Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

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

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

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

A man, to carry on a successful business, must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing. A man can cultivate this faculty only by an appreciation for the finer things in life.

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

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

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

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.

We don’t need more to be thankful for, we just need to be more thankful.

Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place the come down and shoot the survivors.

Do not peer too far.

Nobody likes the man who brings bad news.

You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

To live is in itself a value judgment. To breathe is to judge.

Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.