“Recently a young mother asked for advice. What, she wanted to know, was she to do with a 7-year-old who was obstreperous, outspoken, and inconveniently willful? "Keep her," I replied.... The suffragettes refused to be polite in demanding what they wanted or grateful for getting what they deserved. Works for me.” KnowsYearsChildrenWantedYoungMotherAdviceGratefulPoliteOutspokenSuffragettesYoung Mother Author:Anna Quindlen
“All of us have problems. We face them every day. How grateful I am that we have difficult things to wrestle with. They keep us young, they keep us alive, they keep us going, they keep us humble. Be grateful for your problems, and know that somehow there will come a solution. Just do the best you can, but be sure it is the very best.” KnowsProblemFacesYoungDifficultAliveSolutionsGratefulHumbleBe GratefulDo The BestDifficult Things Author:Gordon B. Hinckley
“The barbarians of Germany had felt, and still dreaded, the arms of the young Caesar; his soldiers were the companions of his victory; the grateful provincials enjoyed the blessings of his reign; but the favourites, who had opposed his elevation, were offended by his virtues; and they justly considered the friend of the people as the enemy of the court.” PeopleStillsYoungFeltEnemyHistoryVirtueArmsVictoryBlessingGratefulCourtSoldierEnjoyedGermanyCompanionReignOffendedBarbariansRoman EmpireElevation Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“When I was growing up, we didn't have this super-skinny, flawless image to compete with. I find it unfortunate that young women may look at those images and think that is the ideal of beauty. It can cause a lot of problems and self-esteem issues if we don't remind girls that being healthy and exactly who you are is the main thing. I'm grateful I didn't grow up with those images.” IfsThinkingLooksMaySelfProblemYoungGirlGrowsCausesGrowing UpIssuesGrowingSelf EsteemHealthyIdealsGratefulWho You AreEsteemUnfortunateYoung WomenSkinnyFlawlessSelf Esteem Issues Author:Kellee Stewart
“I have every iPod that's been made ˘ that's how sick I am. I carry anything and everything I possibly would want to listen to. I have a lot of jazz. I adore Ralph Towner, Leo Kottke. I've always been a big Oscar Peterson fan. I've branched out a little bit more in rock-and-roll, but that's maybe because I'm 50 years old and I can now listen to Steely Dan again without shame. I adore the Grateful Dead. Creedence Clearwater Revival. Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. All that's been fun to get back into. But I'm no longer interested in the Doobie Brothers.” WantYearsLittlesMadeStillsI CanBigsYoungFunBitsFansRocksBrotherLittle BitSickShameGratefulJazzGet BackOscarsRock And RollAdoreRevivalIpodsAnything And EverythingCrosbySteely Dan Author:Thomas Hampson
“I always loved the work. As soon as I finished a movie, the most exciting thing to do was to try to jump into the next one. How I feel about it is that I learned a lot, so I'm grateful that I learned so much, at such a young age, rather than in my more adult professional career.” FeelsTryingAgeYoungNextCareersAdultsExcitingGratefulFinishedThings To DoYoung AgeThe Next OneExciting ThingsProfessional Career Author:Joe Swanberg
“I had some bad jobs when I was young. Writing is not one of them. If you're fortunate enough to reach my age, to still be writing, you have to be grateful, and I am. I've been lucky. For many years, all I've done is writing, and it's all I've ever wanted to do.” IfsWritingYearsStillsDoneEnoughAgeWantedJobsYoungLuckyGratefulFortunateBe GratefulBad Jobs Author:Richard Flanagan
“I read Stephen King as a junior high schooler. My father introduced me to Stephen King far too young, which I'm very grateful for now.” YoungFatherKingsHigh SchoolGratefulJuniorsJunior High Author:Bridget Carpenter
“It's just this long overdue. These people [ex-Nazi brought to trial] should be grateful to the apathy that exists there that prevented them from being brought to trial earlier. All of the people that they committed crimes against had their lives snuffed out, some of them at very young ages. Some of them never had a chance to get married and have children.” PeopleShouldChildrenLongAgeYoungChanceCrimeMarriedGratefulCommittedTrialsApathyBe GratefulNaziExesYoung AgeOverdue Author:Marvin Hier
“I feel very blessed that at a young age I was able to navigate my battle with drug and alcohol addiction, and through recovery live a sober life. There is such a stigma attached to addiction and it was hard for me to both confront and overcome it. I am very proud and grateful that with the support of family and friends, I was able to do so.” FeelsHardAgeAbleYoungSupportProudBattleDrugOvercomingBlessedGratefulAddictionAlcoholRecoverySoberFamily And FriendsYoung AgeStigmaNavigateDrugs And AlcoholAlcohol Addiction Author:Cara Santana
“I have traveled to a lot of places, and you look at another young person who lives under very different circumstances than you but has the same dreams or the same interests or might be better at what I do than what I do. But I was born in a different place, and she was born in a different place. Just for that alone, you're kind of inherently given opportunity. That's something that I'm very grateful for, but I'm also very aware of.” LooksKindPersonsDifferentDreamMightYoungOpportunityGivenInterestBornCircumstancesGratefulTraveledDifferent PlaceGiven Opportunity Author:Dakota Fanning
“After the last screening [of "Selling Isobel" ] an 18-year-old girl came up to me and said, "Oh my God, I'm so naïve." I said, "No, you're not, you're just young." And she's so grateful for having seen it, because she's an actress and from now on she's going to take a friend with her to auditions and let her mom know exactly where she's going. That's a job done right there.” KnowsYearsSaidDoneJobsLastsYoungGirlMomGratefulActressesSellingAuditionsScreeningSo Grateful Author:Frida Farrell
“[Peter] Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" was my first go-to song in terms of getting into the zone and getting ready and then I quickly gravitated to rock and roll music in the mid-'60s with the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, The Beatles, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Rolling Stones, Carlos Santana. So many of them are still around and still going strong. I go out to see them all the time.” FirstsStillsYoungSongStrongTermRocksReadyStonesGratefulZonePeterBobRollingRock And RollDylanRolling StonesGoing StrongCrosbyTchaikovskyRock And Roll MusicSantana Author:Bill Walton
“I'm so grateful to my parents for my upbringing and for all of the opportunities that I was provided with, but I also learned at a young age that success is not given, it is earned and that has always been something that motivates me.” AgeYoungOpportunityGivenParentGratefulYoung AgeUpbringingSo Grateful Author:Ivanka Trump
“I like California because it still has the glamour and romanticism and exoticism of a very foreign place. It was the place that when I was young, I was raised on "I Love Lucy" and listening to the Grateful Dead and reading Jack Kerouac. They, to me, were all symbols of this very foreign sense of promise and movement. After all this time here I'm glad I still have it.” StillsYoungReadingMovementListeningPromiseGratefulRaisedGladSymbolsCaliforniaGlamourRomanticismLucyForeign Places Author:Pico Iyer
“The girl was grateful to the young man for every bit of flattery; she wanted to linger for a moment in its warmth and so she said, 'You're very good at lying.' 'Do I look like a liar?' 'You look like you enjoy lying to women,' said the girl, and into her words there crept unawares a touch of the old anxiety, because she really did believe that her young man enjoyed lying to women.” MenBelieveLooksSaidMomentsWantedYoungLyingGirlBitsEnjoyLike YouAnxietyGratefulVery GoodEnjoyedYoung ManLiarsWarmthFlattery Author:Milan Kundera
“Our Job is not to make young women grateful. It is to make the ungrateful so they keep going. Gratitude never radicalized anybody” JobsYoungGratitudeGratefulKeep GoingYoung WomenUngrateful Author:Susan B. Anthony
“What is important, and I think celebrities should do, is show your children when they are young is that wealth is not important. I took my children when they where young to Brazil, to the shanty towns with children begging. Ever since that day, I have had no problems with my children, if I buy them anything they are grateful.” IfsThinkingShouldChildrenImportantShowsProblemYoungWealthTownsOur ChildrenGratefulMy ChildrenYour ChildrenNo ProblemBeggingBrazil Author:Uri Geller
“I'm grateful for my children, who are slowly emerging to become their own wonderful, interesting, compassionate young adults - which makes me believe that along the way I must have done something right.” WayBelieveChildrenDoneYoungInterestingWonderfulAdultsGratefulYoung AdultMy ChildrenCompassionateEmerging Author:Jodi Picoult