“Rich honesty dwells like a miser, Sir, in a poor house; as your pearl in your foul oyster.”
Grateful feeling
Grateful Quotes — page 97 of 709
“Our children are watching us live and what we are shouts louder than anything we can say.”
“The most valuable lesson I've ever learned in my life is that life is about family and friends, not about material things or any of that. It's about enjoying your life. If you have no family, no friends to enjoy it with, it don't matter how much you have, how much success you have, how much fame you have, how much money you have, it doesn't matter.”
“Humbly to ask a favour of people who are on the point of knocking your brains out sometimes produces good results.”
“It must be a good thing to die conscious of having performed some real good, and to know that by this work one will live, at least in the memory of some, and will have left a good example to those that come after. A work that is good-it may not be eternal, but the thought expressed in it is, and the work itself will certainly remain in existence for a long, long time; and if afterwards others arise, they can do no better than follow in the footsteps of such predecessors and do their work in the same way.”
“I love the acquaintance of young people; because, in the first place, I do not like to think myself growing old. In the next place, young acquaintances must last longest, if they do last; and then, sir, young men have more virtue than old men; they have more generous sentiments in every respect.”
“I have my favorite cat, who is my paperweight, on my desk while I am writing.”
“To really enjoy pleasures, you must know how to leave them.”
“When you see tears in my eyes, you see it's not about the wins or the losses, It's about the opportunity.”
“Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds.”
“Let us come alive to the splendor that is all around us and see the beauty in ordinary things.”
“Three ingredients of luxury lifestyle design are time, income, and mobility.”
“Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.”
“Nursing does not diminish the beauty of a woman's breasts; it enhances their charm by making them look lived in and happy.”
“Someone from Manolo Blahnik went into my shop and said: 'These shoes are not vegetarian.' That's the highest compliment, because you just can't tell that they are, and they are. My mum taught me to have a soul.”
“The journey is the reward”
“Every day, I am reminded that our life's journey is really about the people who touch us. When you die, it does not mean you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and in the manner in which you live. So live. Live! Fight like hell. And when you get too tired to fight, then lay down and rest and let somebody else fight for you.”
“I recognize that I have the ability to be selfish, but I also recognize that you can't be happy if you only care about yourself at the expense of other people.”
“God bless America, God Save the Queen, God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia.”
“Needing nothing attracts everything.”