It seems a strange fact that it is almost more important for us to be happy ourselves than to try to make other people happy. By being happy we confer untold benefits upon our fellow men. — Alice Hegan Rice Copy Share Image
The fact that beauty is at one and the same time without cost and above price, robs it of the curse of possessiveness. — Alice Hegan Rice Copy Share Image
even though disease and sorrow are all about us, health and happiness are the normal state of man. — Alice Hegan Rice Copy Share Image
The fascinating thing about ideals is that no sooner have we gained a desired peak than we find farther and higher peaks beyond. The… — Alice Hegan Rice Copy Share Image
It'll be with me like it was with Uncle Ned's ole ox, I reckon; he kep' a-goin' an' a-goin' till he died a-standin' up,… — Alice Hegan Rice Copy Share Image
Just as a pool of water cannot reflect the sky overhead when it is restless and disturbed, so we can never get a perfect… — Alice Hegan Rice Copy Share Image
we sometimes forget the influence of action upon thought. ... Smile, whistle, sing, play the part you want to be until you become the… — Alice Hegan Rice Copy Share Image
Cheerfulness is a debt we owe to society, in the paying of which we receive a generous discount. We can not open our hearts… — Alice Hegan Rice Copy Share Image
I can think of no habit, kept up through the years, that binds a married couple more than that of reading good books together.… — Alice Hegan Rice Copy Share Image
Some folks goes right under when trouble comes, but I carry mine fur an' easy. — Alice Hegan Rice Copy Share Image
any pursuit of happiness contrary to the common good is doomed to failure. — Alice Hegan Rice Copy Share Image
What can people not accomplish if they will but master the secret of steadfast perseverance. — Alice Hegan Rice Copy Share Image
happiness is a duty, not only because of its effect upon us but because of its influence upon others. — Alice Hegan Rice Copy Share Image
It is a terrifying as well as hopeful truth that we tend to bring into being in form whatever we fashion in thought. — Alice Hegan Rice Copy Share Image
