Quotes About Not Taking Anything For Granted

#1. I don't believe in God, but I have this idea that if there were a God, or destiny of some kind looking down on us, that if he saw you taking anything for granted he'd take it away.

Hugh Laurie

#2. We want ecstasy as a way of life, not a liver-poisoning alcoholiday from it.

CrimethInc.

#3. Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot shows their their patriotism through their actions, by their choice.

Jesse Ventura

#4. Costs and liabilities are rarely overstated.

Seth Klarman

#5. 'Sweet Dreams' is such a dark-sounding song, but it's about not taking anything for granted; share yourself with others after you have first spent some time with yourself.

Angel Olsen

#6. So I bandaged the cut, packed up my Gillette blades and caught the eleven-thirty bus to Boston.

Sylvia Plath

#7. He that teaches us anything which we knew not before is undoubtedly to be reverenced as a master.

Samuel Johnson

#8. Just because [butterflies'] lives were short didn't mean they were tragic ... See, they have a beautiful life.

Lisa Genova

#9. I want you to keep this on, always. And think of me. i want to always be on your mind," he says tenderly. "As you are always on mine.

S.L. Jennings

#10. I couldn't find a group that wanted to do what I wanted to do. No one was really up for it.

Tom Jenkinson

#11. The truth is, sometimes too much can happen in a relationship, and then there's nothing anyone can do or say. It's broken.

Gabrielle Zevin

#12. The measure of human character is our reaction to dark times. No one can sidestep darkness. It is the throne upon which light sits. If a soul has not known sadness and struggle, there is no chance of overcoming, no cherishing the dawn.

David Wolpe

#13. I left that church with rich and royal hatred of the priest as a person, and a loathing for the church as an institution, and I vowed that I would never go inside a church again.
[Eugene V. Debs, describing his teenage reaction to a hellfire lecture by a priest]

Eugene V. Debs

#14. Short-term expediency always fails in the long term.

Frank Herbert

#15. Not so many moons ago, he had been able to run to the summit of the temple without losing a single breath; however, now he felt like an old camel that laboured under a load of corn. Years pass so quickly, and the dreams of youth are lost forever.

Alan Kinross

#16. When the eye wakes up to see again, it suddenly stops taking anything for granted.

Frederick Franck

#17. Every rep that you take off, somebody else gets another look. That's just how I am. It's not a matter of being paranoid, it's a matter of being confident and not taking anything for granted.

Derrick Brooks