“If beings knew, as I know, the results of sharing gifts, they would not enjoy their gifts without sharing them with others, nor would the taint of stinginess obsess the heart and stay there. even if it were their last and final bit of food, they would not enjoy its use without sharing it, if there were anyone to receive it”
Grateful feeling
Grateful Quotes — page 202 of 709
“I like them all-pointers, setters, retrievers, spaniels-what have you. I've had good ones and bad of several kinds. Most of the bad ones were my fault and most of the good ones would have been good under any circumstances.”
“We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.”
“I want to be all used up when I die.”
“In your Salvation shelter I saw poverty, misery, cold and hunger. You gave them bread and treacle and dreams of heaven. I give from thirty shillings a week to twelve thousand a year. They find their own dreams; but I look after the drainage.”
“I don't want the world to give me anything for my books except money enough to save me from the temptation to write only for money.”
“Your trouble's easy borne when everybody gives it a lift for you.”
“I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.”
“Youth is a quality, not a matter of circumstances.”
“No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.”
“The only thing you can ever ask for is that, like what I was saying with memories, that somehow my music can fit into somebody's memory. If it can be the soundtrack to somebody's happy days then that would be amazing.”
“The handling of our forests as a continuous, renewable resource means permanent employment and stability to our country life. The forests are also needed for mitigating extreme climatic fluctuations, holding the soil on the slopes, retaining the moisture in the ground, and controlling the equable flow of water in our streams.”
“We can all humbly say in the sincerity of faith, "I am loved; I am called; I am secure."”
“Respect is one of life's greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don't have that?”
“Sometimes you have to experience the bad, so that you can learn to appreciate the good things that enter your life.”
“I can choose to grateful when I am criticized, even when my heart still responds in bitterness. I can choose to speak about goodness and beauty, even when my inner eye still looks for someone to accuse or something to call ugly.”
“Life is not a possession to be defended, but a gift to be shared.”
“My life is cluttered with the most wonderful memorabilia. And wonderful creative experiences.”
“Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they are certainly no worse.”
“Grips and electricians have done more to help me shoot good movies than any other craft.”