Quotes About Gratitude

Amor fati: that is my innermost nature. And as regards my long sickness, do I not owe to it unutterably more than I owe to my health?

Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm.

The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.

No matter how unacknowledged your act of compassion, the universe always notices it. And the universe has a very long memory.

I was crushed at the time," the friend said, "But, looking back, I can see that not getting that job was the best thing that ever happened to me.

I have had great experience of God's hearing my prayers, and returning comfortable answers to me, either in granting the thing I prayed for, or else in satisfying my mind without it; and I have been confident it hath been from him, because I have found my heart through his goodness enlarged in thankfulness to him.

Why should I live but to thy Praise? My life is hid with Thee; O Lord, no longer be my Days, Then I may fruitful be.

If at any time you are chastened of God, take it as thankfully and joyfully as in greatest mercies, for if ye be his ye shall reap the greatest benefit by it.

People will take you for granted, then realize you were rare.

I marvel at the stars, and feel my heart overflow.

Every night before I sleep I congratulate myself for having cheated death one more day.

This could be her last day of her life.

Are you all right?" Kendra asked. Warren grinned. "I'm surprised to be alive. That would have been a very big belly flop into a very dry pool. Here they come!" The

He had helped her out of a difficult trap. He had been willing to sacrifice his own life for her Amber Leopard, even when she had turned a blind eye to his people. She could tolerate his impertinence, she supposed. Just this one time.

Verl waved both hands. "No, stop, please, no gift is required. My lady, a soft glance, a kind word, these more than suffice. Your very existence leaves me forever indebted." "You get that I'm fifteen?

I've found the best way is to not be scared of the attention but to be grateful for it and open to it. It makes my days better rather than being annoyed that people want my attention.

A man will find a single coin in the mud and talk about it for days, but when his inheritance comes and is accounted one percent less than he expected, then he will declare himself cheated.

Remember to smile.

Thank you. For being willing to talk. For not turning me in. For... being you.' 'I'm pretty good at being me,' I said. 'I've had all these years to practice--I hardly ever get it wrong these days.

That night, it rained on the other dogs, who slept outside in the cold barn, which leaked. But the little dog snuggled into a warm bed beside the fire, hugged by the farmer's children, his belly full. And as he did, the dog sadly thought to himself, 'I could not become a dragon. I am an utter and complete failure.' The end.

Whenever I'm thinkin' my life is miserable, I remember him, and tell myself, 'Well, Wayne. At least you ain't a broke, dickless feller what can't even pick his own nose properly.' And I feels better.

Everything's going to change, Sazed, and I can't stop it." Sazed smiled fondly. "Then, Mistress," he said quietly, "simply enjoy what you have. The future will surprise you, I think.

A man better appreciates love when he has been forced for so long to go without.

Enjoy the moment," Evi told him. "Close your eyes and contemplate what the One has given you. Seek the peace of oblivion, and bask in the joy of your own sensation.