“I work very hard, and I play very hard. I'm grateful for life. And I live it - I believe life loves the liver of it. I live it.”
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Grateful Quotes — page 174 of 709
“You forgive yourself for every failure because you are trying to do the right thing. God knows that and you know it. Nobody else may know it.”
“I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life.”
“When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.”
“He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.”
“It needs good management to enjoy life. I enjoy it twice as much as others, for the measure of enjoyment depends on the greater or less attention that we give to it...The shorter my possession of life the deeper and fuller I must make it.”
“When a little pleasure has flashed for a moment against the dark, I have made that jewel mine. I have hundreds of them ... I call it my Necklace of Perfect Joy. When the world goes wrong, I have only to close my eyes and remember all the links in my chain, set with gems, some large and some small, but all beautiful with the beauty which never fades. It is all I can take with me when I go. My material possessions must stay behind, but my Necklace of Perfect Joy will bring me happiness to the end, when I put it on, to be nevermore unclasped.”
“I care much more about saving the lives of mothers and babies than I do about a fancy museum somewhere.”
“Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her beauty.”
“Every summer my husband and I pack our suitcases, load our kids into the car, and drive from tense, crowded New York City to my family's cottage in Maine. It's on an island, with stretches of sea and sandy beaches, rocky coasts, and pine trees. We barbecue, swim, lie around, and try to do nothing.”
“Now I can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer of all events and the justice of our cause. I thank God for this opportunity of doing my duty.”
“A lot has been written and said about why he was so great, but I think the best way to appreciate his greatness is just to go back and play some of the old records. Time has a way of being very unkind to old records, but Elvis' keep getting better and better.”
“If you can't return a favor, pass it on.”
“The Universe loves grateful people. The more grateful you are, the more you get to be grateful about. It's that simple. Life is really that simple. We make it enormously complicated, but it doesn't have to be.”
“There is an aristocracy of the sensitive. They represent the true human tradition of permanent victory over cruelty and chaos.”
“I would like [the working man] to give me back books and newspapers and theories. And I would like to give him back, in return, his old insouciance, and rich, original spontaneity and fullness of life.”
“Let's cease thinking of our accomplishments, our wants. Let's try to figure out the other man's good points. Then forget flattery. Give honest, sincere appreciation. Be hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise, and people will cherish your words and treasure them and repeat them over a lifetime - repeat them years after you have forgotten them.”
“Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.”
“I'm now nearly 79. At 16 I took responsibility for Tibet and lost my freedom. At 24 I lost my country and became a refugee. I've met difficulties, but as the saying goes: 'Wherever you're happy, you can call home, and whoever is kind to you is like your parents.' I've been happy and at home in the world at large. Living a meaningful life isn't just a matter of money; it's about dedicating your life to helping others.”
“There is no use in talking as if forgiveness were easy. For we find that the work of forgiveness has to be done over and over again.”