Quotes About Gratitude

Love, forgiveness, modesty, humility and gratitude are most important virtues in life.

Maybe you had to come close to losing something before you could remember its value.

empezó a comer sin decir el tradicional itadakimasu, que significa recibo estos alimentos con humilde gratitud. Es una forma de reconocer los esfuerzos que han hecho los granjeros y otros proveedores para que la comida llegue a la mesa.

Look at the sky: that is for you. Look at each person's face as you pass them on the street: those faces are for you. And the street itself, and the ground under the street, and the ball of fire underneath the ground: all these things are for you.

Each time a feathered friend tarries to take and eat, it is I who am fed.

she had everything she wanted; all she had to do was convince herself that she wanted very little.

It bothered me in a kind of Charles Manson way to have a brown smear of blood on my wall but I also liked it because every time I looked at it I was reminded that I was, at that very moment, not bleeding from my face. And those are powerful words of hope, really.

I heard Tash say: Nomi, you're sad man. Get a grip. Walk away. What have I taught you? And I thought: You taught me that some people can leave and some can't and those who can will always be infinitely cooler than those you can't and I'm one of the ones who can't because you're one of the ones who did and there's this old guy in a wool suit sitting in an empty house who has no one but me now thank you very, very, very much.

Everytime I looked at it I was reminded that I was, at that very moment, not bleeding from my face. And those are powerful words of hope, really. - Nomi

She once explained to me that, as a Molotschnan, she had everything she wanted; all she had to do was convince herself that she wanted very little.

Em venen ganes de donar-li'n les gràcies, d'abraçar-la. (No, el que en realitat tinc ganes de fer és agafar-la i ballar al voltant del cobert. Quan érem petits, l'agafava darrere de l'estable dels poltres i la portava un tros a coll, corrent, rient, mentre ella em deia que no li esclafés el pit, que li'n fugiria el cor.)

To live in sync with who we truly are means to recognize that we are dependent on God for our very breath and are graced with many good things; it means to be grateful to the giver and attentive to the purpose for which the gifts are given.

God's gifts aim at making us into generous givers, not just fortunate receivers. God gives so that we, in human measure, can be givers too.

I give myself a good cry if I need it, but then I concentrate on all good things still in my life.

We all yearn for what we have lost. But sometimes, we forget what we have.

Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do somehing else. Something hurts you, yet you know it shouldn't. You take certain things for granted, even when you know you should never take anything for granted.

I thought about all the people I knew who spent many of their waking hours feeling sorry for themselves. How useful it would be to put a daily limit on self-pity. Just a few tearful minutes, then on with the day.

There is a reason God limits our days.' 'Why?' 'To make each one precious.

The secret to happiness...be satisfied and be grateful.

I give myself a good cry if I need it. But then I concentrate on the good things still in my life. I don't allow myself any more self-pity than that. A little each every morning, a few tears, and that's all.

There are five people you meet in heaven. Each of us was in your life for a reason. You may not have known the reason at the time, and that is what heaven is for. For understanding your life on earth. This is the greatest gift God can give you: to understand what happened in your life. To have it explained. It is the peace you have been searching for.

You can find something truly important in an ordinary minute.

So, have we solved the secret of happiness? I believe so, he said Are you going to tell me? Yes.Ready? Ready. Be satisfied. That's it? Be greatful. That's it? For what you have.For the love you receive.And for what God has given you. That's it? He looked me in the eye.Then he sighed deeply. That's it.

We are too involved in materialistic things, and they don't satisfy us. The loving relationships we have, the universe around us, we take these things for granted.