William Francis Buckley (William F. Buckley, Jr.) Quotes

[The] act of gratitude is nowadays is probably more often neglected than overdone.

William Francis Buckley

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• Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.

  

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• I hope kids feel gratitude for what they do have.

  

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• Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.

  

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• I am not attempting to preserve culture, or record actual events or stories. Instead I bow my head in gratitude to those storytellers who have gone before and paved a way for me play in their stomping grounds. Doubtless those who want to be offended, will - allowing me to make them happy, too, which pleases me as much as it pleases them.

  

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• Giving is an expression of gratitude for our blessings.

  

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• Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors?

  

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• One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

  

  Carl Jung
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• The one hit song that I have tremendous gratitude for is Boots, because it has a life of its own. It's like being identified with a brand name.

  

  Nancy Sinatra
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• We have for a long time neglected our children. They are our richest treasure. We must give them time, attention and the love of our pure, unselfish hearts.

  

  Dada Vaswani
  • Time
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• When someone is giving you his opinion, you should receive it with deep gratitude even though it is worthless. If you don't, he will not tell you the things that he has seen and heard about you again. It is best to both give and receive opinions in a friendly way.

  

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• And whenever I saw Luis, Graça's husband, I dealt with him with a friendship that was quite genuine, since it was offered out of gratitude for Graça's love.

  

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• There is something about safari life that makes you forget all your sorrows and feel as if you had drunk half a bottle of champagne - bubbling over with heartfelt gratitude for being alive.

  

  Karen Blixen
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• Gratitude looks to the past and love to the present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.

  

  C. S. Lewis
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• Those who thank God much are the truly wealthy. So our inner happiness depends not on what we experience but on the degree of our gratitude to God, whatever the experience.

  

  Albert Schweitzer
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• When a person doesn't have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity. A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude.

  

  Elie Wiesel
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• Whenever we have thanked these men and women for what they have done for us, without exception they have expressed gratitude for having the chance to help - because they grew as they served.

  

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• People view the police not as allies, but as antagonists, and think of them not with respect or gratitude, but with suspicion and distrust.

  

  James Comey
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• I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness - it's right in front of me if I'm paying attention and practicing gratitude.

  

  Brené Brown
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• The IRS should and must focus on the most important and most egregious and the most in need.

  

  Ander Crenshaw
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• Whenever Rod has four of five days off, he'll be bouncing off the walls with boredom.

  

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• I think Jesus is saying, Look, you guys are running around like monkeys trying to get people to clap, but people are fallen, they are separated from God, so they have no idea what is good or bad, worthy to be judged or set free, beautiful or ugly to begin with. Why not get your glory from God? Why not accept your feelings of redemption because of His pleasure in you, not the fickle and empty favor of man? And only then will you know who you are, and only then will you have true, uninhibited relationships with others.

  

  Donald Miller
  • People
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• Our goal is to continue to build the pipeline to fight all aspects of disease for all forms of dementia.

  

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• [The] act of gratitude is nowadays is probably more often neglected than overdone.

  

  William Francis Buckley
  • Gratitude
  • Neglected