in all of Russia.

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won’t have to haunt for happiness

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

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

Happiness, wealth, and success are the byproducts of goal setting; they cannot be the goals themselves.

If you let go a little you will have a little happiness. If you let go completely you will be free.

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

I’m always smiling and happy.

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

I love people who make me laugh.

Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.

Let’s make ourselves happy

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

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.

While I am opposed to all orthodox creeds, I have a creed myself; and my creed is this. Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so. This creed is somewhat short, but it is long enough for this life, strong enough for this world. If there is another world, when we get there we can make another creed.