“Reflect upon your present blessings”
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Grateful Quotes — page 17 of 709
“Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.”
“The United States and the freedom for which it stands, the freedom for which they died, must endure and prosper. Their lives remind us that freedom is not bought cheaply. It has a cost; it imposes a burden. And just as they whom we commemorate were willing to sacrifice, so too must we - in a less final, less heroic way - be willing to give of ourselves.”
“Then the carousel started, and I watched her go round and round...All the kids tried to grap for the gold ring, and so was old Phoebe, and I was sort of afraid she's fall off the goddam horse, but I didn't say or do anything. The thing with kids is, if they want to grab for the gold ring, you have to let them do it, and not say anything. If they fall off, they fall off, but it is bad to say anything to them.”
“My friends have made the story of my life. In a thousand ways they have turned my limitations into beautiful privileges.”
“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”
“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me ... Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful... that's what matters to me.”
“We in the United States, above all, must remember that lesson, for we were founded as a nation of openness to people of all beliefs. And so we must remain. Our very unity has been strengthened by our pluralism. We establish no religion in this country, we command no worship, we mandate no belief, nor will we ever. Church and state are, and must remain, separate. All are free to believe or not believe, all are free to practice a faith or not, and those who believe are free, and should be free, to speak of and act on their belief.”
“If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. a lot of people don't appreciate the moment until it's passed.”
“How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours?”
“The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.”
“When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place.”
“I believe that every human being should try to do good for someone else. There are so many different ways to do it. My art can be an instrument for helping people... What a good feeling - that I can do that with my art.”
“A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.”
“Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.”
“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.”
“Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.”
“We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.”
“Death is nothing else but going home to God, the bond of love will be unbroken for all eternity.”
“Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold. It will not remove the pain of torture inflicted on a prisoner of conscience. It does not comfort those who have lost their loved ones in floods caused by senseless deforestation in a neighboring country. Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free.”