Showing posts with label gratitude. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gratitude. Show all posts

Jan 18, 2011

Marcus Aurelius on good fortune

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, "This is a misfortune" but "To bear this worthily is good fortune."

~Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher

Oct 25, 2007

Mark Twain on gratitude

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principle difference between a dog and a man.

~ Mark Twain