Quotes About Gratitude

What shall I do when I despise what I have? Remember those who have nothing and strive to be grateful.

But success makes us complacent. We forget to pay attention. We take what we have for granted. We turn a blind eye. We fail to notice that things are changing, or that corruption is taking root. And everything falls apart. Is that the fault of reality—of God? Or do things fall apart because we have not paid sufficient attention?

Be grateful in spite of your suffering.

If happiness comes to you, welcome it with gratitude and open arms (but be careful, because it does make you impetuous).

Perhaps you are overvaluing what you don't have and undervaluing what you do. There's some real utility in gratitude.

To act to justify the suffering of your parents is to remember all the sacrifices that all the others who lived before you (not least your parents) have made for you in all the course of the terrible past, to be grateful for all the progress that has been thereby made, and then to act in accordance with that remembrance and gratitude. People sacrificed immensely to bring about what we have now. In many cases, they literally died for it—and we should act with some respect for that fact.

Benjamin Franklin once suggested that a newcomer to a neighbourhood ask a new neighbour to do him or her a favour, citing an old maxim: He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another than he whom you yourself have obliged.

If you're reading this book, there's a strong probability that you're a privileged person. You can read. You have time to read. You're perched high in the clouds. It took untold generations to get you where you are. A little gratitude might be in order.

It is useful to take your place at the bottom of a hierarchy. It can aid in the development of gratitude and humility. Gratitude: There are people whose expertise exceeds your own, and you should be wisely pleased about that.

People sacrificed immensely to bring about what we have now. In many cases, they literally died for it—and we should act with some respect for that fact.

If you're reading this book, there's a strong probability that you're a privileged person. You can read. You have time to read. You're perched high in the clouds.

Qué debo hacer cuando desprecio lo que tengo? Recordar a aquellos que no tienen nada y que aspiran a ser agradecidos».

Perhaps you are overvaluing what you don't have and undervaluing what you do. There's some real utility in gratitude. It's also good protection against the dangers of victimhood and resentment.

There's some real utility in gratitude.

But nobody ever tells you in advance when you should concentrate on the good times-that's why you're supposed to do it every day.

Llevo puesta la vida que me has dado.

I like the way my heart beats, I like the way I think I don't need or want anything to change that.

When I was on Broadway, I got really sick with walking pneumonia. I decided not to take my health for granted anymore and make it a priority. The great thing is, the pounds just started to fall off.

Friends, we have a hero living among us.

Apresentou-se, tomou posse, reuniu a magra família e foi ao primeiro andar do Alvo agradecer. "Alguém muito elevado", contou; e dona Rozilda repetia as palavras rolando-as na língua, saborosas, enchia a boca com elas, tinham um gosto de poder.

Ik dank u voor wat u voor me heeft gedaan,' zei ik verontschuldigend. 'Deze weken zijn voor mij van onschatbare waarde geweest, als ik ze had moeten missen had ik niet op zoek durven gaan naar een nieuw leven. Dat heb ik aan u te danken, dokter. (...) Als u iets nodig heeft, aarzelt u dan niet me te bellen.

Ik dank u voor wat u voor me heeft gedaan", zei ik verontschuldigend. "Deze weken zijn voor mij van onschatbare waarde geweest, als ik ze had moeten missen had ik niet op zoek durven gaan naar een nieuw leven. Dat heb ik aan u te danken, dokter. (...) Als u iets nodig heeft, aarzelt u dan niet me te bellen.

Ik dank u voor wat u voor me heeft gedaan,' zei ik verontschuldigend. 'Deze weken zijn voor mij van onschatbare waarde geweest, als ik ze had moeten missen had ik niet op zoek durven gaan naar een nieuw leven. Dat heb ik aan u te danken, dokter.' (...) 'Als u iets nodig heeft, aarzelt u dan niet me te bellen.

Towards the end of the season it is not bad to have the body. To have experienced joy as the mere lifting of hunger is not to have known it less.