"Gratitude is thankfulness expressed in action."

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Source : William George Jordan (1903). “Great truths”

William George Jordan

#Gratitude Quotes #Thankfulness Quotes #Action Quotes

“Not too many people are - were as good as Bob Hope. George Burns was great at thinking, you know, on the spot. Steve Allen was marvelous, and so was George Burns. But Bob may be the king of them all, you know.”
“Often the desire to appear competent impedes our ability to become competent, because we more anxious to display our knowledge than to learn what we do not know.”
“I have never played against anybody like that in my life and I was pleased to be taken off.”
“In mysticism that love of truth which we saw as the beginning of all philosophy leaves the merely intellectual sphere, and takes on the assured aspect of a personal passion. Where the philosopher guesses and argues, the mystic lives and looks; and speaks, consequently, the disconcerting language of first-hand experience, not the neat dialectic of the schools. Hence whilst the Absolute of the metaphysicians remains a diagram â€”impersonal and unattainableâ€”the Absolute of the mystics is lovable, attainable, alive.”

Source : Evelyn Underhill (2012). “Mysticism: A Study in the Nature and Development of Spiritual Consciousness”, p.38, Courier Corporation
“I don't hate things, but I'm turned off by arrogance. I also don't like power for the sake of power.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Kids now are so used to surround sound and the power in theater speakers, that the concert hall is a disappointment to them.”

Source : Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. June 21, 2002.
“I don't want to sit around by the pool luxuriating with a margarita. That's just not what I want to do.”
“Don't lose your head over love. I learned a long time ago that those who love you do not understand you, and those who understand you, do not love you.”

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