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

If people knew how hard worked to achieve my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.

If you want the rainbow, you've got to put up with the rain.

Whenever sorrow comes, be kind to it. For God has placed a pearl in sorrow’s hand.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

Old age is no place for sissies.

A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.

The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it's the same problem you had last year.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

We can secure other people’s approval, if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred of it, and no way has been found out of securing that.

If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.

Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.