Famous Quotes

"Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light."

Albert Schweitzer on Thankful

More quotes about Thankful

• "When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself."

  Tecumseh on Thankful

• "Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day."

  John Wooden on Thankful

• "When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others."

  Dalai Lama on Thankful

• "Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts."

  Alan Cohen on Thankful

• "I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose."

  Woody Allen on Thankful

More quotes by Albert Schweitzer

• "Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me."

• "Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals."

• "In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit."

• "Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory."

• "By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive."