“I do not think we have a "right" to happiness. If happiness happens, say thanks.”

“We do not give thanks because we are happy.  We are happy because we give thanks."   --Douglas Wood”

“The business of being happy requires making a conscious choice. People think being happy will just happen to them someday, if only they do this or that right. But it doesn't - you have to choose it. You choose happiness, you don't wait for it to choose you.”

“The heart that gives thanks is a happy one, for we cannot feel thankful and unhappy at the same time.The more we say thanks, the more we find to be thankful for.And the more we find to be thankful for, the happier we become.We don't give thanks because we're happy.We are happy because we give thanks.”

“Men are made for happiness, and anyone who is completely happy has a right to say to himself: “I am doing God’s will on earth.”

“Men are made for happiness, and he who is completely happy has the right to say to himself, 'I am doing God's will on earth.”