“The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.”
Grateful feeling
Grateful Quotes — page 122 of 709
“Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.”
“The fact is that I find more most men are more open, more generous, and much more stimulating than the majority of females I know.”
“Nothing is a greater stranger to my breast, or a sin that my soul more abhors, than that black and detestable one, ingratitude.”
“We took pictures of the native girls, but they weren't developed. . . But we're going back next week.”
“Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times. The ordinary person today lives better than a king did a century ago but is ungrateful!”
“My painting is what I have to give back to the world for what the world gives to me.”
“O Lord, thou givest us everything, at the price of an effort.”
“I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite - only a sense of existence. Well, anything for variety. I am ready to try this for the next ten thousand years, and exhaust it. How sweet to think of! my extremities well charred, and my intellectual part too, so that there is no danger of worm or rot for a long while. My breath is sweet to me. O how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment.”
“The indescribable innocence of and beneficence of Nature,-of sun and wind and rain, of summer and winter,-such health, such cheer, they afford forever!”
“One of the most attractive things about the flowers is their beautiful reserve.”
“For bells are the voice of the church; They have tones that touch and search The hearts of young and old.”
“Beauty is an enormous, unmerited gift given randomly, stupidly.”
“There was so much goodness in my life. So much happiness. I wondered whether I deserved any of it.”
“You often say, "I would give, but only to the deserving." The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture. They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.”
“You often say ; I would give , but only to the deserving, The trees in your orchard say not so , nor the flocks in your pasture. Surely he who is worthy to receive his days and nights is worthy of all else from you. And he who has deserved to drink from the ocean of life deserves to fill his cup from your little stream. See first that youyourself deserve to be a giver , and an insturument of giving. For in truth it is life that gives unto life-while you , who deem yourself a giver , is but a witness.”
“I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know.”
“It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.”
“How sweet the name of Jesus sounds In a believer's ear! It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear.”
“Take one fresh and tender kiss Add one stolen night of bliss One girl, one boy, some grief, some joy Memories are made of this.”