“All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on. It is towards that they turn when they feel too worn out.”
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Grateful Quotes — page 166 of 709
“I am also convinced that one gains the purest joy from spirited things only when they are not tied in with earning one's livelihood.”
“Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty - his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure.”
“Human contacts have been so highly valued in the past only because reading was not a common accomplishment.... The world, you must remember, is only just becoming literate. As reading becomes more and more habitual and widespread, an ever-increasing number of people will discover that books will give them all the pleasures of social life and none of its intolerable tedium.”
“My best film composing experience was with Elia Kazan.”
“What can I do with my happiness? How can I keep it, conceal it, bury it where I may never lose it? I want to kneel as it falls over me like rain, gather it up with lace and silk, and press it over myself again.”
“Studies have shown that people who are physically active sleep better than those who are sedentary. The more energy you expend during the day, the sleepier you will feel at bedtime.”
“I can never get over when you're on the beach how beautiful the sand looks and the water washes it away and straightens it up and the trees and the grass all look great. I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own.”
“My hometown was one of the major U.S. Air Force bases.”
“True happiness flows from the possession of wisdom and virtue and not from the possession of external goods.”
“It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.”
“The Nobel Peace Prize opened up a door in my heart.”
“My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.”
“I am deeply grateful to the citizens of Sarajevo and the Sarajevo Canton assembly for bestowing upon me this incredible honor of citizenship. I am so proud to now be a part of such an extraordinary part of the world and fellow citizen to the people I deeply love and admire.”
“I don't have a ton of friends, but the friends I have are great ones. I don't have huge family, but the family I have is a great one.”
“Always remember that somebody is praying for the opportunity that you have.”
“Whatever we accomplish is due to the combined effort.”
“Nothing endures but personal qualities.”
“I find no sweeter fat than sticks to my own bones.”
“Camden was originally an accident, but I shall never be sorry I was left over in Camden. It has brought me blessed returns.”