“The revenues of Cuban state-run companies are used exclusively for the benefit of the people, to whom they belong.”
Grateful feeling
Grateful Quotes — page 181 of 709
“I must remember that a good friend is a new world.”
“Find expression for a sorrow, and it will become dear to you. Find expression for a joy, and you will intensify its ecstasy.”
“Happy the man who can count his sufferings.”
“Customers should be number 1, Employees number 2, and then only your Shareholders come at number 3.”
“I hate how many people think "glass half-empty" when their glass is really four-fifths full. I'm grateful when I have one drop in the glass because I know exactly what to do with it.”
“Being away from home gave me the chance to look at myself with a jaundiced eye. I learned not to be ashamed of a real hunger for knowledge, something I had always tried to hide, and I came home glad to start in here again with a love for Europe that I am afraid will never leave me.”
“You have only one chance to raise your child.”
“Reverence, humility, contentment, gratitude and hearing the good Dhamma, this is the best good luck.”
“Insignificant, is the loss of relatives, wealth and fame; The loss of wisdom is the greatest loss. Insignificant, is the increase of relatives, wealth and fame; The increase of wisdom is the highest gain. Therefore, you should train yourselves thus: "We will grow in the increase of wisdom" Thus you should train yourselves.”
“Be not penny-wise. Riches have wings. Sometimes they fly away of themselves, and sometimes they must be set flying to bring in more.”
“God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.”
“No one in my family had ever attended school [...] On the first day of school my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name. This was the custom among Africans in those days and was undoubtedly due to the British bias of our education. That day, Miss Mdingane told me that my new name was Nelson. Why this particular name I have no idea.”
“Earth will be safe when we feel in us enough safety.”
“I told myself if I ever made it to the level I want to be at, I'm gonna give back.”
“I am happy to receive any items of jewelry.”
“If we all just took a moment to be a little more thankful and kind to people, or smile at people, it could really change someone's day.”
“You end up exhausted and spent, but later, in retrospect, you realize what it all was for. The parts fall into place, and you can see the whole picture and finally understand the role each individual part plays. The dawn comes, the sky grows light, and the colors and shapes of the roofs of houses, which you could only glimpse vaguely before, come into focus.”
“Good Conservatives always pay their bills. And on time. Not like the Socialists who run up other people's bills.”
“I worked at McDonald's. I cooked. It was one of the toughest jobs I've ever had. These people earn every single penny they get. In fact, they earn way more than they get.”