Quotes About Gratitude

I need nothing I have everything I need I lie upon the coffin a doughnut in my hand

People don't resent having nothing nearly as much as too little.

HAD I NOT SPENT SO MUCH TIME DOING SOMETHING THAT MADE ME SO MISERABLE, I WOULD HAVE NEVER LEARNED HOW TO APPRECIATE DOING WHAT BRINGS ME JOY.  

There is a healing power to releasing what was that allows you to receive what is and will always be—more than enough.

Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live . . . And

The key is to be grateful for the scenarios we choose and those in which we find ourselves. The issue is to forgive ourselves for the judgments we have made about the work we do, the people we work with, and the value of what we bring to the work we do.

We try so hard to be happy that we end up missing the most important parts of our lives and destroying the very peace that we were seeking

True happiness is not a product of the physical environment. It does not come from who the people around you are and what they do. It does not come from what you own. It does not come from the accolades you win or the events that happen around you. True happiness is innate and a creation of your mind. It is mental peace that can be achieved anytime, anywhere even when you do not have every thing you want.

Oh thank you, Jesus. It's Roarke. He tapped a finger on Eve's head. You really shouldn't forget your own husband's name.

Eve (to Roarke): Whatever happened to me back in Dallas, I came out of it. I'm standing here because of it. Maybe I have everything that matters to me, including you, because of it. If that's true, I'd go through it all again. I'd go through every minute of the hell to have you, to have my badge, to have this life.

He shook his head and eyed Roarke. You don't look like a cop. I'm not and thank you for noticing.

I changed your life." She looked down at the peach they shared. "You changed min. I'm glad of it." And back into his eyes. "Every day. I'm glad of it. I'd like a pond, and maybe something to sit on so we could watch the creepy, interesting fish." "That would suit me very well." She linked her arms around his neck, laid her cheek on his. Love finds a way, she thought.

He's a fine young man, and one who loves you without restrictions. Finding a mate, a true one, is a rare and precious thing." And the heart of the heart, she thought. Yes, he'd found that, too. "I don't even know how it happened, but even when he pisses me off, I'm grateful every day it did." "The best possible description for a good marriage.

You changed my life, she said again. At least part of it. I'm beginning to see it's the best part of it. I want you to know that. I want you to remember that when we get back and things settle into routine, if I forget to let you know what I feel or what I think or how much you mean to me. Touched, he pressed his curved lips to her brow. I won't let you forget. Come to bed. You're tired.

And that, she thought as he left her, summed up the miracle of her life. She had a home with him, and he'd be there.

People seemed to have this unstoppable need to give and receive stuff they could easily afford to go out and get for themselves anyway.

Whatever came before, whatever comes after, I know what love is because of you." He took her free hand. "Whatever came before, whatever comes after, it's you who've shown me love changes everything. Lifts everything. Gives everything.

I couldn't find my balance until I stood out there in the mist of the morning and saw you. Simple as that for me, it seems. There she is, so my life's where it should be, whatever's going on around it.

When you don't know what you can have, you do okay with what you've got.

It's funny how a near death experience makes you realize not making time is wasting time.

It's like she just can't be happy. I don't get that when there's so much to be happy about. Look what we get to do for a living. Yeah, sometimes it's hard, but mostly it's just fun. And they pay us a lot of money. Everything's easier, it's better when you let yourself be happy. It's like she can't.

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child. —WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Speaking the words he had been taught, directing them no longer upward but to the earth on which he knelt, he prayed: 'For what we are about to receive make us truly thankful.' ... he... felt his heart suddenly flow over with thankfulness... like a gush of warm water... All that remains is to live here quietly for the rest of my life, eating food that my own labour has made the earth to yield. All that remains is to be a tender of the soil.

En cuanto a él, Simón, está aprendiendo. Primero hizo su aprendizaje con un niño; ahora lo hace con un perro. Una vida de aprendizaje. Debería estar agradecido.