“Sunlight is like the breath of life to the pomp of autumn.”
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Grateful Quotes — page 217 of 709
“Service or giving is the other side of receiving. Giving and receiving is a full circle: a full circle feels more natural than a half circle.”
“I would give up the unessential; I would give up my money, I would give up my life for my children; but I wouldnt give myself. I can't make it more clear; it's only something I am beginning to comprehend, which is revealing itself to me.”
“True friendship resists time, distance and silence.”
“I would not change my blest estate for all the world calls good or great.”
“He who is grateful doesn't suffer.”
“To keep the body in good health is a duty, for otherwise we shall not be able to trim the lamp of wisdom, and keep our mind strong and clear.”
“There is little favorable to be said about poverty, but it was often an incubator of true friendship. Many people will appear to befriend you when you are wealthy, but precious few will do the same when you are poor. If wealth is a magnet, poverty is a kind of repellent. Yet, poverty often brings out the true generosity in others.”
“If we chew every morsel of our food, in that way we become grateful, and when you are grateful, you are happy.”
“The gods gave me a father who ruled over me and rid me of any trace of arrogance and showed me that one can live in a palace without bodyguards, extravagant attire, chandeliers, statues, and other luxuries. He taught me that it is possible to live instead pretty much in the manner of a private citizen without losing any of the dignity and authority a ruler must possess to discharge his imperial duties effectively.”
“Other relaxations are peculiar to certain times, places and stages of life, but the study of letters is the nourishment of our youth, and the joy of our old age. They throw an additional splendor on prosperity, and are the resource and consolation of adversity; they delight at home, and are no embarrassment abroad; in short, they are company to us at night, our fellow travelers on a journey, and attendants in our rural recesses.”
“Luxury is the opportunity to experience quality, be it a place, a person or an object.”
“If you miss the bus, miss the train, you’d be left behind. So everyone says, let’s get on the train, let’s get on the bus and go faster and get rich... I just didn’t like that kind of lifestyle. I love to read books, to listen to music.”
“I guess I felt attached to my weakness. My pain and suffering too. Summer light, the smell of a breeze, the sound of cicadas - if I like these things, why should I apologize?”
“See with eyes unclouded by hate.”
“I needed music today. And like always it was there for me.”
“When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.”
“Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.”
“Thank God that I had the ability to understand that I had a different beat and that I was a drummer.”
“If you can’t appreciate what you’ve got, you’d better get what you can appreciate.”