None of us got where we are solely by
pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
- Thurgood Marshall
Those who have succeeded at anything
and don't mention luck
are kidding themselves.
- Larry King
If I have seen further, it is
by standing on the shoulders of giants.
- Isaac Newton
Civilization is not a spontaneous generation
with any race or nation known to history,
but the torch to be handed down from race to race from age to age.
- Kelly Millar
The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father
goes forward, not backward.
What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children.
- Nancy Friday
Success is a result of hard work,
plus being blessed with good genes, food,
a good country, an opportunity for education,
and much more which we never "earned"
or "deserved," and for which we owe
everlasting gratitude.
Further reading: Appreciating Our Blessings
Gratitude for This Food
Debt to Those Who are Kind
Give Thanks
Bounty of the Earth
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