Quotes About Gratitude

Be specific about your needs, life has more than enough to offer and we don't need all to be alright.

Ah? A small aversion to menial labor?" The doctor cocked an eyebrow. "Understandable, but misplaced. One should treasure those hum-drum tasks that keep the body occupied but leave the mind and heart unfettered.

Black Friday: because only in America people trample each other for sales exactly one day after being thankful for what they already have.

And so it has taken me all of sixty years to understand that water is the finest drink, and bread the most delicious food. and that art is worthless unless it plants a measure of splendor in people's hearts.

To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.

Cecilia Kapua Lindo sums up this sentiment in "Grateful to All Beings": From time to time I too am misled by the myth That exalts the independent, self-made man. Upon hearing the voice of the Enlightened One, Any air of self-importance Is deflated, like an empty balloon. And I become aware that my existence depends Upon the many lives that are slain for me Each time I sit down to eat my meal.

We return to you, O earth, the things which you have given us willingly and most graciously; with our hearts, hands and minds, in the best way we know how.

You saved my life. You must let me thank you with a gift." "I could just as well say you saved mine. Neither of us would have survived without the other." "Then you owe me a gift as well. I will give you Apple Valley. What will you give me?

All a good letter has to do is make you feel special.

Life is too short to be in a hurry." If we are always on the go, we are reacting to the exigencies of day-to-day life rather than allowing ourselves the space to create a happy life.

those who kept a daily gratitude journal—writing down at least five things for which they were grateful—enjoyed higher levels of emotional and physical well-being.

My lady, no matter how hard you strain to live free of sin, rare will be the day when you are not tempted to succumb even in some small way. You will yield, you will sin, but that does not mean you do not come before the Lord to give thanks for your blessings and seek His strength in righting unrepentant sins alongside those for which you are ready to repent.

We should not expect to have all the blessings of life and none of its trials. It would make this world too delightful a dwelling place, and I fear we would never care to leave it.

Funny how often something she'd been so certain she needed turned out not to be a need at all, but a want--when the real 'need' was something else entirely. Something that could only be gained by giving, not by getting.

And she found the weight of grief at missing him eased somewhat by dwelling on what a blessing he'd been and how much poorer her life would be if she'd never known him.

She couldn't help but wonder at the events of recent days, and at how—even in the face of such misfortune, there was so much good,

How easy it was to slip back into the comfort of one's own life, even into one's own worries and fears, and to unintentionally forget. Tears rose to her eyes. Her throat tightened. Oh, Lord. forgive me....Help me to be more grateful.

thanked God again for bringing him into her life,

He's so good to give us the bitter moments of life that, in his mercy, keep us dependent on him, that remind us that this earth is not a believer's home, that so much "better" awaits us in every way. And he gives us the sweet moments to encourage us in our sanctification journey, to give us a taste of the eternal, of his goodness. He gives us both because he knows what we need better than we know ourselves. And his timing is always perfect. And aren't we grateful?

Father, would you make us more grateful for what you've given us in this country, and for the sacrifices of those who've spilled their blood. Would you make our government strong and keep us rooted in the faith of our forefathers. Help us to see our lives through eternal eyes and to realize that this life--though priceless--is but a vapor. And finally we ask...make us more like Christ, Father. No matter the cost.

don't you ever be forgettin' that this gift you have is for the glory of the Giver, not for the one gifted.

Mother Teresa is widely quoted as saying, "There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.

I am not good at noticing when I'm happy, except in retrospect.

If someone rescues you, they own you. Not because you owe them—you can sort that, with enough good favors or bottles of booze dressed up in ribbons. They own you because you're not the lead in your story any more. You're the poor struggling loser/helpless damsel/plucky sidekick who was saved from danger/dishonor/humiliation by the brilliant brave compassionate hero/heroine, and they get to decide which, because you're not the one running this story, not any more.