All we have of freedom, all we use or know — This our fathers bought for us long and long ago.

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""God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.""

- Rudyard Kipling

Love

"Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs."

- Rudyard Kipling

Awareness

"I only hope the fish will take half as much trouble for me as I’ve taken for them."

- Rudyard Kipling

Compassion

"They will come back, come back again, as long as the red earth rolls. He never wasted a leaf or a tree. Do you think He would squander souls?"

- Rudyard Kipling

Hope

"Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade."

- Rudyard Kipling

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"When you arise in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love."

- Marcus Aurelius

Gratitude

"To get happier, try gratitude, giving back, savoring, encouraging your optimism, and celebrating progress."

- Jonathan Harnum

Gratitude

"Be thankful for everything that happens in your life; it’s all an experience."

- Roy T. Bennett

Gratitude

"Sometimes the little things in life mean the most."

- Ellen Hopkins

Gratitude

"The two words that will change your life are 'thank you'. Like a candle that can light a thousand more without shortening its own life, appreciation is a gift that, when given, can set the whole world aglow."

- Stacey Lee

Gratitude