“Beautiful was this world, looking at it thus, without searching, thus simply, thus childlike.”
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Grateful Quotes — page 146 of 709
“When the men of antiquity realized their wishes, benefits were conferred by them on the people. If they did not realize their wishes, they cultivated their personal character, and became illustrious in the world. If poor, they attended to their own virtue in solitude; if advanced to dignity, they made the whole empire virtuous as well.”
“He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.”
“Come what may, I have been blest.”
“Oh, Christ! it is a goodly sight to see What Heaven hath done for this delicious land!”
“I am willing to release the need to be unworthy. I am worthy of the very best in life, and I now lovingly allow myself to accept it”
“A bag of apples, a pot of homemade jam, a scribbled note, a bunch of golden flowers, a coloured pebble, a box of seedlings, an empty scent bottle for the children. . . . Who needs diamonds and van-delivered bouquets?”
“You can't get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
“Friendship multiplies blessings and...soothes the soul.”
“No one owns anything. Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realize that nothing really belongs to them. And if nothing belongs to me, then there's no point wasting my time looking after things that aren't mine.”
“The taste of things recovered is the sweetest honey we will ever know.”
“The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart.”
“Fans have been very important in my career. Even though I'm just doing me and doing my thing, they're the captains of this ship.”
“To be able to say how much love, is love but little.”
“the better angels of our nature”
“My mind to me an empire is,While grace affordeth health.”
“The dearest ones of time, the strongest friends of the soul--BOOKS.”
“Contentment, as it is a short road and pleasant, has great delight and little trouble.”
“Happiness is a very proud word of our whole cultural heritage.”
“Good kids are like sunsets. We take them for granted. Every evening they disappear. Most parents never imagine how hard they try to please us, and how miserable they feel when they think they have failed.”