Quotes About Gratitude

Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos — the trees, the clouds, everything.

Words that provoked the gods once from him fell. No beasts so fierce, said he, but I can quell; When lo! the earth a baleful Scorpion sent, To kill Latona was the dire intent. Orion saved her, though himself was slain, But did for that a spacious place obtain In heaven. To thee my life, said she, was dear, And for thy merit shine illustrious there.

May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day.

The sun is the epitome of benevolence — it is lifegiving and warmthgiving and happinessgiving, and to it we owe our thanksgiving.

How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.

Twice as much to love, Two blessings from above.

Not double trouble, but twice blessed.

A great deal has been written and said and sung in praise of green trees. And yet there are comparatively few green trees that are good to eat. Asparagus is probably the best of them, though celery is by no means to be despised.

Divine Providence has spread her table everywhere, not with a juiceless green carpet, but with succulent herbage and nourishing grass, upon which most beasts feed.

Being without food, fearful for one's life, the bombings — all made me so appreciative of safety, of liberty.

May all your weeds be wildflowers.

I am grateful for the silence of winter mornings, for the beauty and wonder of the glint of sunlight in frost melting to dew, for the early-riser's peaceful solitude that sets a mood of thankfulness, hope, and calm for the dawning day.

This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four.

Gratitude is the best attitude.

I don't think then of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.

Now that... my kids are grown, I understand how much work and love it takes to raise and to keep a family together. The example of your strength, devotion, and patience is now rippling through the generations. Thank you!

On Mother's Day I have written a poem for you. In the interest of poetic economy and truth, I have succeeded in concentrating my deepest feelings and beliefs into two perfectly crafted lines: You're my mother, I would have no other!

But in every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.

With innovation and technology, seems we have forgotten to cherish the true beauty the world has to offer.

A very strange and solemn feeling came over me as I stood there, with no sound but the rustle of the pines, no one near me, and the sun so glorious, as for me alone. It seemed as if I felt God as I never did before, and I prayed in my heart that I might keep that happy sense of nearness all my life.

Enjoy simple things with total intensity. Just a cup of tea can be a deep meditation.

The grass may be greener on the other side of the fence, but you still have to mow it.

When a doctor has pulled you through why you always got a warm place in your heart for him.

Essential advice for the gardener: grow peas of mind, lettuce be thankful, squash selfishness, turnip to help thy neighbor, and always make thyme for loved ones.