Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
Ronald ReaganRead
Let us thank God for life and the blessings He's put before us. High among them are our families, our freedom, and the opportunities of a new year.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes gratitude for life's blessings, especially family, freedom, and new opportunities.
Ronald Reagan's quote invites us to reflect on the blessings in our lives, particularly the significance of family, the value of freedom, and the potential that each new year brings. It suggests that acknowledging these blessings can inspire a sense of appreciation and purpose, encouraging individuals to be thankful and hopeful moving forward.
In practice
A New Year's speech to highlight the importance of family and gratitude.
Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
Our status as a free society and world power is not based on brute strength. When we've taken up arms, it has been for the defense of freedom for ourselves and for other peaceful nations who needed our help. But now, faced with the development of weapons with immense destructive power, we've no choice but to maintain ready defense forces that are second to none. Yes, the cost is high, but the price of neglect would be infinitely higher.
I'm spending more time at this library in four days than I did at the Eureka College Library in four years.
I'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved in order to stand up for my own values and beliefs. My candidacy is based on my record, and for that matter, my entire life.
My fellow citizens, our nation is poised for greatness. We must do what we know is right, and do it with all our might. Let history say of us: "These were golden years - when the American Revolution was reborn, when freedom gained new life, and America reached for her best."
We must have faith in the people of this country and faith in our principles.
The gift was not large as money goes, and my need was not great, but the spirit of the gift is beyond price and leaves me blessed and in debt.
Sweet is the breath of vernal shower,/ The bee's collected treasure sweet,/ Sweet music's melting fall, but sweeter yet/ The still small voice of gratitude.
I'm grateful for everything. I'm grateful for my health, and I'm so grateful for the love in my life.
What I suddenly understood was that a thank-you note isn't the price you pay for receiving a gift, as so many children think it is, a kind of minimum tribute or toll, but an opportunity to count your blessings. And gratitude isn't what you give in exchange for something; it's what you feel when you are blessed--blessed to have family and friends who care about you, and who want to see you happy. Hence the joy from thanking.
Thanks are justly due for boons unbought
The debt immense of endless gratitude, So burthensome, still paying, still to owe; Forgetful what from him I still receivd, And understood not that a grateful mind By owing owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted and dischargd; what burden then?
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