All that is needed to make a happy life is within yourself, in your way of thinking.

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.

When I was playing before I retired, I never really understood the appreciation and respect that people gave me. People had treated me like a god or something, and that was very embarrassing.

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.

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

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

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

As a rule, we find what we look for; we achieve what we get ready for.

Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich.

Just keep in mind: the more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.

The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose.

Revenge-seeking minds destroy states, while those seeking reconciliation build nations.

Keep your mind off the things you don’t want by keeping it on the things you do want.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the now the primary focus of your life.

Hold thought steadfastly to the enduring, the good, and the true, and you will bring these into your experience proportionately to their occupancy of your thoughts.

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

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

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

Be present in all things and thankful for all things.

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

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.

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

The common denominator of happy and successful people is that they spend their time with other happy and successful people.

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

The man who pursues happiness wisely will aim at the possession of a number of subsidiary interests in addition to those central ones upon which his life is built.

There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.

At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.

Some of the worst things in my life never happened.

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

You must try to observe yourself more and more objectively, to look at everything in yourself as though another person.

The free flow of conflicting ideas and feelings is critical for creative thinking, for discovering new solutions no one individual would have come to on his own.

Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even dearth is one of the things that Nature wills.

Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.

Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.

The way you habitually think will determine your destiny.