Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“If you want to be happy, if you want to live a contented life, if you want to live a life of genuine pleasure, do something for somebody else.”
- Source
- Character Building
- Date
- 1902
Meaning of “If you want to be happy, if you…”
The address directs attention away from self-absorption and toward concrete help for another person as Washington’s preferred route to a more contented life.
Where does it come from?
Character Building, “Helping Others,” Project Gutenberg #60484. The statement is moral advice inside a school address and is not presented as clinical treatment for unhappiness.
