Quotes About Gratitude

everywhere I looked, people were smiling, like convicts who had just staged a daring escape and couldn't quite believe they had gotten away with it.

Listen close and you can hear, "Please, bless us and forgive us, and make us good here and strong here. Let us get along here. Let those we love and left behind be blessed. Let us find the proper path and keep to it. Help us act harmoniously, and find work pleasing in the sight of god and man."

There is nothing wrong with being poor; but there is everything wrong with remaining poor after you have discovered your riches in Christ.

Would you try an experiment with me today? On a single sheet of paper, will you write words of thanks? As you become aware of your blessings today, write them down. Some blessings are large and some might seem small. God has given you 86,400 seconds today—use as many of them as possible to say thanks.

Establish rituals. Develop your own unique rituals. In my home, we collect all of the photos friends send to us as Christmas cards in a special prayer box, and every night we take out one photo and pray for that family.

In a world filled with greed and fear, good food connects us to the earth and our Creator.

Stephen Colbert: Here's the thing: You said to me and to many other people here years ago never to thank you, because we owe you nothing. Jon Stewart: [quietly] That's right. Stephen Colbert: It's one of the few times I've known you to be dead wrong… We owe you because we learned from you, by example, how to do a show with intention, with clarity. How to treat people with respect. You are infuriatingly good at your job, okay?

Love For the principle of love, you are going to take a different approach as your goal for this exercise is to develop a greater love for yourself. Most people are able to express love for others; however, many people have difficulty experiencing love for themselves. Ultimately, we cannot truly love others without first learning to love ourselves; it is critical that you be able to acknowledge your own self-worth.

Sorry for the disaster. And thanks for your patience!

Understand that being able to say, 'I don't know what to do with my life' is an incredible privilege that 99% of the rest of the world will never enjoy.

Nina," Walter said as she handed him one of the warm boxes. "You are my angel.

Als brauchte irgendeine Erscheinung der Natur unser Lob, unsre Aufmerksamkeit, ja, auch nur unsre Anwesenheit.

Plötzlich habe er denken können, sagt er, was er nie für möglich gehalten: daß er die Blume des Glücks überall pflücken solle, wo sie sich ihm biete.

The more grateful you are for everything good that comes into your life, the more closely you place your mind in contact with that power in life that can produce greater good.

Also zahle ich dem Taxifahrer seinen Fahrpreis und gebe ihm noch ein dickes Trinkgeld, damit er in Zukunft weiß, wer der Feind ist.

Schön eigentlich alles, was man mit Liebe betrachtet. (Sebenarnya segalanya itu indah, selama manusia melihatnya dengan cinta).

A good thought is indeed a great boon, for which God is to be first thanked; next he who is the first to utter it, and then, in a lesser, but still in a considerable degree, the friend who is the first to quote it to us. Whoever adopts and circulates a just thought, participates in the merit that originated it.

Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.

Every morning before you get out of bed, say the following: "I expand in abundance, success, and love every day as I inspire those around me to do the same.

My mom brought me up to believe that my talent is a gift and a blessing.

It's been quite a roller coaster ride, but I've grown and learned a lot about myself. The greatest thing is being able to interact with fans and touch people's lives... for that I give thanks.

You got to learn to take what people are willing to give.

Each moment of loss, she has come to believe, contains within it the possibility of a new life. When the unimaginable happens, and your life changes irrevocably, you may find along with the pain a kind of grace. And in the place of certainty and fear—the fear of losing what you had—you are left with something startling: a depth of empathy, a quivering sensitivity to the world around you, and the unexpected blessing of gratitude for what remains.

She should be grateful. Without Vivian she'd be sliding down a dark path toward nowhere good . But it kind of feels nice to nurture her resentment, to foster it. It's something she can savor and control, this feeling of having been wronged by the world. That she has fulfilled her role as a thieving member of the underclass, now indentured to this genteel midwestern white lady, is too perfect for words.