The deepest craving of human nature is the need to feel appreciated.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach, when feeling out of sight for the ends of being and ideal grace.

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

Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full resources that are within thy reach.

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.

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.

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.

Man's tongue is soft, and bone doth lack; yet a stroke therewith may break a man's back.

We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavoring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.