Quotes About Gratitude

The habit of speaking apologetically of one's self as "being old" merely because one has reached the age of forty, or fifty, instead of reversing the rule and expressing gratitude for having reached the age of wisdom and understanding.

Find at least one person each day, and more if possible, in whom you see some good quality that is worthy of praise, and praise it. Remember, however, that this praise must not be in the nature of cheap, insincere flattery; it must be genuine. Speak your words of praise with such earnestness that they will impress those to whom you speak. Then watch what happens. You will have rendered those whom you praise a decided benefit of great value to them

Instead of complaining about what you don't like about your job, start commending what you do like and see how quickly it improves.

não é necessário mais esforço para querer muito da vida, buscar abundância e prosperidade do que para aceitar infelicidade e pobreza. Um grande poeta afirmou corretamente essa verdade universal em seus versos:

Without money, one must take what one is offered, and be glad to get it.

WHEN RICHES BEGIN TO COME THEY COME SO QUICKLY, IN SUCH GREAT ABUNDANCE, THAT ONE WONDERS WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN HIDING DURING ALL THOSE LEAN YEARS.

Imagine a speck of dust next to a planet a billion times the size of the earth. The speck of dust represents the odds in favor of your being born; the huge planet would be the odds against it. So stop sweating the small stuff. Don't be like the ingrate who got a castle as a present and worried about the mildew in the bathroom. Stop looking the gift horse in the mouth—remember that you are a Black Swan.

My dream—the solution—is that we would have a National Entrepreneur Day, with the following message: Most of you will fail, disrespected, impoverished, but we are grateful for the risks you are taking and the sacrifices you are making for the sake of the economic growth of the planet and pulling others out of poverty. You are at the source of our antifragility. Our nation thanks you.

We flipped a coin to see who was going to pay for the meal. I lost and paid. He was about to thank me when he abruptly stopped and said that he paid for half of it probabilistically.

It is quite perplexing that those from whom we have benefited the most aren't those who have tried to help us (say with "advice") but rather those who have actively tried—but eventually failed—to harm us.

we are grateful for the risks you are taking and the sacrifices you are making for the sake of the economic growth of the planet and pulling others out of poverty.

Mother Nature destined us to derive enjoyment from a steady flow of pleasant small, but frequent, rewards.

all we need is the ability to accept that what we have on our hands is better than what we had before

enjoy our blessings, and try to preserve, by becoming more conservative

enjoy our blessings, and try to preserve, by becoming more conservative, what we got by luck.

Had it not been for the discovery of antibiotics, only a few decades earlier, I would not be here today.

true wealth consists in worriless sleeping, clear conscience, reciprocal gratitude, absence of envy, good appetite, muscle strength, physical energy, frequent laughs, no meals alone, no gym class, some physical labor (or hobby), good bowel movements, no meeting rooms, and periodic surprises, then it is largely subtractive (elimination of iatrogenics).

They were financially free, and secure, not because of their means but because of their lack of wants.

I was pleasantly surprised by what turned out to be the best lunch I ever had in my entire life.

Si ella una noche no la encendía y se quedaba leyendo un libro en la butaca, él decía: «¿Cómo es que no enciendes la televisión? ¡Enciéndela! Si no, no sirve para nada tenerla. ¡Gino te la ha regalado y tú no la ves! ¡Le has hecho tirar el dinero! ¡Ahora por lo menos vela!».

You have made my life better by just simply existing.

It's a funny thing, friendship. One minute a person is driving you crazy, making you want to shake them, and the next minute you realize what a crappy place the world would be without them in it.

The books are all in order now. It'll be easy for the children to find any book they want. It was a difficult job. But you did it. Thank you.

Every day, it's important to ask and answer these questions: "What's good in my life?" and "What needs to be done?