Mere hope isn't enough to change destiny. One must act.

Happy is the soul that has a friend. Happier is the soul that trusts in the truth of the heart of a friend. Happiest is the soul that knows the solemnity of friendship and honours its laws.

To be happy, you have to risk being unhappy.

Like love, like talent, like any other virtue, like anything else in this life, happiness needs to be nurtured - this is the truth of the whole matter.

The face of a truly happy man seldom lacks smiles.

Always be happy, you never know how happy you can make another by just being happy.

Happiness springs up from within. Do not seek it without.

It is better to hope less than to be hopeless.

Where would we have been without the discoveries of our predecessors, and where are we going without your discoveries?

Knowing trees, I came to realize, understand and appreciate the act of patience.

If your failure is not a lesson, it's indeed a failure.

Gift yourself the opportunity to allow for your dreams to chase you down.

I swear, the reason for full moons is so the gods can more clearly see the mischief they create.

Doing nothing is hard. You never know when you’re done. —T-SHIRT

A prudent man will think more important what fate has conceded to him than what it has denied.

A full Belly is the Mother of all Evil.

Beauty is a relation, and the apprehension of it a comparison.

Fatigue is the price of leadership. Mediocrity is the price of never getting tired.

I'm not a performer. If they're looking for entertainer-in-chief, I'm probably not the guy.

I feel young every day.

The time for your labor has been granted.