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gratitude doors silence
When you are happy, so happy you have no sense of needing Him, so happy that you are tempted to feel His claims upon you as an interruption, if you remember yourself and turn to Him with gratitude and praise, you will be — or so it feels— welcomed with open arms. But go to Him when your need is desperate, when all other help is vain, and what do you find? A door slammed in your face, and a sound of bolting and double bolting on the inside. After that, silence. C. S. Lewis
gratitude grateful luxury
The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury. [and therefore not appreciate it fully or be grateful for it every moment.] Charlie Chaplin
gratitude grateful opportunity
I don't feel any vulgar gratitude to you[for helping me]. I almost feel as if You ought to be grateful to ME, for giving you the opportunity of enjoying the luxury of generosity. . . I may have come into the world expressly for the purpose of increasing your stock of happiness. I may have been born to be a benefactor to you, by giving you an opportunity of assisting me. Charles Dickens
gratitude circles fire
Envy, if surrounded on all sides by the brightness of another's prosperity, like the scorpion confined within a circle of fire, will sting itself to death. Charles Caleb Colton
gratitude men serenity
The benevolent have the advantage of the envious, even in this present life; for the envious man is tormented not only by all the ill that befalls himself, but by all the good that happens to another; whereas the benevolent man is the better prepared to bear his own calamities unruffled, from the complacency and serenity he has secured from contemplating the prosperity of all around him.
gratitude dross made
It is not until we have passed through the furnace that we are made to know how much dross there is in our composition.
gratitude revenge punctual
Revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude
gratitude revenge games
An act by which we make one friend and one enemy is a losing game; because revenge is a much stronger principle than gratitude
gratitude powerful yield
There are three kinds of praise, that which we yield, that which we lend, and that which we pay. We yield it to the powerful from fear, we lend it to the weak from interest, and we pay it to the deserving from gratitude.
abuse rivals may
Adroit observers will find that some who affect to dislike flattery, may yet be flattered indirectly, by a well seasoned abuse and ridicule of their rivals.
abuse attempts debating endless judges radical republican spent weeks
We've spent endless hours, endless days, too many weeks debating radical judges and Republican attempts to abuse power. Harry Reid
abuse addressing caused government interested managing problems scandal seems seen series underlying
We've seen a series of half-hearted investigations and slaps on the wrist. The government seems more interested in managing the detainee abuse scandal than in addressing the underlying problems that caused it. Tom Malinowski
abuse world custody
The abuse of detainees in U.S. custody has severely undermined our Nation's position in the world. Diane Watson
abuse domestic ended experience knitting learning local pick three volunteer
Each year, I pick something new to learn. One year, it was learning how to knit, and I got 'The Sweethearts' Knitting Club' out of the experience. Another year, it was to volunteer at the local domestic abuse shelter, and I ended up volunteering there for three years. Lori Wilde
abuse regulation problem
It's one of the biggest problems with the system now. Vague regulations leave the system open to abuse. Chris Asplen
abuse freedom-of-speech denial
Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech. Charles Bradlaugh
abuse both community confident driving elect force good john power trust
The power here can be a driving force in the community for both good and bad, and so you have to elect someone you can trust to not abuse those powers, and I feel really confident that John is in that category.
abuse contracts potential
The potential for abuse with these contracts is, and has been, a concern.
attention world needed
... the daily world exists because we know how to hold its images; consequently, if one drops the attention needed to maintain those images, the world collapses Carlos Castaneda
attention great modest nominated publicity whenever
Whenever you go to these things, everyone's modest and say they don't want to be nominated but it's great publicity and attention for the film.
attention begin fix image mental thanks whenever
Whenever you find yourself hurrying, stop. Fix your attention on the mental image of the thing you want and begin to give thanks that you are getting it.
attention awareness country creates focus genre greater increased looking media music start whenever
Whenever there's a lot of media focus on Country Music, music supervisors start looking for Country material. Increased media attention creates a greater awareness of Country Music as a genre in Hollywood.
attention attract average fans likes
We wanted to try something new to get more attention from the average Joe. Hopefully, everyone likes it and it will attract new fans to the sport. Michael Phelps
attention care success-in-life
I should never have made my success in life if I had not bestowed upon the least thing I have ever undertaken the same attention and care that I have bestowed upon the greatest.
attention magazines revolution
I have a CS degree and a history that includes working as a software developer and being a computer magazine columnist back during the 1990s. I guess I simply paid attention to the social effects of the IT revolution as I lived through it. Charles Stross
attention undivided-attention
You always have God's undivided attention. Charles Stanley
attention bad command criminals fact good guys matter open operating paid problem seem system
The fact of the matter is criminals have been operating in seaports a long, long time. The bad guys know how open the system is. The good guys don't seem to have a real command on it here because we haven't paid as much attention to this problem as we need to.