“Greatest thing we can produce is character. Everything else can be taken from us, but not our character.”
Grateful feeling
Grateful Quotes — page 219 of 709
“I look at my annual budgets for everything and anything, and I look to see where I can save the most money on those items. Saving 30% to 50% buying in bulk - replenishable items from toothpaste to soup, or whatever I use a lot of - is the best guaranteed return on investment you can get anywhere.”
“In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact.”
“Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood: and how she would gather about her other little children, and make their eyes bright and eager with many a strange tale, perhaps even with the dream of Wonderland of long ago: and how she would feel with all their simple sorrows, and find a pleasure in all their simple joys, remembering her own child-life, and the happy summer days.”
“We are a spectacular, splendid manifestation of life. We have language. . . . We have affection. We have genes for usefulness, and usefulness is about as close to a 'common goal' of nature as I can guess at.”
“No man is so poor as to have nothing worth giving.”
“Oh, what a glory doth this world put on, for him who with a fervent heart goes forth under the bright and glorious sky, and looks on duties well performed, and days well spent.”
“Modest humility is beauty's crown.”
“When one has not had a good father, one must create one.”
“I get daily e-mails from Afghans who thank me for writing this book [The Kite Runner], as they feel a slice of their story has been told by one of their own. So, for the most part, I have been overwhelmed with the kindness of my fellow Afghans.”
“If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape? No, it is better to be generous, and in the end more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us, and love.”
“There is no reason in the world why you should not be important where you are known. You have good sense, and a sweet temper, and I am sure you have a grateful heart, that could never receive kindness without hoping to return it. I do not know any better qualifications for a friend and companion.”
“No favor can win gratitude from a cat.”
“We cannot work for others without working for ourselves.”
“When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given away during his lifetime.”
“It is a duty we owe to posterity to see that our children shall know the virtues, and rise worthy of their sires.”
“Having a child makes you realize the importance of life - narcissism goes out the window. Heaven on earth is looking at my little boy. The minute he was born, I knew if I never did anything other than being a mom, I'd be fine.”
“Kids need to know they're the most important thing in the world to you, and if that means quitting your job to prove it, then you have to prove it.”
“You'd have to go a long way to find someone who was more proud and grateful for what our veterans have done for all of us.”
“Life is an honor, albeit anonymously delivered.”