Quotes About Gratitude

It's my responsibility to be as happy as I can, right here, today.

The secret to life, she had said, was to find the little things, the unimportant ones that would nonetheless always remind you of the precious things they accompanied—and hold onto them.

She herself had told him that you can never hold onto anything. The harder you try, the more precious things slip through your fingers. The secret to life, she had said, was to find the little things, the unimportant ones that would nonetheless always remind you of the precious things they accompanied—and hold onto them. Like the fine furniture her husband had carved for her, seemingly centuries ago.

Nothing beats a great smile.

And shall I clutch at dear departing things While leaf and tree in silent splendor part? Go, little joys! and welcome, fluttering wings That brush my clinging sorrows from my heart!

You will find that as you become more and more aware, observant, and alert to your challenges as they occur, and see them for the opportunities and gifts they are—opportunities for growth—you will want to give thanks for them, otherwise your growth will be empty and void. GIVE THANKS IN ALL THINGS because JOY is preceded by GRATITUDE.

The appropriate demeanor for a human is to feel lucky that he is alive and to humble himself in the face of the immensity of things and have a beer. Relax. Welcome to Earth. It's a little confusing at first. That's why you have to come back over and over again before you learn to really enjoy yourself. The sky is not falling.

She cried herself out in a couple of minutes, sniffed a little, and wiped her eyes on the tail of his shirt. "Thanks for the shoulder." "Considering I'm the guy who got you here, it's the least I could do.

Birthdays should come every day. Especially when you missed so many as a kid.

Sometimes,' Sylvie said, 'one can mistake gratitude for love.

It's wonderful to have the most important thing in the world there first thing in the morning. And especially in this business, where the opportunity to think everything is about you is there every day, now I really know that it isn't all about me.

Never waste, never worry

A gift is not thrown away so lightly. Especially a gift from a friend. No, I will keep it, to remind me that not all friendships need to end in bitterness.

Most of all the other beautiful things in life come by twos and threes, by dozens and hundreds. Plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers and sisters, aunts and cousins, comrades and friends — but only one mother in the whole world.

Why, mother!" cried Rebecca, clasping her knees with her hands; "why, mother, it's enough joy just to be here in the world on a day like this; to have the chance of seeing, feeling, doing, becoming! When you were seventeen, mother, wasn't it good just to be alive? You haven't forgotten?

There's little enough joy, and far too much pain, in a world like this not to appreciate the beauty that comes your way. He

What an astonishing thing, that her praise filled his heart.

There's the life we dream, the life we deserve, and the life we get. I'll take what I got over what I deserve any day.

But for those of us lucky to be alive there are some things that should be said face to face.

There are only moments. Live in this one. The happiness of these days.

It was a place where folks were happy simply to get on with life: raise their families, do good work, live decent lives.

You make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing.

When you take someone's advice, let her know it and how it worked out.

When someone does a professional favor for you, send a handwritten note. You must send a written note to a mentor or sponsor when she helps you. Perhaps even a gift. And here's a great tip from Archambeau: When you take someone's advice, let her know it and how it worked out. So few people ever do that.