“All success consists in this: You are doing something for somebody - benefiting humanity - and the feeling of success comes from the consciousness of this.”
Grateful feeling
Grateful Quotes — page 224 of 709
“Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.”
“Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product. For what keeps our interest in life and makes us look forward to tomorrow is giving pleasure to other people.”
“I thank God I am endued with such qualities that if I were turned out of the Realm in my petticoat I were able to live in any place in Christendom.”
“If you're in a position where you can help other people, there is nothing better in life than helping other people. Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!”
“Football is a team sport, and there is no one individual who is bigger than the next person.”
“Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.”
“Be grateful for luck.”
“Friendship doubles your joys, and divides your sorrows.”
“Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.”
“Come, let us pity those who are better off than we are. Come, my friend, and remember that the rich have butlers and no friends, And we have friends and no butlers. (excerpt from 'The Garrett')”
“The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.”
“Ah, good conversation - there's nothing like it, is there? The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.”
“I shan't be lonely now. I was lonely; I was afraid. But the emptiness and the darkness are gone; when I turn back into myself now I'm like a child going at night into a room where there's always a light.”
“Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”
“Be grateful, be grateful, be grateful.”
“For most people, what is so painful about reading is that you read something and you don't have anybody to share it with. In part what the book club opens up is that people can read a book and then have someone else to talk about it with. Then they see that a book can lead to the pleasure of conversation, that the solitary act of reading can actually be a part of the path to communion and community.”
“As I’m so often reminded what a priceless gift my life is, I ache with everything in me to make it count, so that when I finally cross the finish line, I’ll hear the words, 'Well done, good and faithful servant.”
“Wasn't that a wonderful thing that I had a chance to work with more great actors, big stars, than just about anyone in the history of Hollywood? And some days I didn't know with whom I'd be standing face-to-face, and I was so impressed because they were all really wonderful people. And when you work with Burgess Meredith, Frank Gorshin, George Sanders as Mr. Freeze, it's a wonderful experience.”
“The most beautiful people are all in the library.”