It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.

I thank God I’m in a position where I can pick and choose – there are some roles I don’t play.

I have a very good family. I’m very fortunate to have a very good family. I believe very strongly in the family. It’s one of the things we have in our platform, is to talk about it.

Cage Warriors is a brilliant organisation. They’re doing great things for European MMA, and they’re giving the platform for guys like me who came through. They’re vital. I’m forever grateful for the opportunities I got.

Our love, our gratitude, our admiration for our men and women in uniform, our veterans and their families – all of that is bigger than any one party or any one election.

The greatest gift is the ability to forget – to forget the bad things and focus on the good.

I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.

O God, we praise Thee for keeping us till this day, and for the full assurance that Thou wilt never let us go.

Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.

We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

A daily portion is really all we need. We do not need tomorrow’s supply, for that day has not yet dawned, and its needs are still unborn.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

I am who I am today because of my mother.

Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.

The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.

I don’t have much positive to say about motor neurone disease. But it taught me not to pity myself because others were worse off, and to get on with what I could still do.

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

I make such big efforts to forget things and I can’t tell the story of my life because, thank God, I’m still living it.

Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

Encouragement to others is something everyone can give. Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money; it may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows?

That we are not much sicker and much madder than we are is due exclusively to that most blessed and blessing of all natural graces, sleep.

Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.

Stay humble and be concerned for the less fortunate.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies.

Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.

The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I’m praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I’m grateful that I’m heard.

I love being American, and I love family. I love having a family, and I feel so blessed, and I feel like God gave me exactly what I wanted, so now I have to do the right thing in God’s eyes also. Just follow what God wants me to do.

The more nobly a man wills and acts, the more avid he becomes for great and sublime aims to pursue. He will no longer be content with family, country, and the remunerative aspect of his work. He will want wider organisations to create, new paths to blaze, causes to uphold, truths to discover, an ideal to cherish and defend.

An employer of mine back in the ’80s was kind enough to take me on after a rough patch, and it made a big difference in my life that I knew I was the sort of person who showed up on time. It’s a basic tell of character.

I understand that being able to appeal to the public and having an amazing sense of humour is not something that comes easy. It’s definitely a gift and for which I’m thankful.

If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help… Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business – you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.

I was fortunate and I was lucky that I had a couple of people in my life who cared about me. I had good, loving parents.

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.

I look at where I’m at today and realize that most of my success is owed to the mentors that was in my life.

We don’t thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

God has given us two hands – one to receive with and the other to give with. We are not cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for sharing.

It’s flattering to people who stop you and say that you’ve helped them and all. But, again, you know, you’ve got to stay humble because as quick as you came up, you can come down.

A great man is always willing to be little.

We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving.

We learned about gratitude and humility – that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean… and we were taught to value everyone’s contribution and treat everyone with respect.

I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give.

The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them.

Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.

Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one’s soul.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Here ends my forever memorable first High Sierra excursion. I have crossed the Range of Light, surely the brightest and best of all the Lord has built. And, rejoicing in its glory, I gladly, gratefully, hopefully pray I may see it again.

Sometimes we look back and 10 years from now we think, ‚Boy, those were great old days.‘ Well, you know, we’re living in the good old days.

Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor.

I have always been grateful to Colonel Longley. He proved to me that when people in authority take a stand, good can come out of it.

A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.

Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.

I actually feel like women in my position, when we have all at our disposal to help us, shouldn’t complain when we consider all of the people who are really struggling and don’t have the means or support. Many people are single, raising children. That’s hard.