“Mark! Where his carnage and his conquests cease, He makes a solitude and calls it-peace!”
Grateful feeling
Grateful Quotes — page 222 of 709
“The finest day i ever had was when tomorrow never came.”
“Back in the day you wanted your albums to have a theme, and 'Sports' theme was really a collection of singles. It was really a record for its time.”
“Every house needs a grandmother in it.”
“The rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting.”
“Children internalize their parents' unhappiness. Fortunately, they absorb our contentment just as readily.”
“In praise of Thy goodness I must confess that Thou didst try with all Thy means to draw me to Thee. Sometimes it pleased Thee to let me feel the heavy hand of Thy displeasure and to humiliate my proud heart by manifold castigations. Sickness and misfortune didst Thou send upon me to turn my thoughts to my errantries.-One thing, only, O Father, do I ask: cease not to labor for my betterment. In whatsoever manner it be, let me turn to Thee and become fruitful in good works.”
“Without doubt I praise the wild excellence.”
“Mothers are the pivot on which the family spins, Mothers are the pivot on which the world spins.”
“Having lived through the transition from totalitarianism, I am acutely mindful of the need to never take for granted the basic freedoms of thought, expression and belief that democracy brings.”
“Tell a child, a husband or an employee that he is stupid or dumb at a certain thing, that he has no gift for it, and that he is doing it all wrong and you have destroyed almost every incentive to try to improve. But use the opposite technique, be liberal with encouragement; make the thing seem easy to do, let the other person know that you have faith in his ability to do it, that he has an undeveloped flair for it - and he will practice until the dawn comes in at the window in order to excel.”
“Limitless like the ocean are your excellent qualities.”
“Appreciation is the legal tender that all souls enjoy.”
“Authority exercised with humility, and obedience accepted with delight are the very lines along which our spirits live.”
“To live his life in his own way, to call his house his castle, to enjoy the fruits of his own labour, to educate his children as his conscience directs, to save for their prosperity after his death -- these are wishes deeply ingrained in civilised man. Their realization is almost as necessary to our virtues as to our happiness. From their total frustration disastrous results both moral and psychological might follow.”
“The easiest way to save money is to waste less energy.”
“We need to teach our kids that it's not just the winner of the Super Bowl who deserves to be celebrated, but the winner of the science fair.”
“Success is not rightly measured by wealth, prestige and power. Success is measured by the yardstick of happiness.”
“As you forget self in service to others, you will find that, without seeking it, your own cup of happiness will be full.”
“When you go deeply into the present, gratitude arises spontaneously, even if it's just gratitude for breathing, gratitude for the aliveness that you feel in your body. Gratitude is there when you acknowledge the aliveness of the present moment.”