Quotes About Gratitude

When a soldier complains of his hard life (or a labourer, etc.) try giving him nothing to do.

If our state were really happy, we should not need to take our minds off it in order to make ourselves happy.

If our condition were truly happy we should not need to divert ourselves from thinking about it. (12)

If our condition were truly happy we should not need to divert ourselves from thinking about it.

No matter what we do, Nature remains our protector. Even as we ignore it, contamine it, destroy it, Nature offers us sympathy and love. It comforts us in our darkest hours. We do not deserve this. And still it is offered.

That's their philosophy," said Greder, whose day job was associate dean of students at Illinois Wesleyan. "Dance with the ones who brought you.

Like a child standing in a beautiful park with his eyes shut tight, there's no need to imagine trees, flowers, deer, birds, and sky; we merely need to open our eyes and realize what is already here, who we already are - as soon as we stop pretending we're small or unholy.

Even if you don't have all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don't have that you don't want (Bob Dylan's dad)

Be grateful for the things you don't have that you don't want. -Bob Dylan's Dad

Remember, Robert, in life anything can happen. Even if you don't have all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don't have that you don't want. - Father

You might think and be so marvelously right about praise that you open your door one day and the day walks in and stays for years.

Everything you are seeking is seeking you in return therefore, everything that you want is already yours. It is simply becoming more aware of what you already possess.

Always on the boat there was an inner breeze of excitement, a happy gratitude for the water and its strong promising scents, the Nymph's proud sail set against the sliding panorama of facing continents and their ghostly empires, crusted one atop the other like gobs of paint on a giant canvas.

Finally, I will forever be grateful to W. Mark Felt. It was a tug-of-war at times, but he came through, providing the kind of guidance, information and understanding that were essential to the Watergate story.

We need to live in the now of life, it can't be about how much we suffered yesterday or what we might face tomorrow. It's about today. And today was good Willow in To Dance With Dolphins

It seemed as if the valley were not always girded by woods, growing on the surrounding hills and facing away from the horizon, but the trees had only taken up their places now, rising out of the ground to offer their condolences. He almost waved away the tangible beauty of the hour like a crowd of persistent friends, almost said to the lingering afterglow, 'thank you, thank you, I'll be all right.'

They came out of the vault intoxicated, not by the mere thought of food, but by the consciousness that they too were of use in the world and did not live in vain, and had deserved the praise and thanks which Tonya would shower on them at home.

If you can't say something nice... about an overrated, ungrateful European nation that would have been wiped off the face of the earth twice in the twentieth century if it weren't for the United States and which has given nothing to the culture in the past two hundred years but whine and cheese, both of which are made better in California, then don't say anything at all!

He had the three ingredients to happiness right in the palm of his hand and he knew it—something to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to.

We have a saying in India. Don't curse God for creating the tiger. Rather, be grateful that God didn't give it wings.

Life is short. Love who you are. Love what you do. Make every day count.

U.S. Navy SEAL Jack Carr (ret.) was once again incredibly helpful with details for this book. He also continues to be one hell of a thriller author. If you haven't checked out his books yet, do it. You'll love his writing. Thank you, Jack.

Instead of letting idiots on TV, radio, and the internet convince us that our good lives were terrible, we needed to be practicing gratitude.

He had long ago learned to take his peaceful moments where he could find them. Who knew what tomorrow would bring?