Famous Quotes & Sayings

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was not to him but to God that the gift was made.

C. S. Lewis

Gratitude exclaims, very properly, 'How good of God to give me this.'

Catullus

Give up wanting to deserve any thanks from anyone, or thinking anybody can be grateful.

Cecelia Ahern

"What is it with people these days?" he hisses... "In my day, something just was. None of this analysis a hundred times over. None of these college courses with people graduating with degrees in Whys and Hows and Becauses. Sometimes, love, you just need to forget all of those words and enroll in a little lesson called 'Thank You.'"

Beth Riesgraf

Passion. Confidence. Gratitude. The possibility of making positive change in the world. It's the sort of "spark" one gets the moment they decide to go after what they want, really fight for it, work hard, and not give up. I love that spark; it's beautifully contagious.

Antoine Lavoisier

I have had a fairly long life, above all a very happy one, and I think that I shall be remembered with some regrets and perhaps leave some reputation behind me. What more could I ask? The events in which I am involved will probably save me from the troubles of old age. I shall die in full possession of my faculties, and that is another advantage that I should count among those that I have enjoyed. If I have any distressing thoughts, it is of not having done more for my family; to be unable to give either to them or to you any token of my affection and my gratitude is to be poor indeed.

Bill Vaughan

Every man who becomes heartily and understandingly a channel of the Divine beneficence is enriched through every league of his life. Perennial satisfaction springs around and within him with perennial verdure. Flowers of gratitude and gladness bloom all along his pathway, and the melodious gurgle of the blessings be bears is echoed back by the melodious waves of the recipient stream.

Bill Bryson

If you drive to, say, Shenandoah National Park, or the Great Smoky Mountains, you'll get some appreciation for the scale and beauty of the outdoors. When you walk into it, then you see it in a completely different way. You discover it in a much slower, more majestic sort of way.

Bertrand Russell

I believe that Communism is necessary to the world, and I believe that the heroism of Russia has fired men's hopes in a way which was essential to the realization of Communism in the future. Regarded as a splendid attempt, without which ultimate success would have been very improbable, Bolshevism deserves the gratitude and admiration of all the progressive part of mankind.

Charles Dickens

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some

John Whittier

Somehow, not only for Christmas but all the long year through, The joy that you give to others Is the joy that comes back to you. And the more you spend in blessing The poor and lonely and sad, The more of your heart's possessing Returns to you glad.

Bible Bible

Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

Len Traubman

Picture Muslims, Christians and Jews, Palestinians, Israelis, Jordanians and Americans, all in a living room listening to each other, sharing hurts and hopes, and blessing one another. It was the perfect reflection of the holiday spirit, and of our motto of 'neighbors forever' and 'for all peoples, equally'.

Kirk Maltby

Maybe it's a blessing to come on the road. We've had a lot of success on the road this season. We seem to play a simpler game.

Becca Fitzpatrick

I take that back. If Hank wants to shoot Scott, he has my blessing.

Aron Ralston

May your boulders be your blessings. May you be able to embrace them. And may you find what's extraordinary in yourself.

Poncho Broner

I think they got a little sour taste in their mouths from not winning that district title. I think that gave them a little extra hunger. They're not ready for their season to end. In hindsight, it might have been a blessing in disguise to not get that victory. I think it's made them more focused to try and get a nice run in before they're gone.

Randy Johnson

Jason was a one-man wrecking crew. Jason pretty much did it all himself today. I'm glad to see he's back on track and picked up where he left off in the second half of the season. It's a real blessing to have someone like that in the lineup.

Ding Lan

Our understanding is you should wear something red for the whole year to keep off the evil spirits. It can be red underwear, a red belt, or even red socks.

Eric Roberts

I'm hoping to get out of playing evil incarnate people, and hopefully play more people like myself. I hope people see me as likeable.

Bhumibol Adulyadej

Goodness is something that makes us serene and content; it is magnificent. Those who are not good are evil.

C. S. Lewis

Good people know about both good and evil: bad people do not know about either.

C. S. Lewis

Badness cannot succeed even in being bad in the same way in which goodness is good. Goodness is, so to speak, itself: badness is only spoiled goodness. Evil is a parasite, not an original thing.

C. S. Lewis

Evil comes from the ABUSE of free will

C. S. Lewis

Good, as it ripens, becomes continually more different not only from evil but from other good.

Carl Rogers

True empathy is always free of any evaluative or diagnostic quality. This comes across to the recipient with some surprise. "If I am not being judged, perhaps I am not so evil or abnormal as I have thought".

Bette Davis

Evil people you never forget them. And that's the aim of any actress-never to be forgotten.