“posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.”
Grateful feeling
Grateful Quotes — page 195 of 709
“Gratitude is looking on the brighter side of the life, even if it means hurting your eyes.”
“I'm glad I'm funny. I'm glad I make people happy, because that's very important. But I'm proud to be known as a kind person.”
“I never expected to be anybody important.”
“I am little concerned with beauty or perfection. I don't care for the great centuries. All I care about is life, struggle, intensity.”
“Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions. Vigilantly practice polite indifference to that which we can't control. Your happiness can only be found within.”
“There is but one way to tranquility of mind and happiness, and that is to account no external things thine own, but to commit all to God.”
“I would not have thought of eating a meal without drinking a beer.”
“AND THEN SOME... these three little words are the secret to success. People that follow this are thoughtful of others; considerate and kind...and then some. They are good friends and neighbors...and then some. I am thankful for people like this, for they make the world a better place. Their spirit of service is summed up in these three little words...AND THEN SOME.”
“Here is the treasure chest of the world - the public library, or a bookstore.”
“A good eater must be a good man; for a good eater must have a good digestion, and a good digestion depends upon a good conscience.”
“Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.”
“Your best investment is to pour your purse into your head, and no one can take it away from you.”
“A penny saved is twopence dear; A pin a day 's a groat a year.”
“Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy.”
“Most people don't know what it's like to stand up there and speak their mind. I have a venue to do that. I get paid to do that. It's not like I'm doing heavy lifting up there. It's not like I'm solving the world's problems. It's like I'm hanging out with a bunch of people and it's cool.”
“I want people to hear musicians like Joe Cuba. He has done things to whole masses of Puerto Rican people. The music is fantastic and important.”
“Bliss - a-second-by-second joy and gratitude at the gift of being alive, conscious - lies on the other side of crushing, crushing boredom. Pay close attention to the most tedious thing you can find (Tax Returns, Televised Golf) and, in waves, a boredom like you’ve never known will wash over you and just about kill you. Ride these out, and it’s like stepping from black and white into color. Like water after days in the desert. Instant bliss in every atom.”
“I'm blessed that I am recognized.”
“My family called me a wiggle tail because I was a little skinny, wiry kid full of energy.”