Gratitude

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

George S. Patton

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.

John Milton

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.

Maxim Gorky

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Mark Twain

After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.

Oscar Wilde

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.

Erma Bombeck

Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it.

John Adams

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.

Dale Carnegie

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.

John Barrymore

All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

Abraham Lincoln

When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.

Paulo Coelho

I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.

Anne Frank

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

Nelson Mandela

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

Isaac Newton