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We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.

Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything.

We all want to be happy. We need to expand the notion of what that means, to make it bigger and wiser.

My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.

If you want to experience joy in your life, you have to be able to step outside yourself and become part of a cause that is much larger than you; one that brings a greater good to a greater community.

One of the biggest motivators is to be part of something larger than yourself.

Most of us have considerable prosperity in our lives. Often, we are so busy pursuing our unmet desires that we are unable to enjoy all that we already have. Allowing ourselves to really appreciate the prosperity we have created is a big step toward opening to even greater fulfillment.

I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.

I'm a yes person. I'm too concerned with trying to make too many people happy.