Smile, love, and make your life your own. Brighten your life and the lives of those around you. Here are 15 quotes to help you be the brightest person you can be in this life:

1. "There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it." --Edith Wharton

2. "Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life." --Omar Khayyam

3. "So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good." --Helen Keller

4. "Everybody needs love. Everyone deserves it." --Reese Witherspoon

5. "Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud." --Maya Angelou

6. “Hang on. It gets easier, and then it gets okay, and then it feels like freedom.”--Taylor Swift

7. "Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present." --Jim Rohn

8. "Never stop. Never stop fighting. Never stop dreaming." --Tom Hiddleston

9. "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant." --Robert Louis Stevenson

10. "Whoever is happy will make others happy too." --Anne Frank

11. "Find out who you are and be that person. That's what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth and everything else will come." --Ellen DeGeneres

12. "We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone." --Ronald Reagan

13. "Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment." --Buddha

14. "Stay true to yourself, yet always be open to learn. Work hard, and never give up on your dreams, even when nobody else believes they can come true but you. These are not cliches but real tools you need no matter what you do in life to stay focused on your path." --Phillip Sweet

15. "There's no bad consequence to loving fully, with all your heart. You always gain by giving love." --Reese Witherspoon

*Source: BrainyQuote*