"Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead."

"You cannot solve a problem until you acknowledge that you have one and accept responsibility for solving it."

"Of all the 'attitudes' we can acquire, surely the attitude of gratitude is the most important and by far the most life-changing."

"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves."

"Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game."

"Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well."