Quotes About Gratitude

Why remember? Because remembering honors. Remembering heals. Remembering forgives. Remembering creates appreciation and gratitude — two of the most wondrous salves for your sorrows.

You cannot always have what you want. Sometimes you get what you need.

We are only blessed with what God gives us.

La capacità di apprezzare le cose ha il potere di trasformare la banalità in qualcosa di bello.

Contentment is a state of the heart, not a state of affairs.

The man who has forgotten to be thankful has fallen asleep in life. Robert Louis Stevenson

We grow up when we see our life and our role from God's perspective; when we thank God for the role He has assigned us and begin to see our cup as a gift instead of a cross; when each morning we ask, "God, how can I glorify You today in my given role?

Happiness is getting what we want; contentment is wanting what we get.

The evening of a well-spent life brings its lamps with it.

The best way to develop a grateful heart is to learn how to walk in step with God.

Oftentimes, God keeps his ways a secret, but when we have a grateful heart, God may open our eyes so we can see the joy we might have otherwise missed.

Do what you naturally gravitate toward based on your mood, and not only will exercise not suck anymore, it will become a valuable part of your D-I-A life.

Who looks back with pride at the end of the year (or at the end of their lives) on how much TV they watched, or how many Facebook posts they commented on? Most likely, every moment in your life you remember with fondness and pride took effort…and effort often means stress.

Sometimes I forget how critical God is to every single day of my life.

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Already what I remember most is the happiness of seeing you. Having tea. Falling asleep. Waking up with you there awake in the kitchen. It was like being alive twice. I'll try to tell you better when I am stronger.

But once you accept the fact that you have always been alone, and will always be, then your perspective can begin to change. You can become aware of the small kindnesses, the little comforts. Be grateful for them.

Perhaps we believe that anything is better than that which we all fear the most. Loneliness. Abandonment. But once you accept that fact that you have always been alone, and will always be, then your perspective can being to change. You can become aware of the small kindnesses, the little comforts. Be grateful for them. And with time you will understand that there is nothing to fear. And much to be grateful for.

Sometimes we are given exactly what we need. The precise people that you need the most come stumbling into your life. Sometimes you don't notice, and this is very sad. Sometimes you lose them again. This is sad too, but not as sad. Because what you have once had together you have forever.

And she found her voice. "Thank you," she said, and looked up at him bravely. "Thank you for bringing the water.

I don't feel like playing anymore—all because of that stupid announcement. "Express your gratitude," they'd said. What they take: our rice, our language, our names. What they give: little rubber balls. I can't feel grateful about such a bad deal.

These three little kittens opened their eyes when they grew old enough, and thought there was nothing so nice in all this wonderful world as their own dear mother, although she told them of a great many nice things, like milk and bread, which they should have when they could go up to the big house where she had her breakfast, dinner, and supper.

There's always a mystery there as to why one person is more fortunate than another. All one can do is say I have been given a gift. A new gift of life. And all I can do is use that gift in the best way possible. Not selfishly for myself but for the sake of other people. And . . . I will do it not only because I've gotten that life, but for the sake of those who didn't get that life as well.

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