Quotes About Gratitude

Happiness lies in the consciousness we have of it.

We are all happy, if we only knew it.

Happiness is a Swedish sunset; it is there for all, but most of us look the other way and lose it.

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, And in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.

That man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of a life.

Most folk are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

In the rush of daily living it's easy to forget all the remarkable people, real or fictional, who have been a part of your life. But if you just imagine they are near for a moment, you will realize that anyone who ever touched your heart is always with you, patiently waiting to emanate warmth and support whenever you remember to think of them.

I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

A day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Much misconstruction and bitterness are spared to him who thinks naturally upon what he owes to others, rather than on what he ought to expect from them.

The service we render others is the rent we pay for our room on earth.

Sharing what you have is more important than what you have.

The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

God loveth a cheerful giver.

He is rich who hath enough to be charitable.

Isn't it better to have men be ungrateful, than to miss a chance to do good?

Better to expose ourselves to ingratitude than fail in assisting the unfortunate.

Giving presents is a talent; to know what a person wants, to know when and how to get it, to give it lovingly and well.

An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness.

Giving opens the way for receiving.

To complain that life has no joys while there is a single creature whom we can relieve by our bounty, assist by our counsels or enliven by our presence, is to lament the loss of that which we possess, and is just as rational as to die of thirst with the cup in our hands.

The fragrance of what you give away stays with you.