“All lasting wealth comes from enriching others in some way.”
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Grateful Quotes — page 177 of 709
“I do not know of any, excepting the unpardonable sin, that is greater than the sin of ingratitude.”
“My son is in a band, and he’s a singer, and his vocals … they’re screaming-growling stuff … and he’s got a pretty reasonable voice. Yet he practices really hard to get the screaming-growling thing without losing that voice every five minutes. So I’m, like, “Hats off to you.””
“The first day I can remember looking into a mirror and being able to stand what I saw was the day I had a guitar in my hand.”
“Never lose a holy curiosity. Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. He is considered successful in our day who gets more out of life than he puts in. But a man of value will give more than he receives.”
“I'm excited by any food that's prepared by someone who's proud of what they're doing, who puts a personal imprint on food.”
“The reason domestic pets are so lovable and so helpful to us is because they enjoy, quietly and placidly, the present moment.”
“It's good to suffer. Dont complain. Bear, bow, accept - and be grateful that God has made you suffer. For this makes you better than the people who are laughing and happy.”
“The longer I work in nutrition, the more convinced I become that for the healthy person all foods should be delicious.”
“When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.”
“I will do today that which is of today and pay no heed to the tomorrow; nor waste regrets on that which was yesterday.”
“Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. The person sitting in the shade now should be grateful for the person who planted and tended that tree. That includes all those benefactors of humanity throughout history that created, invented, financed, produced, maintained and improved all that we enjoy today.”
“You've been provided with a perfect body to house your soul for a few brief moments in eternity. So regardless of its size, shape, color, or any imagined infirmities, you can honor the temple that houses you by eating healthfully, exercising, listening to your body's needs, and treating it with dignity and love.”
“Gentle words, quiet words, are after all the most powerful words. They are more convincing, more compelling, more prevailing.”
“The heavenly-harness'd team Begins his golden progress in the east.”
“Oh there is blessing in this gentle breeze, A visitant that while it fans my cheek Doth seem half-conscious of the joy it brings From the green fields, and from yon azure sky. Whate'er its mission, the soft breeze can come To none more grateful than to me; escaped From the vast city, where I long had pined A discontented sojourner: now free, Free as a bird to settle where I will.”
“I have more dumb luck thank anybody I know. There must be a convey of guardian angels working twenty-four hours a day looking after me[...] Like the night I first got to Nashville that I laid down in the middle of Broadway, waiting to get run over. It didn't happen [...] I could swear they were keeping me alive just to see what I'd get next, I'm glad they feel that way. I'm trying to help them a little more this days.”
“God gives where he finds empty hands.”
“A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood.”
“I think that being good to people - you'll never regret that. Maybe you'll get walked all over, maybe you'll get tricked, maybe you'll get fooled, but I think it's so much better to be kind to people and to trust people rather then to have your guard up and say mean things to people. You never want to be the reason that someone else feels bad.”