"When gratitude o'erflows the swelling heart, and breathes in free and uncorrupted praise for benefits received, propitious heaven takes such acknowledgment as fragrant incense, and doubles all its blessings."

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Source : George Lillo (1810). “Fatal curiosity, a tragedy. Marina, a play. Elmerick; or, Justice triumphant, a tragedy. Britannia and Batavia, a masque. Arden of Feversham, a tragedy”, p.126

George Lillo

#Gratitude Quotes #Heart Quotes #Blessing Quotes

“You are whole body, whole mind, whole spirit, all the time. When you experience all of you at once, anything is possible.”
“A lot of people think Japanese food is difficult, a lot of work. But you don't have to buy the knife I have. You don't have to train as long as I have. You can do my cooking in your kitchen.”
“If I were to say what I really think I would be arrested or shut away in a lunatic asylum. Come on, I am sure that it would be the same for everyone.”
“In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and results are humdrum.”
“Being a part of the theater community has been important to me from the time I was a child, through my parents.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Physics isn't the most important thing. Love is.”
“One whose spirit and mental strength have been strengthened by sparring with a never-say-die attitude should find no challenge too great to handle. One who has undergone long years of physical pain and mental agony to learn one punch, one kick, should be able to face any task, no matter how difficult, and carry it through to the end. A person like this can truly be said to have learned karate.”

Source : Gichin Funakoshi (1994). “Karate-dō Nyūmon: The Master Introductory Text”, p.47, Kodansha International
“Hi. There was a big accident, some people got decapitated, here are their names... You know what? That shirt really makes you look fat. I mean, the colour's all wrong... I mean, who shot the drapes?”

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