“I'm grateful that, after an early life of being silenced, sometimes violently, I grew up to have a voice, circumstances that will always bind me to the rights of the voiceless.” SometimesVoiceRightsGrewCircumstancesGrew UpGratefulVoicelessEarly Life Author:Rebecca Solnit
“Youth dreams a bliss on this side of death. It dreams a rest, if not more deep, More grateful than this marble sleep; It hears a voice within it tell: Calm's not life's crown, though calm is well. 'Tis all perhaps which man acquires, But 'tis not what our youth desires.” IfsMenWellsDreamDesireSidesVoiceSleepYouthGratefulCalmBlissAcquireCrownsMarbleYouth Life Book:New poems Source: New poems
“I was a smoker for years. Occasionally I slip and have a cigarette. Remarkably, my voice has held up. I'm grateful, obviously. But I don't gargle with honey and ground-up bird eggs. I have no secrets.” YearsVoiceSecretBirdGratefulEggsHoneySlipsCigaretteSmokers Author:Loudon Wainwright III
“I'm so grateful for Living the Questions. These progressive voices offer less rigid and more expansive approaches to Christian faith, and make room for people who practice critical thinking and question the gatekeepers. They help us see that questioning the gatekeepers is exactly what Jesus was all about.” PeopleThinkingHelpingChristianJesusVoiceRoomsPracticeOffersApproachGratefulCriticalProgressiveQuestioningCritical ThinkingChristian FaithSo GratefulGatekeepers Author:Brian D. McLaren
“My voice is my gift. And Pops had me using it in the right way. I had many offers to sing pop, to sing rhythm and blues. Pops said "Mavis, this record company want to give you a million dollars." I said, "No daddy, I want to sing with the family." And I did. I never wanted to branch out by myself. But I've had to now. It's my mission. I've been left here to do it. And I'm grateful.” WayWantGivingSaidWantedLeftVoiceCompanyMillionsRecordsOffersGratefulDollarsPopsMissionsRhythmBranchesRight WayDaddyMillion DollarsRecord CompaniesRhythm And Blues Author:Mavis Staples
“I am very grateful for the Catholic Church and its unwavering stance on life. They have been a consistent, uncompromising voice defending life.” Has BeensVoiceChurchCatholicGratefulConsistentCatholic ChurchStanceUncompromisingUnwavering Author:Steve Daines
“Will looked as if she had slpped him. "I didn't do it so you'd be grateful!" "Then what?" Her voice rose. "You did it because it's your mandate? Because the law says-" "I did it because I love you!” IfsLawVoiceLove YouGratefulRoseBe GratefulMandates Author:Cassandra Clare
“I am starting to get tired of relying on words. They are full of meaning, yes, but they lack sensation. Writing to her is not the same as seeing her face as she listens. hearing back from her is not the same as hearing her voice. I have always been grateful for technology, but now it feels as if there's a little hitch of separation woven into any digital interaction. I want to be there, and this scares me. All my usual disconnected comforts are bieng taken away, now that I see the greater comfort of presence.” IfsWantFeelsWritingLittlesFacesVoiceTechnologyTakenGreaterSeeingComfortGratefulTiredStartingHearingSeparationDigitalSensationsScareUsualInteractionWovenDisconnected Book:Every Day Source: Every Day
“Every spring I hear the thrush singing in the glowing woods he is only passing through. His voice is deep, then he lifts it until it seems to fall from the sky. I am thrilled. I am grateful. Then, by the end of morning, he's gone, nothing but silence out of the tree where he rested for a night. And this I find acceptable. Not enough is a poor life. But too much is, well, too much. Imagine Verdi or Mahler every day, all day. It would exhaust anyone.” WellsEndsEnoughSeemsNightFallVoicePoorSilenceMorningGoneToo MuchImagineTreeSkySpringSingingGratefulWoodsPassingPassingsLiftsAcceptableGlowingPassing ThroughI Am GratefulPoor LifeThrushMahlerVerdi Book:A Thousand Mornings: Poems Source: A Thousand Mornings: Poems
“I am grateful to have been loved and to be loved now and to be able to love, because that liberates. Love liberates. It doesn't just hold - that's ego. Love liberates. It doesn't bind. Love says, 'I love you. I love you if you're in China. I love you if you're across town. I love you if you're in Harlem. I love you. I would like to be near you. I'd like to have your arms around me. I'd like to hear your voice in my ear. But that's not possible now, so I love you. Go.'” IfsHas BeensAbleVoiceLove IsInspiringCompassionLove YouArmsEgoEarsTownsGratefulChinaThoughtfulLoving LifeSay I Love YouHarlemI Am Grateful Author:Maya Angelou
“Humility and gratitude go hand in hand... Awareness increases so that we become grateful for everything we are given. We have to learn, literally learn, to be grateful for what we receive day by day, simply to balance the criticism that day by day we voice because of powerful emotions.” HandsSpiritualGivenVoicePowerfulEmotionAwarenessHumilityBalanceGratitudeCriticismIncreaseGratefulBe GratefulHand In HandPowerful EmotionsHumility And Gratitude Author:Sivananda Radha Saraswati
“Global climate change is real. The legislative branch of our government is our last line of defense against pollution which is why I am so grateful to have the NRDC making our voice heard.” RealGovernmentLastsVoiceLinesHeardGratefulClimateClimate ChangeDefenseBranchesGlobal WarmingPollutionSo GratefulLegislative Branch Author:Kyra Sedgwick
“Advice, as it always gives a temporary appearance of superiority, can never be very grateful, even when it is most necessary or most judicious. But for the same reason everyone is eager to instruct his neighbours. To be wise or to be virtuous is to buy dignity and importance at a high price; but when nothing is necessary to elevation but detection of the follies or faults of others, no man is so insensible to the voice of fame as to linger on the ground.” MenGivingReasonVoiceWiseAdviceFameDignityImportanceGratefulFaultsAppearanceFollyTemporaryVirtuousSuperiorityNeighbourBeing WiseElevationDetectionHigh PricesInsensible Author:Samuel Johnson
“It is therefore recommended... to set apart Thursday the eighteenth day of December next, for solemn thanksgiving and praise, that with one heart and one voice the good people may express the grateful feelings of their hearts and consecrate themselves to the service of their divine benefactor.” PeopleHeartMayFeelingsNextVoiceReligiousDivinePraiseGratefulGood PeopleBe GratefulThanksgivingSolemnDecemberThursdayThanksgiving DayBenefactorsThanksgiving Thoughts Author:Samuel Adams
“I feel so very grateful to have the voice God gave me. It takes a lot of rest and training to sing, and I was lucky that I found a great teacher when I first moved to New York.” FeelsFirstsFoundVoiceTeacherNew YorkLuckyTrainingGratefulMovedGreat Teacher Author:Judy Collins
“We can set our deeds to the music of a grateful heart, and seek to round our lives into a hymn — the melody of which will be recognized by all who come in contact with us, and the power of which shall not be evanescent, like the voice of the singer, but perennial, like the music of the spheres.” HeartVoiceOur LivesGratefulRoundsDeedsSingersContactMelodySpheresHymnsGrateful Heart Author:William Mackergo Taylor