Famous Quotes & Sayings

Diane Keaton

That's what I learned. I learned I couldn't shed light on love other than to feel its comings and goings and be grateful.

Daniel Defoe

All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.

Simone Weil

Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.

Sri Chinmoy

Gratitude is the sweetest thing in a seeker's life- in all human life. If there is gratitude in your heart, then there will be tremendous sweetness in your eyes.

Thomas Merton

Gratitude takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Make-up? What happened? You look almost female." "Thanks. You look almost straight.

Steven Van Zandt

I was obsessed with politics in the '80s. I've recovered and I'm feeling much better now, thank you.

Michael Irvin

You made it something special. Most of all, I want to thank the fans for your support not through the great times that we shared on the football field, but for the last 17 years of my life. You have supported me through all times.

Michael Ian Black

The thing that I think is the most important is taking moments to express your appreciation to your partner. A thank you or a quick kiss can go a long way toward affirming your relationship and commitment to each other. That's not hard to do even when you're juggling insane careers and three kids.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

To be sure, God shall call you, and us, only at the hour that God has chosen. Until that hour, which lies in God's hand alone, we shall be protected even in the greatest danger; and from our gratitude for such protection ever new readiness surely arises for the final call

Dean Koontz

The answer to the mystery of existence is the love you shared sometimes so imperfectly, and when the loss wakes you to the deeper beauty of it, to the sanctity of it, you can't get off your knees for a long time, you're driven to your knees not by the weight of the loss but by gratitude for what preceded the loss.

Bob Dylan

Just because you like my stuff doesn't mean I owe you anything.

Dorothy Day

Do not give to the poor expecting to get their gratitude so that you can feel good about yourself. If you do, your giving will be thin and short-lived, and that is not what the poor need; it will only improvish them further. Give only if you have something you must give; give only if you are someone for whom giving is its own reward.

Dalai Lama

In order to be happy we must first possess inner contentment; and inner contentment doesn't come from having all we want; but rather from wanting and appreciating being grateful for all we have.

Debbie Macomber

Practicing an attitude of gratitude spills over to acts of generosity.

Andre Norton

There's no night without stars.

Ann Voskamp

Gratitude is not only a response to God in good times - it's ultimately the very will of God in hard times. Gratitude isn't only a celebration when good things happen. It's a declaration that God is good no matter what happens.

Robert Holden

Keep a gratitude journal. Write down at least three things a day you are either thankful for, made you smile or genuinely inspired you.

Peter Cameron

As long as I've got my eyesight I'm not going to stop.

David Morris

The temptation is to pick the eyes out of the wines to make a great wine, a trophy-winning wine,

Unknown

The soul that can speak with its eyes can also kiss with a gaze.

Richard Natonski

I wanted to come out here to look you in the eyes to tell you that this is a good aircraft,

Matt Damon

a fairy tale about the guys who wrote fairy tales as seen through the eyes of Terry Gilliam in a wild fantasy world only he could create.

Mike Gillespie

The one thing that he has done is pitch consistently. It's not overpowering, knock-your-eyes-out kind of stuff, but it's good stuff and he throws strikes. He doesn't get rattled or become afraid, you kind of know what you're getting.

Patrick Walsh

After all we went through this summer, all we wanted was the'05 season to get started. I had tears in my eyes when I walked on to the field tonight thinking about all we went through. We could have lost by 700 points, but at least the'05 season had started.

George Annas

Once you say it's okay to screen for gender, there's nothing that you can say that it's not okay to screen for whether it's eye color, hair color, trivial issues.

Alamgir Hashmi

Perhaps if you look long enough, for an intent eye / there may be a piece of a star wandering in the sky.