Quotes About Gratitude

Nature befriends those who befriend her.

Sweet October, fill with praise, Rich and glowing as thy days, Every poet's heartfelt lays.

Of course I look at the glass half full. The only time I would look at it half empty is when I think about how good the first half tasted.

I am thankful for the mess to clean after a party because it means I have been surrounded by friends.

Good poetry, like music or a sweet touch, can doctor us up, be an antidote for an hour or longer, help us to get dressed for another day — combat the blues enough to mount the horse again; and maybe even aid one in laying down the insidious weight of some old grudge or deep-rooted anxiety. Herein enters Rumi.... draws us near to his — and our own — inner light.... From head to toe this guy is blazing. He is like a cyclone one wants to be drawn into...

Prayer is for the grateful and for the grateful-to-be.

When prayers go up, blessings come down.

Grow flowers of gratitude in the soil of prayer.

when it's a glorious day I pray and it's a glorious day when I pray

Prayer is a triumph, in whatever form.

Some days my prayer is a rainfall of tears, other days the sunshine of joy, and sometimes it's a sheltering umbrella — but no matter what I'm weathering in my life, my prayer is first and always the infinite horizon of gratitude.

Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy and complaining about the shadow over my feet, I'd have cherished every minute of it and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was to be my only chance in life to assist God in a miracle.

He loses his thanks who promises and delays.

In executing the duties of my present important station I can promise nothing but purity of intentions — and in carrying these into effect, fidelity and diligence; if these, under the guidance of a superintending Providence, shall continue to me the approbation and affection of my fellow-citizens of the Union, it will be the highest gratification and the most ample reward that my mind can form any conception of in this life.

Don't miss all the beautiful colors of the rainbow while looking for that pot of gold.

Traveler: "God has been mighty good to your fields, Mr. Farmer." Farmer: "You should have seen how he treated them when I wasn't around."

In retirement, every day is Boss Day and every day is Employee Appreciation Day.

Be thankful for the little things, that always come your way, For little things to wondrous size, perchance may grow some day. Don't cast aside red roses, just because of one sharp thorn, Remember it's the darkest night, that brings the brightest dawn.

A scar is a prayer of gratitude for that which remains.

Forecast for the Seasons spring — giddy and warm summer — happy and hot autumn — serene and chilly winter — blessed and freezing

Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect, you have enough; and when you have enough, you have self-respect.

Life is amazingly good when it's simple and amazingly simple when it's good.

The thing that goes the farthest toward making life worth while, That costs the least, and does the most, is just a pleasant smile.

A smile is as good as a prayer...