There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.

To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession, to establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and to make it one's own.

I have yet to find a man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.

To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.

I know how hard it is to shoot the basketball, so I've got great appreciation for it.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

If you develop a pure and sincere motivation, in you are motivated by a wish to help on the basis of kindness, compassion, and respect, then you can carry on any kind of work, in any field, and function more effectively.

Benevolence is man’s mind, and righteousness is man’s path.

Every heart that has beat strong and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.

We must each lead a way of life with self-awareness and compassion, to do as much as we can. Then, whatever happens we will have no regrets.

How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.