The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer somebody else up.
Mark Twain · A note in his private notebook in November 1896, the year his daughter Susy died; the popular version adds a second "up".
Mark Twain · A note in his private notebook in November 1896, the year his daughter Susy died; the popular version adds a second "up".
More from Mark Twain
Mark Twain · Written in London in 1897 for reporter Frank Marshall White after a newspaper had him dead or dying; the popular "reports of my death are greatly exaggerated" is a later misquote.
More Happiness Quotes
Jack Dawson · Leonardo DiCaprio's artist in Titanic (1997) · Jack whooping to his friend Fabrizio from the bow of the ship as it leaves port; James Cameron repeated the line on stage when he won the Best Director Oscar in 1998.
Albert Schweitzer · From his philosophy of civilization, written in Africa during the First World War; his answer to anyone who thinks happiness is for keeping.
Attributed to Mahatma Gandhi · Shared everywhere under Gandhi's name, but no speech or writing of his with these words has been found.
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