If you learn to respond as if it’s the first day in your life and the very last day, then you will have spent this day very well.

The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.

Eyes see only light, ears hear only sound, but a listening heart perceives meaning.

A single crocus blossom ought to be enough to convince our heart that springtime, no matter how predictable, is somehow a gift, gratuitous, gratis, a grace.

Everything is a gift. The degree to which we are awake to this truth is a measure of our gratefullness, and gratefullness is a measure of our aliveness.

We are never more than one grateful thought away from peace of heart.

Gratefulness is the inner gesture of giving meaning to our life by receiving life as gift.

Love wholeheartedly, be surprised, give thanks and praise then you will discover the fullness of your life.

Any place is sacred ground, for it can become a place of encounter with the divine Presence.

Look closely and you will find that people are happy because they are grateful. The opposite of gratefulness is just taking everything for granted.

Gratefulness has the courage to trust and so overcomes fear.

Besides, a life without freedom to choose is not worth having.

When people say they hate life, to what are they comparing it to? The alternative isn't any more appealing.

The oddly shaped man had introduced himself as a Mr. Abernathy, a wealthy friend of the family. "I'm a wealthy friend of the family, " he had said. "Very rich. Friendly.

One needs solitude and quiet to think. The cacophony of modern culture is designed to make that impossible.

Be mindful of your self-talk. It's a conversation with the universe.

Play out a boring game to the end and funny things can happen; Fischer knew it.

Law is a silvery web that lets the big flies pass and catches all the small ones.

What I've seen historically is winning is a major aloe. It solves a lot of problems.

Some scripts are pretty sparse.

Ross Perot. I could have had a ball with him.