Happiness and success come from living in the present, not from existing in the past.
— Steve Maraboli
Belligerent Happiness And Success quotations
Live by the creed that a strong work ethic, playing by the rules, and doing things the right way will bring about opportunities for success and, ultimately, happiness.

Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.
Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way.
If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.

So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
Success is getting and achieving what you want. Happiness is wanting and being content with what you get.
Man up and settle down. The sooner a man can gain control, identify his wife, and be faithful to her, the more successful, and happy you will be in life. Being with one woman in a faithful relationship will cause you to be the happiest version of yourself.

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
A successful life is an authentic life.
Happiness and creativity rest on a foundation of transparency to yourself and others. Knowing your own heart and speaking clearly to others keep you on the path.
It is my right to be rich, happy, and successful.
Money flows to me freely, copiously, and endlessly. I am forever conscious of my true worth. I give of my talents freely, and I am wonderfully blessed financially. It is wonderful!

Your success and happiness depend on your willingness to help others solve their problems.
I have over and over again explained that the purpose of the Boy Scout and Girl Guide Movement is to build men and women as citizens endowed with the three H's namely, Health, Happiness and Helpfulness. The man or woman who succeeds in developing these three attributes has secured the main steps to success this Life.
I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South.
From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations....I have built my own factory on my own ground.

Your success and happiness lies in you.
Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.
Success means successful living. When you are peaceful, happy, joyous and doing what you love to do, you are successful.
Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind.
Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
I have found that the greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It is the ultimate source of success in life.
Success is not the key to happiness, happiness is the key to success.
I believe four ingredients are necessary for happiness: health, warm personal relations, sufficient means to keep you from want, and successful work.
True power and true happiness are when you use your success to make others around you feel even more significant.
Everything that is loved, if it is not loved for His sake then this love is nothing but distress and punishment. Every action that is not performed for His sake then it is wasted and severed. Every heart that does not reach Him is wretched; veiled from achieving its success and happiness.
If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can.
I know that I've been put on this Earth to make people happy, to inspire people, and to uplift people. That's a beautiful thing.
The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have.
In every crisis there is a message.
Crises are nature's way of forcing change - breaking down old structures, shaking loose negative habits so that something new and better can take their place.
God may allow His servant to succeed when He has disciplined him to a point where he does not need to succeed to be happy. The man who is elated by success and is cast down by failure is still a carnal man. At best his fruit will have a worm in it.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.
For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued;
it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself.
I think that there is a lot of power in a gay guy having a really (hopefully) successful music career while just being completely openly gay and honest and happy.
Happiness is not a brilliant climax to years of grim struggle and anxiety.
It is a long succession of little decisions simply to be happy in the moment.