Everybody knows how to utter a complaint, but few can express a graceful compliment.

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

The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.

No duty is more urgent than giving thanks.

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

Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible. The kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.

The progression of emancipation of any class usually, if not always, takes place through the efforts of individuals of that class.

Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.

Beware of allowing a tactless word, a rebuttal, a rejection to obliterate the whole sky.

It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than others their opinions more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction: or, the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal, and directed to contrary parts.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face.

No house should ever be on any hill or on anything. It should be of the hill, belonging to it, so hill and house could live together each the happier for the other.

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

May your troubles be less and your blessings be more.

Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.

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.

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

If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you must look forward, do so prayerfully. However, the wisest thing you can do is be present in the present...gratefully.

Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.

No problem is so deep that it cannot be overcome, given the will of all parties, through discussion and negotiation rather than force and violence.

We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent coannihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance between chaos and community.