One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

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

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

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

Surely human affairs would be far happier if the power in men to be silent were the same as that to speak. But experience more than sufficiently teaches that men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues.

Listen with ears of tolerance, see through the eyes of compassion, speak with language of love.

I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds; and I very rarely change it.

People don’t get along because they fear each other. People fear each other because they don’t know each other. They don’t know each other because they have not properly communicated with each other.

To feel the intimacy of brothers is a marvelous thing in life.

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

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

Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.

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

Be grateful for your life, every detail of it, and your face will come to shine like a sun, and everyone who sees it will be made glad and peaceful.

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

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

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.

Be grateful that on this raging sea you have a mind to guide you.

One drop of your kindness makes the ocean sweet.

A kind word is like a spring day.

To be able to practice five things everywhere under the heaven constitutes perfect virtue. . . gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Every heart that has beat strong and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.

Benevolence is man’s mind, and righteousness is man’s path.