“We should devote ourselves to being self-sufficient and must not depend upon the external ratings by others for our happiness.”
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Grateful Quotes — page 187 of 709
“The life of a rock & roll band will last as long as you can look down into the audience and see yourself.”
“Grace does not overlook sin, it empowers righteousness!”
“If I had my life to live over again, I would elect to be a trader of goods rather than a student of science. I think barter is a noble thing.”
“It is not enough merely to exist. It's not enough to say, "I'm earning enough to support my family. I do my work well. I'm a good father, husband, churchgoer." That's all very well. But you must do something more. Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. Even if it's a little thing, do something for those who need help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.”
“Those born to wealth, and who have the means of gratifying every wish, know not what is the real happiness of life, just as those who have been tossed on the stormy waters of the ocean on a few frail planks can alone realize the blessings of fair weather.”
“[When accepting the American Film Institute Life Achievement award] I beg permission to mention by name only four people who have given me the most affection, appreciation, and encouragement, and constant collaboration. The first of the four is a film editor, the second is a scriptwriter, the third is the mother of my daughter Pat (Patricia Hitchcock), and the fourth is as fine a cook as ever performed miracles in a domestic kitchen. And their names are Alma Reville.”
“Experience teaches acceptance of the imperfect as life.”
“What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest.”
“San Francisco is one of my favourite cities in the world...I would probably rank it at the top or near the top. It's small but photogenic and has layers...You never have problems finding great angles that people have never done.”
“All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise.”
“Do you see that tree? It is dead but it still sways in the wind with the others. I think it would be like that with me. That if I died I would still be part of life in one way or another.”
“Money is a guarantee that we may have what we want in the future. Though we need nothing at the moment it insures the possibility of satisfying a new desire when it arises.”
“Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.”
“Riches can all be lost, but that happiness in your own heart can only be veiled, and it will bring you happiness again, as long as you live.”
“When I write I can shake off all my cares. My sorrow disappears, my spirits are revived.”
“Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me.”
“'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say.”
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine everything could be worse but isn't and so we are justified in being grateful - and shadows everything could be better but isn't and so it is easy to be bitter 'unless you decide to look on the bright side will fall behind you.”
“Live purely in the moment on a rampage of appreciation.”