There is life in a kindly reply.

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

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

I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.

Your depression is connected to your insolence and refusal to praise.

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

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

Never miss a good chance to shut up.

A fast way to demolish relationships, shatter credibility and disrespect yourself is by not following through when you say you are going to do something.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

Madness does not govern a country; discussion does.

The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.

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

May your troubles be less and your blessings be more.

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

O beautiful for spacious skies, For Amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea!

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

It makes one feel rather good deciding not to be a bitch. . . .It’s sort of what we have instead of God.

When we practice loving kindness and compassion we are the first ones to profit.

Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.

If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh unless, since their chief purpose is to make us bear with patience the injustice of our fellows.

My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.

The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.

If you develop a pure and sincere motivation, in you are motivated by a wish to help on the basis of kindness, compassion, and respect, then you can carry on any kind of work, in any field, and function more effectively.

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

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

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.

One who is serious all day will never have a good time, while one who is frivolous all day will never establish a household.

Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts, of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.