Quotes of Thankful - 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

“ No longer forward nor behind I look in hope or fear; But, grateful, take the good I find, The best of now and here. ”

- John Greenleaf Whittier

“ You define a good flight by negatives: you didn't get hijacked, you didn't crash, you didn't throw up, you weren't late, you weren't nauseated by the food. So you are grateful. ”

- Paul Theroux

“ For what I have received, my the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received. ”

- Storm Jameson

“ Be grateful for yourself… be thankful. ”

- William Saroyan

“ He enjoys much who is thankful for little. ”

- Thomas Secker

“ Let us be grateful to Adam, our benefactor. He cut us out of the "blessing" of idleness and won for us the "curse" of labor. ”

- Mark Twain

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

- Samuel Johnson

“ I am grateful for the lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning, and floors that need waxing because it means I have a home. ”

- Unknown

“ 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

“ Knowledge is grateful to the understanding, as light to the eyes. ”

- John Locke

“ 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

“ I'm very grateful for the opportunity to be going back to a Super Bowl, and I can certainly attest that winning is a lot better than losing. ”

- Peyton Manning

“ 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

“ Is there evil but on earth? Or pain in every people sphere? Well, be grateful for the sounding watchword "Evolution" here. ”

- Lord Alfred Tennyson

“ Let the man who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness, even while receiving it. ”

- Marcus Annaeus Seneca

“ 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

“ 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

“ The trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low. ”

- Richard Carlson

“ My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, my childhood was very good. I am very grateful for my childhood, because it was full of gladness and good humanity. ”

- Roberto Benigni

“ Texas has been providing immediate and life-saving services to thousands of its neighbors in the wake of this disaster, and our nation is grateful. ”

- Mike Leavitt

“ Pakistan's being an ally and helping the United States, we ought to show Pakistan that we are appreciative for the help that's been extended. ”

- Al Green

“ The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it. ”

- Hubert Humphrey

“ If you can't be thankful for what you receive, be thankful for what you escape. ”

- Unknown

“ A thankful person is thankful under all circumstances. A complaining soul complains even if he lives in paradise. ”

- Baha’u’llah

“ It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so. ”

- Seneca

“ 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

“ Americans are a race of convicts and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging. ”

- Samuel Johnson
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