Quotes About Gratitude

I am grateful for this day and for my health, my connection to Spirit, and my kids and family. Thank you for all these blessings. May I stay calm. May I stay happy. May I be loving.

To paraphrase a Rolling Stones song, you can't always get what you want, but you get what you need.

Delight in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.

He has shown himself to be someone who is worthy of my gratitude. For you understand, my child"—Colette was again writing to Germaine Patat—"everything I'm not speaking of in this letter.… Distance and reflexion have been working on me, and I am obliged to observe that I've been brought to this place by a well-prepared train of events, which horrifies me. I also know that the house I shall return to will be empty.

And the biggest reward was reaping the kind of life I deserved.

The lesson is letting go, giving up and giving thanks for what is. Life unfolds in mysterious and beautiful ways; I have very little say in this process.

I am never bored anywhere: being bored is an insult to oneself.

if I were to begin my life again, I should want it as it was. I would only open my eyes a little more.

Il n'est pas nécessaire de mépriser les riches, il suffit de ne pas les envier.

Gerhard voelde dankbaarheid. Hij was dankbaar voor Jules bestaan, voor iedere minuut van haar aanwezigheid, voor ieder woord dat ze tot hem sprak. Hij had het gevoel dat hij geen recht op Jule had, en dat gevoel was, erkende ze al gauw, de enige fatsoenlijke basis voor een gelijkwaardige relatie tussen man en vrouw

came home so happy and encouraged I blessed God most heartily and wanted to throw my arms round him and mend his stockings'.[21]

Um, I forgot what that means, but madlob!

One day is the best day ever.

Los hombres nos olvidamos de que somos una mota de su aliento y tendemos a creernos que no lo necesitamos, pero otras veces le reprocharemos que no esté para ayudarnos cuando lo necesitamos.

Los jóvenes de hoy en día no sois conscientes de los privilegios que tenéis, os parece natural tener de todo… por eso no apreciáis nada

Muchas gracias, no sabe cómo le agradezco su ayuda, sin usted no podría reconstruir la vida de mi bisabuela. —¿Y por qué ha de reconstruirla? Si usted no hubiera aparecido en esta casa, todo seguiría igual y nos moriríamos tranquilas sin mirar al pasado.

And I hope you will not think me foolish when I also extend my thanks. Thank you, Michael, for letting my son love her first. —from Janet Stirling, dowager Countess of Kilmartin, to Michael Stirling, Earl of Kilmartin

I do not tell you often enough, dear Mother, how very grateful I am that I am yours. It is a rare parent who would offer a child such latitude and understanding. It is an even rarer one who calls a daughter friend. I do love you, dear Mama.

Just be quiet and accept the praise.

Until you've lived through all that," he said, "don't you ever complain about what we have. Because to me... to me..." He choked on the words, but he barely paused before he continued. "This - us - is heaven. I can't bear to hear you say otherwise.

Thank you," she whispered, sending up a quick prayer for his continued recovery. "You're welcome," Marcus murmured. Honoria let out a little shriek of surprise, jumping back nearly a foot. "Sorry," he said, but he was laughing. It was quite the loveliest sound Honoria had ever heard. "I wasn't thanking you," she said pertly. "I know." He smiled

His leg throbbed, but his heart felt lighter, and for the first time in years, the world seemed to be filled with possibility. "I love you," he said. And he thought to himself, That makes five. Five times he'd said it. It wasn't nearly enough. "And I love you." She bent down and kissed his leg. He touched his face and felt tears. He hadn't realized he was crying. "I love you," he said again.

I should thank you'', she said. His lips stilled, and she felt him smile against his skin. ''For what?'' ''Everything, really. But mostly for being you

I may not like performing in musicales, but I love rehearsing with the three of you." Her three cousins stared at her, momentarily nonplussed. "Don't you realize how lucky we are?" Honoria said. And then, when no one leapt to agree, she added, "To have each other?" "Couldn't we have each other over a game of cards?" Iris suggested.