Quotes About Gratitude

Gratitude is best and most effective when it does not evaporate itself in empty phrases.

The thanks of a weak one are but of little value, he muttered, but you have them, for truly, in this past week, little but scraps have come my way- and for all my body is small, yet is my appetite unseemly great.

I received the fundamentals of my education in school, but that was not enough. My real education, the superstructure, the details, the true architecture, I got out of the public library. For an impoverished child whose family could not afford to buy books, the library was the open door to wonder and achievement, and I can never be sufficiently grateful that I had the wit to charge through that door and make the most of it.

You see, Elijah, when you live several centuries, you have plenty of time to lose thousands of things. Be th-thankful for short life, Elijah.

Es un error —comenzó— suponer que la opinión pública quiere que se proteja el medioambiente o que les salven la vida y que, por tanto, se mostrarían muy agradecidos ante cualquier idealista que luche por conseguir esos objetivos. Lo que el público quiere es bienestar individual.

For a full day he had checked and rechecked equations and relationships in a rattling uncertainty, mixed with growing excitement and a bitter gratitude that he had been taught at least elementary psychomathematics.

La gratitud es mejor y más eficaz cuando no se evapora en frases vacías.

At the most difficult moments of my life, when it seemed that every door was closed to me, the taste of those apricots comes back to comfort me with the notion that abundance is always within reach, if only one knows how to find it.

But I don't want more things than I need, either.

What can we do with this happiness that appears for no obvious reason, the joy that needs no cause to exist?

Because I have time to spare, and for the first time in my life nobody expects anything of me. I don't have to prove anything, I'm not rushing everywhere; each day is a gift I enjoy to the fullest.

Qué hacer con esta felicidad que nos llega sin motivo especial, esta felicidad que no requiere nada para existir?

Se reunían un par de veces al año en cualquier punto del mapa para vivir unos días de ilusión y regresar luego con el cuerpo agradecido y el alma alborozada.

I was terrified of being dependent too, Alma," Dr. Catherine Hope told her one day. "But I've realized it's not such a big deal. You get used to it, and are grateful for the assistance. I can't dress or take a shower on my own, I have problems brushing my teeth and cutting the chicken on my plate, but I've never been more contented than I am now.

Because I have time to spare, and for the first time in my life nobody expects anything of me. I don't have to prove anything. I'm not rushing anywhere; each day is a gift I enjoy to the fullest.

Aunque estuviera en mala situación, desde ese día en adelante iba a gastar en las pequeñas comodidades que lo hacían sentirse rico

Con Ichimei descubrió las múltiples sutilezas del amor y del placer, desde la pasión desenfrenada y urgente, hasta esos momentos sagrados en que la emoción los elevaba y se quedaban inmóviles, tendidos frente a frente en la cama, mirándose a los ojos largamente, agradecidos de su suerte, humildes por haber tocado lo más hondo de sus almas, purificados por haberse desprendido de todo artificio y yacer juntos totalmente

Para ellos la Santa Tierra provee, la gente toma lo necesario y agradece, no toma más y no acumula; el trabajo es incomprensible, puesto que no hay futuro.

Los médicos vencidos se habían retirado y las enfermeras se preparaban para desconectar los tubos y cubrirte con una sábana, cuando una de las pantallas mágicas dio un suspiro y la caprichosa línea verde empezó a ondular señalando tu retorno a la vida. ¡Paula! te llamamos mi madre y yo en una sola voz y las enfermeras repitieron el grito y la sala se llenó con tu nombre.

And I've gained spirituality. I'm aware that before, death was is the neighborhood. Now, it's next door, or in my house. I try to live mindfully and be present in the moment.

que aceptara a los niños como se aceptan los árboles, con gratitud, porque son una bendición, pero sin expectativas o deseos; no se espera que los árboles sean diferentes, se los ama tal cual son.

I am grateful to that unhappy childhood because it provided ample material for my writing. I don't know how novelists with happy childhoods in normal homes manage

Cada minuto es precioso y no podemos perderlo en malentendidos, impaciencia, celos, mezquindades y tantas otras tonterías que ensucian las relaciones.

I tried to show my affection and gratitude with small attentions, but he would not allow it; he was not used to receiving affection, although it was his nature to squander it on others.