Be content in your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

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

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.

No duty is more urgent than giving thanks.

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

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

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

Gratitude is the way to happiness.

Hold every moment sacred. Give each clarity and meaning, each the weight of thine awareness, each its true and due fulfillment.

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

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

Count your blessings. You are one of a kind. There’s no one in the world like you. You are amazing.