Quotes of Grateful - somelinesforyou

“ If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin they would never have found time to conquer the world. ”

- Heinrich Heine

“ I hasten to laugh at everything for fear of being obliged to weep. ”

- Pierre Beaumarchais

“ Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed. ”

- Mark Twain

“ Our rural ancestors, with little blest, Patient of labour when the end was rest, Indulged the day that housed their annual grain, With feasts, and off'rings, and a thankful strain. ”

- Alexander Pope

“ Be grateful for yourself… be thankful. ”

- William Saroyan

“ Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life. ”

- Northrup Christiane

“ A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues. ”

- Cicero

“ The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank. ”

- Dante Gabriel Rossetti

“ In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican. ”

- H. L. Mencken

“ Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding. ”

- Samuel Johnson

“ I reckon being ill is one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better. ”

- Samuel Butler

“ Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear nor wish th' approaches of the last. ”

- Abraham Cowley

“ We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence…on pain of liquidation. ”

- George Bernard Shaw

“ When your ship comes in, if you are like most people, instead of being thankful, you will find fault with the captain for the delay. ”

- Edgar Watson Howe

“ Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that money cannot buy; therefore value it, and be thankful for it. ”

- Izaak Walton

“ He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than He thatm you yourself have obliged. ”

- Benjamin Franklin

“ I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding. ”

- Samuel Johnson

“ The truth is that as soon as we are no longer obliged to earn our living, we no longer know what to do with our life and recklessly squander it. ”

- Andre Gide

“ Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe. ”

- Bible

“ Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. ”

- Bible

“ Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts. ”

- Alan Cohen

“ It is true from early habit, one must make love mechanically as one swims; I was once very fond of both, but now as I never swim unless I tumble into the water, I don't make love till almost obliged. ”

- Lord Byron

“ If it's true and all, we're thankful. ”

- Bobby Orr

“ It had nothing to do with voting,... It had everything to do with the fact that they were appreciative of things I did over the years to help the employees and the company. ”

- Martin Frost

“ We can always find something to be thankful for, no matter what may be the burden of our wants, or the special subject of our petitions. ”

- Albert Barnes

“ I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that you are grateful for. What it will begin to do is change your perspective of your day and your life. ”

- Oprah Winfrey

“ My gratitude for good writing is unbounded; I'm grateful for it the way I'm grateful for the ocean. ”

- Anne Lamott

“ Nothing so fretful, so despicable as a Scribbler, see what I am, and what a parcel of Scoundrels I have brought about my ears, and what language I have been obliged to treat them with to deal with them in their own way; — all this comes of Authorship. ”

- Lord Byron

“ The worst moment for an atheist is when he feels grateful and has no one to thank. ”

- Wendy Ward
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