Quotes About Gratitude

If you have a friend worth loving, Love him. Yes, and let him know That you love him, ere life's evening Tinge his brow with sunset glow. Why should good words ne'er be said Of a friend till he is dead?

And we find at the end of a perfect day, The soul of a friend we've made.

It is not the services we render them, but the services they render us, that attaches people to us.

It should be part of our private ritual to devote a quarter of an hour every day to the enumeration of the good qualities of our friends. When we are not active we fall back idly upon defects, even of those whom we most love.

Years and years of happiness only make us realize how lucky we are to have friends that have shared and made that happiness a reality.

It is great to have friends when one is young, but indeed it is still more so when you are getting old. When we are young, friends are, like everything else, a matter of course. In the old days we know what it means to have them.

Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.

I have learned to have very modest goals for society and myself, things like clean air, green grass, children with bright eyes, not being pushed around, useful work that suits one's abilities, plain tasty food, and occasional satisfying nookie.

This is true joy of life-the being used for a purpose that is recognized by yourself as a right one, instead of being a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

He who demands little gets it.

God gives the milk but not the pail.

Fo those leaning on the sustaining infinite, today is big with blessings.

For the rest of my life I'm going to trust that God is always at work in all things, and give Him thanks long before my simplest prayers are answered.

My debt to you, Beloved, Is one I cannot pay In any coin of any realm On any reckoning day.

The good should be grateful to the bad - for providing the world with a basis for comparison.

All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious.

He who receives a good turn should never forget it; he who does one should never remember it.

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants, and how much more unhappy he might be than he really is.

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.

If thou wouldst be happy ... have an indifference for more than what is sufficient.

You will live wisely if you are happy in your lot.

We always have enough to be happy if we are enjoying what we do have- and not worrying about what we don't have.

There is more to life than just existing and having a pleasant time.

Do not worry; eat three square meals a day; say your prayers; be courteous to your creditors; keep your digestion good; exercise; go slow and easy. Maybe there are other things your special case requires to make you happy; but, my friend, these I reckon will give you a good lift.