“I know why families were created with all their imperfections. They humanize you. They are made to make you forget yourself occasionally, so that the beautiful balance of life is not destroyed.”
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Grateful Quotes — page 94 of 709
“Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.”
“I would give the greatest sunset in the world for one sight of New York's skyline. Particularly when one can't see the details. Just the shapes. The shapes and the thought that made them. The sky over New York and the will of man made visible. What other religion do we need?”
“It's never a waste of time or money to invest in yourself, no matter the source. True wealth begins inwards and emits its light outward into everything else, including the people you surround yourself with.”
“We live for books.”
“The darkness declares the glory of light.”
“Music fills the infinite between two souls.”
“It sometimes strikes me how immensely fortunate I am that each day should take its place in my life, either reddened with the rising and setting sun, or refreshingly cool with deep, dark clouds, or blooming like a white flower in the moonlight. What untold wealth!”
“The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.”
“When its errands are noble and adequate, a steamboat bridging the Atlantic between Old and New England, and arriving at its ports with the punctuality of a planet, is a step of man into harmony with nature.”
“Being a movie star is a quality that somebody sort of embodies, and being a celebrity is something that people give to you. It has to do with being recognizable, as opposed to something that people recognize in you. I just hope to make good movies. I know that sounds simple, but it's true.”
“Contentment is natural wealth.”
“Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.”
“That's how we do it in the black community; we give back to the people who made us who we are. We never forget that.”
“Reading is very good. And you can quote me!”
“The most precious resource we have is time.”
“For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through.”
“To me luxury is to be at home with my daughter, and the occasional massage doesn't hurt.”
“Family is everything. Family comes first. It's not what I expected it to be, but nothing ever is.”
“Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?”