The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children. —Nancy Friday More about this quote Tags: gratitude children parents debt Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When something does not insist on being noticed, when we aren't grabbed by the collar or struck on the skull by a presence or an event, we take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. —Cynthia Ozick More about this quote Tags: attention gratitude presence taking for granted Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I put the question directly to myself: "Suppose that all your objects in life were realized; that all the changes in institutions and opinions which you are looking forward to could be completely effected at this very instant: would this be a great joy and happiness to you?" And an irrepressible self-consciousness distinctly answered, "No! —John Stuart Mill More about this quote Tags: change self happiness joy opinions self-consciousness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Consider how much more often you suffer from your anger and grief than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved. —Marcus Antonius More about this quote Tags: grief suffering anger Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
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 More about this quote Tags: politics sin sorrow Republicans Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses. —Alphonse Karr More about this quote Tags: gratitude perspective roses thorns Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The more we feel sorry for ourselves, the less sorry others will feel for us. People don't waste their small store of sympathy on those who can provide it so richly for themselves. —Gerald Brenan More about this quote Tags: others sympathy self-pity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I can't complain, but sometimes I still do. —Joe Walsh More about this quote Tags: complaining Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Henceforth I ask not good fortune, I myself am good fortune. —Walt Whitman More about this quote Tags: self luck good fortune Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Well, while I'm here I'll do the work and what's the work? To ease the pain of living. Everything else, drunken dumb show. —Allen Ginsberg More about this quote Tags: living ease pain work comfort pomp Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little coarse, and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice? Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble. —Ralph Waldo Emerson More about this quote Tags: action life loss better experiments Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The sun rose this morning at 6:32 A.M. This gratifying event was first reported by Mrs. Dorothy Stetson of Freeport, Long Island, who promptly telephoned the mayor. The Society for Affirming the End of the World at once went into a special session and postponed the arrival of that event for twenty-four hours. All honor to Mrs. Stetson for her public spirit. —Thornton Wilder More about this quote Tags: world spirit sunrise Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Be careful how you interpret the world: it is like that. —Erich Heller More about this quote Tags: perception care Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs. —Kenneth Clark More about this quote Tags: war cynicism destruction Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
At the Garrick Club (a famous London club of which several leading actors were members) on New Year's Eve, Freddy Lonsdale was asked by Seymour Hicks to make up over a quarrel he had previously had with one of his fellow members. "You must," Seymour said. "It is very unkind to be unfriendly at such a time. Go over now and wish him a happy New Year." Freddy crossed the room and spoke to his enemy. "I wish you a happy New Year," he said, "but only one. —Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes More about this quote Tags: friendship humor quarrel new year Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email