“There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness, revelry, high life.”

“There is no path to Happiness. Happiness is the path. There is no path to Love. Love is the path. There is no path to Peace. Peace is the path.”

Dan Millman (1946) American self help writer

“I wanted to reach what was right on the right paths. And so I began to live mistaken.”

Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet

“God is more interested in your character than your comfort. God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy.”

Rick Warren (1954) Christian religious leader

“Life cannot utter words more great
Than life may meet by sacrifice,
High words were equaled by high fate,
You paid the price. You paid the price.”

George William Russell (1867–1935) Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, and artistic painter

“What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.”

Leo Buscaglia (1924–1998) Motivational speaker, writer

“But somethings in life are more important than being happy. Like being free to think for yourself.”

Jon Krakauer (1954) American outdoors writer and journalist

“Does the sweet morning rise,
Bride-like, from sleep,
When their first revelries
Bird and bee keep,
Singing out joyously
In the green tree?
Then, when my hopes are high,
Think I of thee.”

Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist

“What being home-schooled has taught me, more than anything, is what a waste of a life high school is.”

Jodi Picoult book House Rules

“Remember, no more effort is required to aim high in life, to demand abundance and prosperity, than is required to accept misery and poverty.”

Napoleon Hill book Think and Grow Rich