John Lancaster Spalding Quotes

We ought as much as we can to endeavour the Perfecting of our Beings, and that we be as happy as possibly we may.

Achieve some perfection [excellence] yourself, so that you may not fall into sorrow by seeing the perfection in others.

The whole purpose of life is to make yourself happy.

You should aspire to a level of personal excellence - to be the best you can be. You should aspire to have the richest life you can get in terms of fulfillment, happiness and peace.

Happiness, then, is found to be something perfect and self-sufficient, being the end to which our actions are directed.

Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.

The ultimate end of education is happiness or a good human life, a life enriched by the possession of every kind of good, by the enjoyment of every type of satisfaction.

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.

My life is better with every year of living it.

What matters to me is learning and growing, and getting to do what I love to do. As long as I can do that, I'm happy.

Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change.

All you wanna do in life is do what you do well. That's when you're happiest.

Don't worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life.

The first object of my endeavours was the means to become perfect and happy.

A good education is another name for happiness.

My personal goals are to be happy, healthy and to be surrounded by loved ones.

I think that's one of the things that's missing in a lot of people's lives. That's finding out what works for you and doing that.

My life is exactly the way it needs to be.

Every person can reach a full life.

Be happy in what you do. Be respectful of yourself. Do good works for others, and the goodness will come back to you and make you a better person. I think that's what happiness is all about.

I'm happy I found discipline, something I love, and I also found God.

My well-being and my happiness is much more important to me than how much I can achieve.

People feel happier when they feel like they're progressing. When they feel like something in their life is growing or getting better.

A man or woman is seldom happy unless he or she is sustaining him or herself and making a contribution to others.