Quotes About Gratitude

I got a lovely check today from being a writer that I earned by sitting at home. That's rewarding.

A poem is not an expression, nor it is an object. Yet it somewhat partakes of both. What a poem is Is never to be known, for which I have learned to be grateful.

I love my mother Ali so much. I'm a momma's boy. I just have a very cool mom. It's not as though I had any say in the matter. I'm just really fortunate. She's the most kind, loving, giving woman.

The life of less, one bent on simplicity, and not needing or wanting anything other than what God has deemed good for you turns out to be all you could ever need or want.

I tend to make my joy a private experience and hoard all the fruit for myself, forgetting that the tree doesn't eat its own fruit but presents it to others.

If of thy mortal goods thou art bereft, And from thy slender store two loaves alone to thee are left, Sell one, and with the dole Buy hyacinths to feed thy soul. Attributed to the Gulistan of Moslih Eddin Saadi

A person however learned and qualified in his life's work in whom gratitude is absent, is devoid of that beauty of character which makes personality fragrant.

Sir,' she called out. 'Lord Bradford.' He turned. His eyes lit up, seeing Azalea. 'Thank you,' said Azalea. Lord Bradford bowed deeply, removing his hat, which re-rumpled his hair. When he straightened, he was smiling, as crooked as his cravat, and Azalea couldn't help but smile back.

When we sit down to eat a meal together, especially when we are breaking bread that we have ourselves made, we gain far more than calories.

no one deserved the finest the American public could give more than the men and women who served in the military.

Many of us learn to construct a clear and precise vision of what we want, but we're never taught how to enjoy what we actually have. There will always be more victories to strive for, more strangers to charm, more images to collect and pin to our vision boards. It's hard to want what we have; it's far easier to want everything in the world.

And maybe when he died, he didn't think, "Is this all I get?" the way we, the narrow-minded living, might imagine, in the face of such a premature death. Maybe he thought, "I lived a rich life. I embraced what I was given, and it was incredible.

Many of us learn to construct a clear and precise vision of what we want, but we're never taught how to enjoy what we actually have.

It's hard to want what we have; it's far easier to want everything in the world.

Here's the thing: being nice is worthless if you're just going to feel resentful about it in the end.

Come here, Cal," she says real gentle, and I come close. Read me something." I open up the book I'm holding, a new one brought this very day. Just chicken scratch, I used to figure, but now I see what's truly there, and I read a little out. That's gift enough," she says, and smiles so big, it makes me smile right back.

There is something about burying a friend that makes you want to declare what is most important to you in life, and if you're fortunate, that is true love.

Even after all this time, the sun never says, 'You owe me.' Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole world.

Friends are one of life's richest blessings.

Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart. —Winnie-the-Pooh

It's important to tell the people you love how much you love them while they can hear you. —Meredith Grey

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. —Unknown

You will remember it as having been a moment of intense and complete joy. Look to that moment. You will know when you are seeing world as Spirit, because you will recognize that feeling of joy.

I had no idea so much happiness could be experienced by simply sitting in a chair.