I want to thank my parents for letting me play baseball. I'm thankful I had baseball knuckles and couldn't become read more

I want to thank my parents for letting me play baseball. I'm thankful I had baseball knuckles and couldn't become a dentist...I got $2,100 a year when I started in the big league, and they get more money now. ...I chased the balls that Babe Ruth hit.

Tolerate, change, or be grateful.

Tolerate, change, or be grateful.

Let it stamp wrinkles in her brow of youth,
With cadent tears fret channels in her cheeks,
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Let it stamp wrinkles in her brow of youth,
With cadent tears fret channels in her cheeks,
Turn all her mother's pains and benefits
To laughter and contempt, that she may feel
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
To have a thankless child.

From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free,
We thank with brief thanksgiving
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From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free,
We thank with brief thanksgiving
Whatever gods may be
That no life lives forever;
That dead men rise up never;
That even the weariest river
Winds somewhere safe to sea.

When I'm not thank'd at all, I'm thank'd enough:
I've done my duty, and I've done no more.

When I'm not thank'd at all, I'm thank'd enough:
I've done my duty, and I've done no more.

To receive honestly is the best thanks for a good thing.

To receive honestly is the best thanks for a good thing.

Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.

Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.

Your bounty is beyond my speaking;
But though my mouth be dumb, my heart shall thank you.

Your bounty is beyond my speaking;
But though my mouth be dumb, my heart shall thank you.

I thank God for my handicaps, for, through them, I have found myself, my work, and my God

I thank God for my handicaps, for, through them, I have found myself, my work, and my God