“You may be capable of great things, But life consists of small things.”
Grateful feeling
Grateful Quotes — page 240 of 709
“Gratitude to God is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy.”
“My teachers treated me as a diamond in the rough, someone who needed smoothing.”
“I read somewhere that happiness is like the bluebird of Maeterlinck: Try to catch it and it loses its color. It's like trying to hold water in your hands. The more you squeeze it, the more the water runs away.”
“Everybody has a different journey.”
“We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.”
“Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.”
“Love yourself - Do it now! Don't wait until you get well or lose the weight, or get the new job, or the new relationship.”
“To do good whenever one can, to love liberty above all else, never to deny the truth, even though it be before the throne.”
“Thank you for being interested. Doesn't sound much but it meant just about everything.”
“I do like Christmas on the whole.... In its clumsy way, it does approach Peace and Goodwill. But it is clumsier every year.”
“The more clearly we see sins horror, the more we shall treasure the cross.”
“...Be grateful for what you have to be thankful for instead of complaining about the little things that annoy you.”
“Try leaving a trail of little sparks of gratitude on your daily trips. You will be surprised how they will set small flames of friendship that will be rose beacons on your next visit.”
“There is nothing I can't live without. I learned this attitude when I was a child.”
“We can make this a more peaceful century if we cherish non-violence and concern for others’ well-being. It is possible. If the individual is happier, his or her family is happier; if families are happy, neighborhoods and nations will be happy. By transforming ourselves we can change our human way of life and make this a century of compassion.”
“In order to lead a meaningful life, you need to cherish others, pay attention to human values and try to cultivate inner peace.”
“If one's life is simple, contentment has to come.”
“In the truest sense, Christian pilgrims have the best of both worlds. We have joy whenever this world reminds us of the next, and we take solace whenever it does not.”
“I care far more how humanity lives than how long. Progress, for me, means increasing goodness and happiness of individual lives. For the species, as for each man, mere longevity seems to me a contemptible ideal.”