Prosperity depends more on wanting what you have than having what you want.

Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow delightful conditions, all heavenly environment; of these if you but remain true to them, your world will at last be built.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn't, and when it does, we may well reject it.

There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants -- more than anything else -- to become rich. As long as they don't have the money, it'll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they'll understand how important other things are -- and have always been.

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.

If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.

Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement -- and we will make the goal.

One we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life.

The half is greater than the whole.

Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone?

To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.

There's a basic human weakness inherent in all people which tempts them to want what they can't have and not want what is readily available to them.

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.

Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.

Like when I'm in the bathroom looking at my toilet paper, I'm like 'Wow! That's toilet paper?' I don't know if we appreciate how much we have.

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

Appreciation of life itself, becoming suddenly aware of the miracle of being alive, on this planet, can turn what we call ordinary life into a miracle. We come awake to such a realization when we recognize our connection to a spiritual dimension.