“Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.”

Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.

Appreciating someone is not that difficult. You just need to remember to express your appreciation when the opportunity arises. But how many of us remember to do so?

Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind

“Be careful not to mistake insecurity and inadequacy for humility! Humility has nothing to do with the insecure and inadequate! Just like arrogance has nothing to do with greatness!”

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.

Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance - it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart.

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.

“The year you were born marks only your entry into the world. Other years where you prove your worth, they are the ones worth celebrating. 
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A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.

“Unhappiness is often caused by tendency to find fault with others.”

Our words and deeds should lead to refinement of the self and create a pleasant environment and beatify the surroundings.

“Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.”
― Horace Mann

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

“People rarely succeed unless they have
fun in what they are doing.”

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.

There's nothing like music to relieve the soul and uplift it.

“Another fresh new year is here . . .
Another year to live!
To banish worry, doubt, and fear,
To love and laugh and give!

This bright new year is given me
To live each day with zest . . .
To daily grow and try to be
My highest and my best!

I have the opportunity
Once more to right some wrongs,
To pray for peace, to plant a tree,
And sing more joyful songs!”

“Hope
Smiles from the threshold of the year to come,
Whispering 'it will be happier'...”