Martin Seligman Quotes

A good deed, "said the prophet Mohammed, "is one that brings a smile of joy to the face of another." Why will doing a good deed every day produce such astounding efforts on the doer? Because trying to please others will cause us to stop thinking of ourselves: the very thing that produces worry and fear and melancholia.

Nothing is going to make you happier in your life than giving

If you would be happy, render a kind service, make somebody else happy.

Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others.

In the end, what really matters? Only kindness. Only making somebody a little happier for your presence.

All worldly joys are less than that one joy of doing kindnesses.

I believe in living for this world - that's my doctrine - to make everybody happy that you can.

We are really here to be happy and to make others happy.

Altruism raises your mood because it raises your self-esteem, which increases happiness. Plus, giving to others gets you outside of yourself and distracts you from your problems.

If I can make someone's day brighter, happier, better, that makes me happier.

I just want to make people happy and make a difference in people's lives.

The ultimate goal of all goals is to be happy. If you want to be happy make someone else happy.

The simplest way to be happy is to do good.

I want to be happy. i want to make people happy. i do not need to be rich to do that.

Joy is a sign of generosity. When you are full of joy, you move faster and you want to go about doing good to everyone.

Doing for others may be the only way to create lasting well-being.

Everyone's goal is to be happy. Happiness is achieved by promoting happiness to others.

You can be healed of depression if every day you begin the first thing in the morning to consider how you will bring a real joy to someone else.

The more generous we are, the more joyous we become.

The fastest way to your own happiness is to make another happy.

Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be filled with joy.

Make others truly happy as you strive to make yourself happy. Speak a helpful word. Give a cheering smile. Do a kind act. Serve a little. Wipe the tears of one who is in distress. Render smooth a rough place in another's path. You will feel great joy.

We are never really happy until we try to brighten the lives of others.

We must learn that to enjoy happiness we must conscientiously and continuously seek to spread happiness. Selfishness is suicidal to happiness.

It can never be wrong to give pleasure.