A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

When you don't come from struggle, gaining appreciation is a quality that's difficult to come by.

A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than they need.

There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation of favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.

Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible. The kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.

May your troubles be less and your blessings be more.

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.

Gratitude is the way to happiness.

Any one thing in creation is sufficient to demonstrate a Providence to a humble and grateful mind.

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

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.

To be able to practice five things everywhere under the heaven constitutes perfect virtue. . . gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.

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.

One drop of your kindness makes the ocean sweet.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

A kind word is like a spring day.

My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.

People spend money when and where they feel good.

There are three great friends: an old wife, and old dog, and ready money.

Happiness is a quality of the soul, not a function of one's material circumstances.

I am more interested in the return of my money than I am with a return on my money.

It is a socialist idea making profits is a vice. I consider the real vice is making losses.

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world; and that is an idea whose time has come.

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.

Think of what you have rather than of what you lack. Of the things you have, select the best and then reflect how eagerly you would have sought them if you did not have them.

The man who has anticipated the coming of troubles takes away their power when they arrive.

Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom.

Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.

He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.

To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken the moral and mental vision and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.

Men show their characters in nothing more clearly than in what they think laughable.