Dr. Samuel Johnson said: “Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation. You do not find it among gross people.”

“Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.”

“The habit of looking on the best side of every event,” said Dr. Johnson, “is worth more than a thousand pounds a year.”

To avoid resentment and worry over ingratitude, here is Rule 3: A. Instead of worrying about ingratitude, let’s expect it. Let’s remember that Jesus healed ten lepers in one day—and only one thanked Him. Why should we expect more gratitude than Jesus got? B. Let’s remember that the only way to find happiness is not to expect gratitude, but to give

If we want to stop worrying and start living, Rule 4 is: Count your blessings—not your troubles!

“An angry man,” said Confucius, “is always full of poison.”

Salutation to the Dawn Look to this day! For it is life, the very life of life. In its brief course Lie all the verities and realities of your existence: The bliss of growth The glory of action The splendor of beauty, For yesterday is but a dream And tomorrow is only a vision, But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness And ever

There is only one way on God’s green footstool that the past can be constructive; and that is by calmly analyzing our past mistakes and profiting by them—and forgetting them.

Good Working Habit No. 2: Do Things in the Order of Their Importance.