"Gratefulness is the gallantry of a heart ready……" — David Steindl-Rast
"Gratefulness is the gallantry of a heart ready to rise to the opportunity a given moment offers."
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David Steindl-Rast
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60 Quotes by David Steindl-Rast
David Steindl-Rast has 60 quotes on this site.
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As I express my gratitude, I become more deeply aware of it. And the greater my awareness, the greater my…
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Each one of us is called to become that great song that comes out of the silence, and the more…
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Gratefulness is that fullness of life for which we are all thirsting.
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In moments of surprise we catch at least a glimpse of the joy to which gratefulness opens the door.
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We have thousands of opportunities every day to be grateful: for having good weather, to have slept well last night,…
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From experience we know that whenever we are truly awake and alive, we are also truly grateful.
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A single crocus blossom ought to be enough to convince our heart that springtime, no matter how predictable, is somehow…
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What brings fulfillment is gratefulness, the simple response of our heart to this life in all its fullness.
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The greatest gift one can give is thanksgiving. In giving gifts, we give what we can spare, but in giving…
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Gratitude is here presented as more than a feeling, a virtue, or an experience; gratitude emerges as an attitude we…
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There is no closer bond than the one that gratefulness celebrates, the bond between giver and thanksgiver. Everything is a…
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Gratefulness is the inner gesture of giving meaning to our life by receiving life as gift.
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Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.
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Those officers and men who were immediately under my observation, evinced the greatest gallantry, and I have no doubt that…
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Gallantry of mind consists in saying flattering things in an agreeable manner.
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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— Adrian Carton de Wiart
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Enlightenment is like witnessing the brilliant sun for the first time in the morning. It is like seeing the beautiful…
— Chogyam Trungpa
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This fight has nothing to do with soldierly gallantry or principles of the Geneva Convention. If the fight against the…
— Wilhelm Keitel
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The gallantry and aggressive fighting spirit of the Russian soldiers command the American army's admiration.
— George C. Marshall
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What men call gallantry, and gods adultery, is much more common where the climate's sultry.
— Lord Byron
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There was something terrible, but also something sad and melancholy in this long cry uttered by the Russian infantry as…
— Vasily Grossman
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I have read that the secret of gallantry is to accept the pleasures of life leisurely, and its inconveniences with…
— James Branch Cabell
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Beautiful and rich is an old friendship, Grateful to the touch as ancient ivory, Smooth as aged wine, or sheen…
— Eunice Tietjens
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What shall I say of the gallantry with which these Marines have fought! Of the slopes of Hill 142; of…
— James Harbord
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