Quotes About Gratitude

School did give me one of the greatest gifts of my life, though. I learned how to read, and for that I remain thankful. I would have died otherwise. As soon as I was able, I read, alone. Under the covers with a flashlight or in my corner of the attic—I sought solace in books. It was from books that I started to get an inkling of the kinds of assholes I was dealing with. I found allies too, in books, characters my age who were going through or had triumphed against the same bullshit.

This is God's universe; we just live in it. He doesn't owe us anything. We owe him everything. What did you make? Nothing. He made everything. For everything you have, you owe him.

Weirdly enough, the more we give away, the richer we become.

Each time you think something good, speak it. Never rob someone of the blessings of an unspoken treasure.

Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don't have

My friends don't think they're rich, because they know someone who's richer.

Better a little with God than a whole lot without Him. Better to have fewer houses, cars, appliances, clothes, toys, and bills than to have the whole world and lose your soul. Better something paid for that's used and enjoyed and shared and worn out than something nice and shiny and new that won't be paid for until 2019 and that you're too stressed to enjoy. Better a little with the fear of the Lord than more of what everyone else has. Better than normal, instead of normal is best.

I'm convinced normal people miss the majority of God's blessings because they're too busy to notice them.

Como un cristiano ateo que lucha, tengo mis preguntas y dudas sobre Dios, pero estoy agradecido de que como el hombre ciego que fue sanado, no me hace falta entenderlo todo para creer.

Suffocate the flames of envy with a blanket of gratitude.

Por qué es que los que tienen tan poquito a menudo parecen tener tanto? ¿Y por qué es que los que tienen tanto parecen tener tan poquito de lo que en realidad importa?

What do you do when you're in the valley? You remember what God has done. When he comforted you. When he guided you. When he answered your prayer exactly the way you wanted him to. And when he didn't do what you wanted, but sometime later you realized it was exactly what you needed. And you dare to believe that what he's done before, he will do again.

I realized that day that blessings come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes.

The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have.

It's critical to God that we think about how we live, how we spend the present time with which we're gifted each day.

On the other hand, when you do something for someone else, there's often a greater, deeper satisfaction.

You've never really know what it's like to trust God to provide for you today, because you've got today provided for. And probably tomorrow too. Maybe even into next winter, with all the food socked away in that extra freezer in the garage.

But I can please God

Normally, we're never satisfied.

God says happiness is contentment with what you already have, with what He provides you, with what you can share.

We can give away all that He entrusts to us in the same spirit of generosity.

When you give, you will be blessed. When you give, it will be given back to you.

Nuestra cultura nos ha condicionado para que creamos que aquellas cosas que no tenemos son las que nos harán felices… sin detenernos a pensar en que todas esas cosas hace cinco años ni siquiera existían.

Paul wrote these words: "I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through [Christ] who gives me strength" (Phil. 4:12–13).