"Gratefulness is the gallantry of a heart ready to rise to the opportunity a given moment offers."

-- David Steindl-Rast

#Gratitude Quotes #Heart Quotes #Opportunity Quotes

“When I am weak, then I am strong.”
“People talk about the beauty of the spring, but I can't see it. The trees are brown and bare, slimy with rain. Some are crawling with new purple hairs. And the buds are bulging like tumorous acne, and I can tell that something wet, and soft, and cold, and misshapen is about to be born. And I am turning into a vampire.”
“I s'pose, I can't have it all my own way, can I? You can't drown in a person unless they let you.”
“The book of nature which we have to read is written by the finger of God.”

Source : Michael Faraday (1859). “Experimental Researches in Chemistry and Physics”, p.471
“Real miracles bother people, like strange sudden pains unknown in medical literature. It's true: They rebut every rule all we good citizens take comfort in. Lazarus obeying orders and climbing up out of the grave - now there's a miracle, and you can bet it upset a lot of folks who were standing around at the time. When a person dies, the earth is generally unwilling to cough him back up. A miracle contradicts the will of the earth.”

Source : Leif Enger (2007). “Peace Like a River”, p.8, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“There's something peculiar about artists. They have ups and downs... After a while everything you do is just wonderful... then you slide back. If you're a good artist you're going to go down. And then it's up to you.”
“I think my comedic style is at once bashful and explosive. It's a little bit perverted, and a little bit ladylike and old-fashioned, which is a great mix. Sort of tangy.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I'm not sure what it was like to walk into the Coliseum, but I bet it was something like this. The best place in the world to watch a sporting event.”

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