“Mercy, pity, and peace, Are the world's release.”
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Grateful Quotes — page 188 of 709
“I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made; Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honey bee, And live alone in the bee-loud glade. And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings; There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet's wings.”
“No man has ever lived that had enough of children's gratitude or woman's love.”
“Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantlyall the time, is having to accept it.”
“Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don't want to do”
“Each year, therefore, a dollar spent on alcoholic beverages has purchased a smaller quantity.”
“You this day, gentlemen, assume new characters, enter into new relations, and consequently incur new duties. You have, by the favor of Providence and the attention of your friends, received a public education, the purpose whereof hath been to qualify you the better to serve your Creator and your country.”
“I would give all of my fame for a pot of ale and safety.”
“Pansies, lilies, kingcups, daisies, Let them live upon their praises.”
“We get to make a living; we give to make a life.”
“Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.”
“I certainly wasn't happy. Happiness has to do with reason, and only reason earns it. What I was given was the thing you can't earn, and can't keep, and often don't even recognize at the time; I mean joy.”
“The children of the revolution are always ungrateful, and the revolution must be grateful that it is so.”
“The sense of wellbeing! Its often with us When we are young, but then it's not noticed; And by the time one has grown to consciousness It comes less often.”
“Tape the sound of friends laughing together. Save it for a rainy day.”
“Another car is not going to help me out, a nicer car, I've already got it. A bigger house ain't gonna do anything for me, and you know, a yacht, it's not going to do anything for me anymore. So how can I find happiness?”
“Successful people live well, laugh often, and love much. They've filled a niche and accomplished tasks so as to leave the world better than they found it, while looking for the best in others, and giving the best they have.”
“I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.”
“Behold the Sea, The opaline, the plentiful and strong, Yet beautiful as is the rose in June, Fresh as the trickling rainbow of July; Sea full of food, the nourisher of kinds, Purger of earth, and medicine of men; Creating a sweet climate by my breath, Washing out harms and griefs from memory, And, in my mathematic ebb and flow, Giving a hint of that which changes not.”
“In all created things discern the providence and wisdom of God, and in all things give Him thanks.”