Our humanity comes to its fullest bloom in giving. We become beautiful people when we give whatever we can give: a smile, a handshake, a kiss, an embrace, a word of love, a present, a part of our life...all of our life.

In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are His gift to all alike.

Well, life isn't cheap. It's the greatest mystery of any millennium, and television needs to do all it can to broadcast that...to show and tell what the good in life is all about.

But how do we make goodness attractive? By doing whatever we can do to bring courage to those whose lives move near our own — by treating our 'neighbor' at least as well as we treat ourselves and allowing that to inform everything that we produce.

Who in your life has been such a servant to you? Who has helped you love the good that grows within you? Let's just take ten seconds to think of some of those people who have loved us and wanted what was best for us in life, those who have encouraged us to become who we are tonight - just ten seconds of silence.

No matter where they are, either here or in heaven, imagine how pleased those people must be to know that you thought of them right now.

The greatest beauty is organic wholeness, the wholeness of life and things, the divine beauty of the universe.

Beauty is also a Gift of God, one of the most rare and precious, and we should be thankful if we are happy enough to possess it and thankful, if we are not, that others possess it for our pleasure.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue.

Happiness is about understanding that the gift of life should be honored every day by offering your gifts to the world.

When we share what we were brought here to give, we are in alignment with our highest, most powerful selves.

What does it mean, say the words, that the earth is so beautiful? And what shall I do about it? What is the gift that I should bring to the world? What is the life that I should live?

When you love someone, you have to offer that person the best you have. The best thing we can offer another person is our true presence.

People love the good not much less than the beautiful, and the happy as well, or even just the living, for the world of it all, and heart's home.

Life is a gift of nature but beautiful living is the gift of wisdom.

All we have, it seems to me, is the beauty of art and nature and life, and the love which that beauty inspires.