Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude.

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.

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

Be present in all things and thankful for all things.

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

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.

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

Gratitude is the way to happiness.

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

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

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