“The good shine from afar Like the snowy Himalayas. The bad don't appear Even when near, Like arrows shot into the night.”
Grateful feeling
Grateful Quotes — page 41 of 709
“Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing... a grateful heart!”
“The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.”
“No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.”
“Men will never worship God with a sincere heart, or be roused to fear and obey Him with sufficient zeal, until they properly understand how much they are indebted to His mercy.”
“Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.”
“Peering from some high window; at the gold of November sunset (and feeling that if day has to become night this is a beautiful way).”
“Congrats to Clare Farnsworth on a legendary career! One of the all-time great Seahawks! We will miss you Clare!”
“For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.”
“But I am sure that I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round...as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely.”
“We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.”
“Every American wants MORE & MORE of the world and why not, you only live once. But the mistake made in America is persons accumulate more & more dead matter, machinery, possessions & rugs & fact information at the expense of what really counts as more: feeling, good feeling, sex feeling, tenderness feeling, mutual feeling. You own twice as much rug if you're twice as aware of the rug.”
“The more time you invest in a marriage, the more valuable it becomes.”
“If I had my life to live over again, I'd live it the same way. Maybe a few changes here or there, but nothing special. The truth is, honey, I've enjoyed my life. I've had a hell of a good time.”
“The only worthwhile achievements of man are those which are socially useful.”
“Investing in yourself is the best thing you can do. If you've got talents, no one can take them from you.”
“Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.”
“Sometimes you have to forget what's gone, appreciate what still remains, and look forward to what's coming next.”
“Sure, I have friends, plenty of friends, and they all come around wantin' to borrow money. I've always been generous with my friends and family, with money, but selfish with the important stuff like love.”
“One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.”