Michael Franti Quotes

A smile and good energy. They will take you farther than any material possession.

If I could teach people to be grateful, we could have an amazing world where negativity could not grow and foster, and children would have a smile on their face.

But I can say that life is good to me. Has been and is good. So I think my task is to be good to it. So how do you be good to life? You live it.

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.

Haiti is an amazing country. Even though the people there have so little, their attitudes resonate a crazy amount of love and joy. It is truly inspiring to see that. My love for the country starts with them.

There's always going to be somebody worse off than me.

In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor.

Life continues to be difficult. It always will be because that's just life. But I am so glad I have put some happiness into the world.

I think the best advice came from Drew Barrymore, about always finding love in everything you do and keeping a positive attitude and being thankful.

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

I just like to see people smile.

Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.

The kind of experience of humility and happiness that comes with gratitude tends to crowd out whatever is coarse, or ugly, or mean.

When my body gets to the point where I can no longer function or feel gratitude, then I'll leave it and become grateful again. But until then, I will appreciate what I have and not whine about what I don't have. I will feel blessed by life and the opportunity to help others see that they are blessed, too.

I'm a happy person, and I want everybody else to be happy. Nothing wrong with that.

The loving parts of your personality have no trouble loving. That is all they do. You experience the loving parts of as gratitude, appreciation, caring, patience, contentment and awe of life.

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

Bring love and peace and happiness and beautiful lives into the world in my honor. Thank you. Love you.

Life is measured in love and positive contributions and moments of grace.

Do the best that you can in the place where you are, and be kind.

Nobody needs a smile so much as the one who has none to give. So get used to smiling heart-warming smiles, and you will spread sunshine in a sometimes dreary world.

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

Never give up. Laugh a lot. Be good to others.

If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.