Bruce Catton Quotes

Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.

I don't want to let my guard down and feel too comfortable. If you become complacent, you start feeling entitled. I'm ready to go dig ditches if I have to. Whatever I gotta do to provide for my family. Whatever I gotta do to make sure that I do the best possible job at whatever wonderful opportunities I've been handed.

For myself, suffering doesnt make me a good person; it makes me selfish. Why do we think that people who have less should find it edifying?

The time has come for all good men to rise above principle.

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

I wanted Jordans, but I had to get Rugged Outbacks. I had to take it for what it was worth, but now I'm able to give back and it feels real good.

Up until I became a father, it was all about self-obsession. But then I learned exactly what it's all about: the delight of being a servant.

Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising.

I don't wish for anything. Wishing for a million dollars feels greedy. I just wish for the best for me.

Women don't take care of themselves because they take care of everybody else.

Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.

I'm not a hero or a superstar. I'm an everyday guy. I feel happy when children approach me. I feel that something good is happening in life when little kids recognise me.

Where ever the spirit of Christ is known, there is much of good will, of mutual respect, of love and appreciation and kindness.

I'm someone who'd never base how happy I am on how much money I have, or how good a restaurant is because of how posh it is.

If someone as blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will?

Anne is very forgiving. She doesn't care about money, being rich, or clothes. We never argued about finances.

I'm a good example of someone who can come to Hollywood and keep their feet on the ground with all the rock stars, all the drama that goes with being here. It's still important to pump your own gas and to be able to vacuum.

If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.

I became good at defending myself, but as far as I was concerned, that was a transient skill.

A lot of things I am, and a lot of things I am not. But I think I'm about as good an American as there is. I love this country. It's been very, very good to me. And it will be good to anybody if they are willing to give of themselves.

I say, If everybody in this house lives where it's God first, friends and family second and you third, we won't ever have an argument.

From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance.

Endless effort, endless humility, endless modesty.

Because of the enormous responsibility, diabetic kids tend to grow up to be the most mature, most realistic people who have a natural desire to reach outside of themselves.

We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.