Quotes About Gratitude

It's a reminder to slow up and be awake to the real connections we have while we have them.

Some of the swimmers, like the security guards from Peru or Nepal, they were so poor—they lived a hard life and sent all of their money home," Jay says. "The fact that someone would give them a cap or a two-dollar pair of goggles meant a lot." He paid for the gear out of his own pocket. The

What you don't have you don't need it now What you don't know you can feel it somehow What you don't have you don't need it now Don't need it now It was a beautiful day.

Happiness is for those who don't really need it. So I can live without happiness.

It's a beautiful day... Don't let it get away.

Her children arise up, and call her blessed.

Before the end of the year, I think I began learning that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

When I first went to Hampton I do not recall that I had ever slept in a bed that had two sheets on it.

Never in the field of human conflict has) So much been owed by So many to So few. If you want a classic ascending tricolon, then try his peerless line from 1942, after the victory at El Alamein. Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. When he uncorks this one at the

We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it.

We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it.

Whatever we possess becomes of double value When we have the opportunity of sharing it with others.

We absolve a friend from gratitude when we remind him of a favor.

Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth having.

Never take it for granted because soon enough it will be taken away. Time is tough. Every time you go out on the court be thankful. Be grateful. Believe me, I am. If you are lucky enough to be a tennis player you should recognize that it's a privilege to be able to walk out on that court and play the game.

Nothing brings a warm smile to my face and does my heart more good than when a club player or pro walks up to me at a tournament

These people were smiling because they were where they wanted to be. They understood that life is too short for what-ifs and complications. Life, they found, can be as simple as reading the wind.

Coming close to death is a humbling experience.

If you are reading this, you were born in the top one percent of history's population, no question about it. You've experienced luxuries that painfully few people in the history of mankind could have even imagined. Yet instead of appreciating that, instead of doing more to help those beneath us, we attack those who got even luckier for not doing enough.

Kat almost thanked him, but that seemed woefully inappropriate. The driver handed her back her gun. She could tell from the weight that he had removed the bullets. Then he handed her back her cell phone. Kat

Brutus was out of the car first. He opened the door for me. I thanked him. Brutus stuck with the stoic. He had the kind of cigar-store-Indian face you couldn't imagine—and probably wouldn't ever want to see—smiling. On

The secret to fulfillment is not about exciting adventures or living out loud—no one can maintain that kind of pace—but in welcoming and even relishing the quiet and familiar.

Too much is made of "live every moment to its fullest." It is an unrealistic goal, one that leads to more stress than satisfaction. The secret to fulfillment is not about exciting adventures or living out loud—no one can maintain that kind of pace—but in welcoming

It had, of course, embarrassed him. And then—equally, of course—it pleased him to no end. When you're young you don't get how great it is to be loved unconditionally. Now