“Time is the best kept secret of the rich.”
Grateful feeling
Grateful Quotes — page 99 of 709
“I want to thank you my sweet darling for digging in the mud and picking me up.”
“The older I get the more I trust in the law according to which the rose and the lily bloom.”
“There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.”
“Intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong.”
“Sacred space and sacred time and something joyous to do is all we need. Almost anything then becomes a continuous and increasing joy. What you have to do, you do with play. I think a good way to conceive of sacred space is as a playground. If what you're doing seems like play, you are in it. But you can't play with my toys, you have to have your own. Your life should have yielded some. Older people play with life experiences and realizations or with thoughts they like to entertain. In my case, I have books I like to read that don't lead anywhere.”
“Don't cheapen Jesus's sacrifice by trying to pay him back”
“I may not be the man I want to be; I may not be the man I ought to be; I may not be the man I could be; I may not be the man I truly can be; but praise God, I'm not the man I once was”
“He should sweep streets so well that all the host of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lives a great street-sweeper who did his job well'”
“Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread.”
“I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.”
“We have failed to practise ourselves the kind of behaviour we expect from other people.”
“The humblest praise most, while cranks & malcontents praise least. Praise almost seems to be inner health made audible”
“Education is the one thing that no one can take from you.”
“If we knew that tonight we were going to go blind, we would take a long, last real look at every blade of grass, every cloud formation, every speck of dust, every rainbow, raindrop-everything.”
“Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.”
“Books can warm the heart with friendly words and counsel, entering into a close relationship with us which is articulate and alive”
“We identify the flag with almost everything we hold dear on earth, peace, security, liberty, our family, our friends, our home. . .But when we look at our flag and behold it emblazoned with all our rights we must remember that it is equally a symbol of our duties. Every glory that we associate with it is the result of duty done.”
“I'm of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses my path, on behalf of the souls they never knew they saved.”
“Self-care isn't selfish (it is a gift to all concerned). You can't serve from an empty vessel.”