Quotes About Gratitude

Sometimes the fruit is sweet, and sometimes it is sour. It is always fruit, and we eat it. So it is with the days we are given. Some are sweet, and some are not.

The magus said thoughtfully, That lying little monster complained about everything: the food, the horses, the blankets, the company. He even found fault with the stories I told by the fire but I cannot recall that he ever once complained about the climbing. So many things are obvious in retrospect, aren't they? I said.

Thank you, thief. You're welcome, my queen.

Thanks to His Majesty, the magus said, and my father seemed startled at the correction but not displeased. He looked thoroughly satisfied and very much like Ina when she has all her embroidery threads arranged to her satisfaction. He looked so pleased that I checked over my shoulder to see if there might be someone else behind me who had drawn his attention.

Your Majesty, what I am saying is that I have never seen him driven, and rarely led either. However, if you were to twist him around your finger and could conceivably grind him under your heel in the process, you have to know that I would be eternally grateful. I would die a happy man.

Ever since the gods created the world, mortals have been forgetting from where their blessings come.

I woke to find I had not been murdered in my sleep.

Klimun freed the slave, who was named Gerosthenes, and told him he could go home. But Gerosthenes's family was long dead, and there was no home for him to go to. He was grateful to Klimun for his life as well as for his freedom, and he said he would stay and serve the prince for the rest of his life. And that is different from being a slave in what way? Eugenides asked. I think the difference lies in the choice, Phresine said gently.

No one offends a cook.

If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, thank you, that would suffice.

Secret Santas?

You made a sacrifice. And heaven rewarded you.

And while a pretty face is nice to wake up to, and adoring face is so much more rewarding.

I can't think of anything I'm not grateful for.

Thank you, she whispered. Thank you for loving me enough to let me go.

Oh, thank you, young man!" one of the women said. Her glasses made her eyes look gigantic. "Chivalry still exists in this day and age. See, Flo? What a gentleman.

I don't have a bucket list because it is my dedication to live every day of my life there. I don't have a bucket list because I'm doing it that day. I don't want to go to bed and say, 'Oh, I wish I had done this.

I pray for faith that my future will be good if I live today well, and in peace. I will remember that staying in the present is the best thing I can do for my future. I will focus on what's happening now instead of what's going to happen tomorrow.

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

Today, God, help me practice the concept of acceptance in my life. Help me accept myself, others, and my circumstances. Take me one step further, and help me feel grateful.

Prayer and meditation help us affirm that our Higher Power cares for

Fun is a normal part of being alive. Fun is taking time to celebrate being alive.

On our worst days, we still look for something we've done toward recovery. Sometimes the best we can do is feel good about what we did not do.