Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

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"Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers, we more than gain in fruits."

- Samuel Butler

Balance

"Friendship is like money—easier made than kept."

- Samuel Butler

Relationships

"Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself."

- Samuel Butler

Creativity

"To die completely, a person must not only forget but be forgotten, and he who is not forgotten is not dead."

- Samuel Butler

Reflection

"If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do."

- Samuel Butler

Productivity

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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