And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

       - Abraham Lincoln

There's nothing as beautiful as the happiness of a child

The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.   
       - Madame De Maintenon

One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people. 
       - Dick Gregory


The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do.
       - Anonymous

Who is blind? He who can see no other world. Who is dumb? He who can say nothing pleasant about his lot. Who is poor? He who is troubled with too many desires. Who is rich? He who is happy with his lot.
       - Indian Proverb 

You can never be happy at the expense of the happiness of others.
       - Chinese Proverb