“I don't believe in telling all to the public, but I feel a certain gratitude to them for having provided me with a fine material base that enables me to do pretty much what I want, possibly, for the rest of my life.” WantFeelsBelieveCertainMaterialsFineGratitudeDon't Believe Author:George Harrison
“But I must work on in full calmness and serenity... The world concerns me only in so far as I feel a certain debt and duty towards it, because I have walked on the earth for thirty years, and out of gratitude want to leave some souvenir in the shape of drawings or pictures, not made to please a certain tendency in art, but to express a sincere human feeling. So this work is the aim-and through concentration upon that one idea, everything one does is simplified. Now the work goes slowly-a reason the more to lose no time.” WorldWantFeelsYearsHumansDoeArtMadeIdeasReasonFeelingsEarthCertainLosesDutyGratitudePleaseShapesConcernAimDebtDrawingTendenciesThirtyConcentrationSincereSerenityCalmnessThirty YearsSouvenirs Author:Vincent Van Gogh
“I do not intend to spare myself, not to avoid emotions or difficulties. I don't care much whether I live a longer or shorter time... the world concerns me only in so far as I feel a certain debt toward it, because I have walked on this earth for thirty years, and out of gratitude I want to leave some souvenir.” WorldWantFeelsYearsCareEarthCertainEmotionGratitudeConcernDifficultyDon't CareDebtI Don't CareThirtySparesThirty YearsSouvenirs Author:Vincent Van Gogh
“Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic. This is a most searching and true diagnosis. Gratitude can be a vaccine that can prevent the invasion of a disgruntled attitude. As antitoxins prevent the disastrous effects of certain poisons and diseases, thanksgiving destroys the poison of faultfinding and grumbling. When trouble has smitten us, a spirit of thanksgiving is a soothing antiseptic.” LifeInspirationalSpiritCertainAttitudeTroubleEffectsGratitudeDiseasePoisonInvasionDiagnosisVaccinesSoothingSmittenGrumblingDisgruntled Author:John Henry Jowett
“One can put some trust in the gratitude of a sovereign, and also in that of his family; under certain conditions, one can even rely upon it; but one can never expect anything from the gratitude of a nation.” CertainNationsConditionsGratitudeRelySovereignRely UponNever Expect Author:Otto von Bismarck
“There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate, to answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.” MenWayMomentsCertainAnswersConsciousnessMysteryAwarenessGratitudeBuiltGrandeurCompatibleOwingReciprocateIndebtedness Author:Abraham Joshua Heschel
“There is no closer bond than the one that gratefulness celebrates, the bond between giver and thanksgiver. Everything is a gift. Grateful living is a celebration of the universal give-and-take of life, a limitless yes to belonging. Can our world survive without gratefulness? Whatever the answer, one thing is certain: to say an unconditional yes to the mutual belonging of all beings will make this a more joyful world. This is the reason why Yes is my favorite synonym for God.” WorldGivingReasonCertainAnswersOne ThingGratitudeUniversalGratefulMy FavoriteCelebrateReason WhyMutualBelongingOur WorldCelebrationJoyfulUnconditionalLimitlessGiverGratefulnessGive And TakeSynonym Author:David Steindl-Rast
“Turkey: A large bird whose flesh, when eaten on certain religious anniversaries has the peculiar property of attesting piety and gratitude.” CertainReligiousGratitudeBirdPropertyFleshPeculiarThanksgivingTurkeysPietyHappy ThanksgivingFunny ThanksgivingThanksgiving FunnyThanksgiving GreetingsThanksgiving TurkeyTurkeys On Thanksgiving Book:The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World
“[Envy not for...] Whatever difference there may appear to be in men's fortunes, there is still a certain compensation of good and ill in all, that makes them equal.” MenMayStillsCertainDifferencesGratitudeEqualFortuneIllEnvyCompensation Author:Pierre Charron
“Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain subjective, negative, ungrateful way.” WaySometimesProblemCertainSituationGratitudeSolutionsNegativeSubjectiveUngratefulProblems And SolutionsSolution To A Problem Author:Edward de Bono