The surest way to be happy,” Eleanor wrote in an essay at school, “is to seek happiness for others.

One thing I am convinced more and more is true and that is this: the only way to be truly happy is to make others happy. When you realize that and take advantage of the fact, everything is made perfect.

the easiest way to make ourselves happy is to see that others are happy.

Seek to share joy with others, or to make somebody else happy, and you will find your own soul radiant with the joy you wished for another.

Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.

The surest way to be unhappy is try to be happy all the time.

It is very true that we ought to think of the happiness of others; but it is not often enough said that the best thing we can do for those who love us is to be happy ourselves.

Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now. The way to be happy is to help make others so.

He was right in saying that the only certain happiness in life is to live for others.

To be of use to the world is the only way to be happy.

Whoever is happy will make others happy.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

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

Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others