Quotes About Gratitude

Magnus had been alive hundreds of years himself, and yet the simplest things could turn a day into a jewel, and a succession of days into a glittering chain that went on and on. Here was the simplest thing: a pretty girl liked him, and the day shone.

There. She had thanked Sebastian. She waited for a bolt of lightning to shoot out of the clouds and striker her dead. But nothing happened.

Oh, the universe had outdone herself. The universe would be send flowers.

Jem said, "we want you to stay, and to know that the choice is entirely yours, and we wanted to show you something. We want you to know there is nothing in this house more precious to us than you.

Anytime you feel love for anything, be it stone, tree, lover, or child, you are touched by the Goddess's magick...

I felt an overwhelming gratitude in my life right now and wanted a chance to acknowledge it. I felt that any thanks given to any god all went to the same place, anyway, no matter what religion you were centered in.

Don't say I never gave you anything," he said. " I gave you the stars. Good night, little sister.

Loretta swallowed. "Hunter?" His indigo gaze met hers. "Thank you. For--defending me." Almost imperfectibly, he inclined his head. "Sleep, Blue Eyes. It is well.

Looking skyward, he searched for Loretta's Great One, the Almighty Father to whom she gave thanks for her food. At first he had been disgruntled by her prayers. Her God didn't bring her the food; her husband did.

What if everything that has occurred in your life could be defined as having been absolutely perfect?

You can't think about how much you have left to do because that's just one thought, one sad thought, that'll make you bummed out all day long. Instead you've got to think about how much you've already done.

According to Montagne legend, the mountain has forever been the abode of giants. Long ago a traveling pair of sorcerers, husband and wife, scaled the cliff into the valley, and the woman cured the giants' chilblains with ointments and the gift of fire. In gratitude, the giants built Chateau de Montagne out of the living rock of Ancienne, and from that castle the couple founded the kingdom of Montagne, using their magic to shield the country and its people from harm.

I swear, every person I know gets far more satisfaction from doing good deeds than receiving them. Maybe that's the whole point in the end, all of us putting up with good deeds, tolerating them as best we can, counting the minutes until we have the opportunity to reciprocate.

One was the rule of human nature: You get what you give. That phrase galvanized her. She'd had no idea that she had the right to give her mother only what she received from her—which was precious little.

The Lord loveth a cheerful giver. He also accepteth from a grouch.

Thank you to Martin Scorsese - I hope my son will marry your daughter.

We are all unworthy of a good woman's love," I answered. "But, thank Heaven, the good women don't seem to realise it.

My father always told us that if we will let God, He can use even our disappointments, even our annoyances to bring us a blessing. There's a practical way to start the process too: by thanking Him for whatever happens, no matter how disagreeable it seems.

Every year, ever since the girls were born, I have blown out the candles on my birthday cake and wished for just this. Everything I have already. No loss. I can't spare anybody is what I always think. But, then, people must be spared. That is the whole premise of this life, of this time we have with each other.

I am so glad and grateful, I am. But sometimes the orchestra plays something in swelling chords of luck and joy, and all I can hear is that one violin sawing out a thin melody of grief

The word "receive" means "to accept.

I am receiving. I am receiving now. I am receiving all the wealth that the universe has,for me now.

abundance and happiness,

I, too, am in contact with the source of that good. The divine equivalent of that good is now on its way to me, and I gratefully accept it. My own similar, God-appointed blessings now appear. They are satisfying and appropriate and for this I give thanks.