“If you take care of your immediate surroundings, the universe will take care of itself.”
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Grateful Quotes — page 255 of 709
“Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.”
“I believe that religious education must be the sole concern of religious associations.”
“By education, I mean an all-round drawing of the best in child and man in body, mind and spirit.”
“When merit has been achieved, do not take it to yourself; for if you do not take it to yourself, it shall never be taken from you.”
“What ever the course of our lives, we should recieve them as the highest gift from the hand of God, in which equally reposed the power to do nothing whatever for us. Indeed, we should accept misfortune not only in thanks, but in infinite gratitude to Providence, which by such means detaches us from an excessive love for Earthly things and elevates our minds to the celestial and divine.”
“Encouragement is the fuel on which hope runs.”
“You look at yourself and you accept yourself for who you are, and once you accept yourself for who you are you become a better person.”
“Here's the gift of gratitude: In order to feel it, your ego has to take a backseat. What shows up in its place is greater compassion and understanding. Instead of being frustrated, you choose appreciation. And the more grateful you become, the more you have to be grateful for.”
“This past Thanksgiving, my father was at the farm, and I had all 11 dogs in the house with a father who never allowed dogs in the house. And he got up to leave the table and came back and Solomon was in his chair. And he says, "This dog is in my chair." And I said, "It's the other way around, you're sitting in his chair."”
“...I learned to be grateful no matter what happened in my life!”
“Success in life depends upon happiness, and happiness is found in no other way than through SERVICE that is rendered in a spirit of love.”
“We learn the most from fools ... yet we pay them back with the worst ingratitude.”
“It's not how much money we make that ultimately makes us happy between nine and five. It's whether or not our work fulfills us. Being a teacher is meaningful.”
“I never had to learn English, French and German because I was brought up as all three languages. I had a private French teacher before I even went to school. That helped a lot.”
“Supporting local food production is so much healthier for people. It's better for the local economy, and it's a lot of fun.”
“We may know that the work we continue to put off doing will be bad. Worse, however, is the work we never do. A work that’s finished is at least finished. It may be poor, but it exists, like the miserable plant in the lone flowerpot of my neighbour who’s crippled. That plant is her happiness, and sometimes it’s even mine. What I write, bad as it is, may provide some hurt or sad soul a few moments of distraction from something worse. That’s enough for me, or it isn’t enough, but it serves some purpose, and so it is with all of life.”
“What is beautiful is a joy for all seasons.”
“Tea is the only simple pleasure left to us.”
“Ah! happy day they whose hearts can break And peace of pardon win! How else may man make straight his plan And cleanse his soul from Sin? How else but through a broken heart May Lord Christ enter in?”