Usually we praise only to be praised.

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

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

The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.

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.

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

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

I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

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

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

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

There are two ways to get enough: One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.

Be grateful for your life, every detail of it, and your face will come to shine like a sun, and everyone who sees it will be made glad and peaceful.