Quotes About Gratitude

Try to want what you have, instead of spending your strength trying to get what you want." —ABRAHAM L. FEINBERG

If you spend time taking care of yourself instead of him, you're more likely to be receptive, grateful, and happy.

I am reminded once again that the best things about America are the little things, the little freedoms that Americans don't think twice about.

May you love your life and seize it with both hands.

All of live is a celebration if you just find the right spot in the sun to take it all in

Todos merecemos un final feliz.

Gracias por seguir existiendo." Victoria

Alguien que olvida su pasado con tanta facilidad no puede comprender el valor que tiene el mío para mí.

Vivir la vida —dijo—, eso no tiene precio. Quien no haya pasado nunca frío no apreciará el valor de una hoguera. Quien nunca haya llorado no disfrutará de los momentos de risas. Quien no haya pasado hambre no valorará un plato de estofado caliente. Quien no conozca la muerte no sentirá amor por la vida. Esto es lo que Maga me enseñó.

Ya se lo he dicho, por supuesto; pero quería agradecértelo de algún modo y, por otro lado, me parece que, si no tiene algo que limpiar, no sabe qué hacer con su tiempo. La han educado así.

He was tough as hell, and he'd always reminded me of my dad. Then one day, he was just gone, no warning. And I realized you can't take people for granted. Life's too short." She

Louie, looking as battered as his plane, walked to Super Man. He leaned his head into one of the cannon holes and saw the severed right rudder cables, still spliced together as he had left them. He ran his fingers along the tears in Super Man's skin. The plane had saved him and all but one of his crew. He would think of it as a dear friend.

Am I ever happy," he wrote to Louie. "I have to go around with my shirt open so that I have enough room for my chest." Louie

Everyone thinks we found this broken down horse and fixed him. But he fixed us. Every one of us.

As the train pushed off for Yokohama, the POWs' last sight of Naoetsu was a broken line of Japanese, the few civilian guards and camp staffers who had been kind to them, standing along the side of the track. Their hands were raised in salute.

This, this little home," he said, "was worth all of it.

When he thought of his history, what resonated with him now was not all that he had suffered but the divine love that he believed had intervened to save him.

I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.

As the years pass, I am coming more and more to understand that it is the common, everyday blessings of our common everyday lives for which we should be particularly grateful. They are the things that fill our lives with comfort and our hearts with gladness -- just the pure air to breathe and the strength to breath it; just warmth and shelter and home folks; just plain food that gives us strength; the bright sunshine on a cold day; and a cool breeze when the day is warm.

As you read my stories of long ago I hope you will remember that things truly worthwhile and that will give you happiness are the same now as they were then. It is not the things you have that make you happy. It is love and kindness and helping each other and just plain being good.

The true way to live is to enjoy every moment as it passes, and surely it is in the everyday things around us that the beauty of life lies.

She thought to herself, "This is now." She was glad that the cozy house, and Pa and Ma and the firelight and the music, were now. They could not be forgotten, she thought, because now is now. It can never be a long time ago.

This earthly life is a battle,' said Ma. 'If it isn't one thing to contend with, it's another. It always has been so, and it always will be. The sooner you make up your mind to that, the better off you are, and more thankful for your pleasures.

Allow your heart to overflow with gratitude, and so, fill the world with Love.