Gratitude

One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil.

In the end we are always rewarded for our good will, our patience, fair-mindedness, and gentleness with what is strange.

When the gratitude that many owe to one discards all modesty, then there is fame.

When the gratitude of many to one throws away all shame, we behold fame.

Gratitude pours forth continually, as if the unexpected had just happened—the gratitude of a convalescent—for convalescence was unexpected…. The rejoicing of strength that is returning, of a reawakened faith in a tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, of a sudden sense and anticipation of a future, of impending adventures, of seas that are open again.

A gift is pure when it is given from the heart when we expect nothing in return.

You pray in your distress and in your need; you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.

I’ve never dropped anyone I believed in.

It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

You ain’t gonna miss your water until your well runs dry.

Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it.

The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.

My eyes were glued on life and they were full of tears.

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

The manner in which it is given is worth more than the gift.

When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments: tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.

All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, appreciated a little.

True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.

It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding.

Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.

It is perhaps a more fortunate destiny to have a taste for collecting shells than to be born a millionaire.

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life or in the life of another.

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

Believe one who has tried it.