Happiness

“Believing, desiring, deciding, and choosing correctly are the simple actions that define an increase in happiness and an increase in the inner assurance that transcends this life.""

-Benjamín De Hoyes (Ensign, Nov. 2005, 31)

Happiness

"Life is good if we live in such a way to make it so."

-Benjamín De Hoyes (Ensign, Nov. 2005, 31)

Happiness

“Happiness is the object and design of our existence; and will be the end thereof, if we pursue the path that leads to it; and this path is virtue, uprightness, faithfulness, holiness, and keeping all the commandments of God.”

-Joseph Smith Jr. (History of the Church, 5:134–35; quoted by Benjamín De Hoyes, Ensign, Nov. 2005, 31)

Happiness

"Happiness is a condition of the soul. This joyous state comes as a result of righteous living."

 -Benjamín De Hoyes (Ensign, Nov. 2005, 31)

Happiness

"Yes, we find happiness in the midst of the trial of our faith. The Lord manifests Himself to us through His tender mercies, which we find along the road of happiness."

-Benjamín De Hoyes (Ensign, Nov. 2005, 31)

Happiness

"Happiness comes as a result of our obedience and our courage in always doing the will of God, even in the most difficult circumstances."

-Benjamín De Hoyes (Ensign, Nov. 2005, 31)

Happiness

"Perseverance in making correct decisions is what leads us to happiness."

-Benjamín De Hoyes (Ensign, Nov. 2005, 31)

Happiness

"…we need to recognize that ‘wanting to’ is the determining factor which leads us to lay hold upon the word of God and be happy."

-Benjamín De Hoyes (Ensign, Nov. 2005, 31) (see Hel 3:27-30)"