“Above all, recognize that if you have had success, you have also had luck — and with luck comes obligation. You owe a debt, and not just to your Gods. You owe a debt to the unlucky.”
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Grateful Quotes — page 194 of 709
“Every tooth in a man's head is more valuable than a diamond.”
“It is a fine seasoning for joy to think of those we love.”
“If you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.”
“My work is purely autobiographical... It is about myself and my surroundings.”
“I have always reckoned myself among the greatest admirers of Mozart, and shall do so till the day of my death.”
“And every true artist is the salvation of every other. But only artists produce for each other the world that is fit to live in.”
“We need to strengthen such inner values as contentment, patience and tolerance, as well as compassion for others. Keeping in mind that it is expressions of affection rather than money and power that attract real friends, compassion is the key to ensuring our own well-being.”
“The more you nurture a feeling of loving kindness, the happier and calmer you will be.”
“By talking to yourself about the things you have to be grateful for you can fill your mind with thoughts that soar and sing.”
“He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.”
“We've seen those results in generations of Muslim immigrants - farmers and factory workers, helping to lay the railroads and build our cities, the Muslim innovators who helped build some of our highest skyscrapers and who helped unlock the secrets of our universe.”
“Every morning I offer my body, my mind and any ability that I posses, to be used by Thee, O infinite creator, in whatever way Thou dost choose to express Thyself through me. I know that all work is Thy work, and that no task is too difficult or too menial when offered to Thee in loving service.”
“The difference between the rich and the poor is that the rich have learned to recognize the value of their thoughts.”
“Live to please the others, and everyone will love you, except yourself.”
“Finding one important thing in your life doesn’t mean you have to give up all the other important things.”
“The point is that our true nature is not some ideal that we have to live up to. It's who we are right now, and that's what we can make friends with and celebrate.”
“A nation will prosper to the degree that it honors it's teachers.”
“The faith of those who live their faith is a serene faith. What you long for will be given you; what you love will be yours for ever. Since it is by giving alms that everything is pure for you, you will also receive that blessing which is promised next by the Lord: the Godhead that no man has been able to see. In the inexpressible joy of this eternal vision, human nature will possess what eye has not seen or ear heard, what man's heart has never conceived.”
“The kindness and affection from the public have carried me through some of the most difficult periods, and always your love and affection have eased the journey.”