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

Do you feel gloomy? Lift your eyes. Stand on your feet. Say a few words of appreciation and love to the lord. Be positive.

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

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

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.

I know how hard it is to shoot the basketball, so I've got great appreciation for it.

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

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

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

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.

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

The aim of art, the aim of a life can only be to increase the sum of freedom and responsibility to be found in every man and in the world. It cannot, under any circumstances, be to reduce or suppress that freedom, even temporarily.

Don’t make yourself miserable with what is to come or not to come.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not everyone's greed.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

In the ordinary business of life, industry can do anything which genius can do, and very many things which it cannot.

The less you respond to negative people, the positive your life will become.

Provided a man is not mad, he can be cured of every folly but vanity.

Rest not! Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time.

Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.

With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.

Life is short. Time is fast. No replay, no rewind. Enjoy every moment as it comes.

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you won't do anything with it.

The past is memory. The future is imagination. All that exists is now.

You better live your best and act your best and think your best today, for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.

Follow your desire as long as you live and do not perform more than ordered; do not lessen the time following desire, for the wasting of time is an abomination to the spirit.