The celebration of success overshadows the challenges that were encountered along the way.

To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession, to establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and to make it one's own.

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

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

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

To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.

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

Any one thing in creation is sufficient to demonstrate a Providence to a humble and grateful mind.

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

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.

Gratitude is the way to happiness.

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

May your troubles be less and your blessings be more.

Be present in all things and thankful for all things.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.

Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them, they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will sink out of sight.

Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.

One would think it would be most unwise in a man to be afraid of a skeleton, since Nature has set curious and quite insuperable obstacles to his running away from it.

There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it—but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Against all odds and despite all the obstacles, we are going to make it.

To remain indifferent to the challenges we face is indefensible. If the goal is noble, whether or not it is realized within our lifetime is largely irrelevant. What we must do therefore is to strive and persevere and never give up.

Success is determined not by whether or not you face obstacles, but by your reaction to them. And if you look at these obstacles as a containing fence, they become your excuse for failure. If you look at them as a hurdle, each one strengthens you for the next.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it's the same problem you had last year.

The common denominator of happy and successful people is that they spend their time with other happy and successful people.

The man who earns a million, but destroys his health in the process is not really a success.

Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.

The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do it.

It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.

Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well.