When we become more fully aware that our success is due in large measure to the loyalty, helpfulness, and encouragement we have received from others,….

When I was 18 I already had a business going..

Gratitude is the most passionate transformative force in the cosmos. When we offer thanks to God or to another human being, gratitude gifts us with r….

Things [only] exist once they are represented..

You can hold onto anything to make you carry on..

Take what you got and fly with it..

Living in the moment brings you a sense of reverence for all of life’s blessings..

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself..

We thank Thee, O Father of all, for... all the soul-help that sad souls understand..

When you're the ingénue no one is really interested in you for that..

A sunny temper [an attitude of gratitude for what blessings and mercies there are] gilds the edges of life's blackest cloud..

I am not an African. I am an American..

Some sins have no season. We are as likely to be angry in November as to lose our rag in March ... There is, though, something autumnal about greed, ….

Politics is a highly tribal business..

No one survives life..

A fact bobbed up from my memory, that the ancient Egyptians prescribed walking through a garden as a cure for the mad. It was a mind-altering drug ….

For years I've advocated keeping a gratitude journal, writing down five things every day that brought pleasure and gratefulness..

Charge for something and make more than you spend..

If you push too much for somebody that everyone knows is your friend, and that you've worked with before, it can backfire..

Strength is for service, not status.

Look how the smaller birds greet the sun, with so much merry chirruping and so much outpouring of song! It is their way of expressing worship for the….