Quotes About Gratitude

The one thing that makes me feel super lucky about my financial success is that I have a housekeeper.

She was learning to love moments. To love moments for themselves.

I love being. There's so much wisdom in it. You wake up in the morning and you think, Hey, isn't it great just being?

When I pass a flowering zucchini plant in a garden, my heart skips a beat.

We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.

We're constantly striving for success, fame and comfort when all we really need to be happy is someone or some thing to be enthusiastic about.

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.

Commit yourself to constant improvement. Commit yourself to quality. Be persistent, persistent, persistent...and have a grateful heart!

When complimented, a sincere "thank you" is the only response required.

I've learned to keep looking ahead. There are still so many good books to read, sunsets to see, friends to visit, and old dogs to take walks with.

Remember that a minute of anger denies you sixty seconds of happiness. 1248

Don't pray only for things; pray also for wisdom and courage. And never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.

Every once in a while life hands you a moment so precious, so overwhelming you almost glow.

Never refuse homemade brownies.

Count your blessings. Don't confuse mere inconveniences with real problems.

Pay as much attention to the things that are working positively in your life as you do to those that are giving you trouble.

Never forget the nine most important words of any family- I love you. You are beautiful. Please forgive me.

Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

And I could find other excuses to get out and sit on the crisp grass and look out over the airy roof of Yorkshire. It was like taking time out of life. Time to get things into perspective and assess my progress.

I only half realised at the time how lucky I was. I had a demanding, round-the-clock job, and yet I had the company of my children at the same time. So many men work so hard to keep the home going that they lose touch with the families who are at the heart of it, but it never happened to me. Both Jimmy and Rosie, until they went to school, spent most of their time with me round the farms.

And for me it was a wonderful time and I marvelled at my luck. So many men with high-pressure jobs see very little of their families but I had it both ways with my little son and daughter so often at my side as I worked.

a realisation of my blessings began to return when I slid into bed and Helen, instead of shrinking away from me as it would have been natural to do, deliberately draped her feet and legs over the human ice block that was her husband. The bliss was unbelievable. It was worth getting out just to come back to this.

Real happiness is homemade.