Quotes About Gratitude

way." You will battle with discontent until you let Christ be all that you need.

all her mother's pains and benefits . . .'" She faltered, and I continued the Shakespeare for her. "'To laughter and contempt, that she may feel / How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child.

one client who went out of their way to regularly thank the team when they said 'no'—as this client had suffered the effects of wishful thinking all too often.

Thank you for nothing, you stupid reptile.

I'm actually tougher on myself as I get older. It's a vicious cycle. The things that are important in life are the things that you can't buy in life: love, health and happiness. I say that, and I believe that, and I try to live that.

Happiness comes in small peaces. Stop looking for it, before you'll get lost. Don't expect too much, or you'll make room for disappointment. Take life as it is and you'll enjoy it!

We are always getting to live, as Ralph Waldo Emerson used to say, but never living. Or as poor Frances learned in the children's story, it is always bread and jam tomorrow, never brad and jam today.

The task is to learn how to enjoy everyday life without diminishing other people's chances to enjoy theirs.

Instead of asking WHY you had to do it, how about just thanking Him for safely bringing you THROUGH it.

Make your fellow men know by your actions in the days when you can reach them and help them, you appreciate their real worth. It will solve every problem of living.

it struck me as so hard to believe I was really getting what I wanted; it was always easier to feel the lack of something than the thing itself.

And an unstable childhood makes you appreciate calmness and not crave excitement. To spend a Saturday afternoon mopping your kitchen floor while listening to opera on the radio, and to go that night to an Indian restaurant with a friend and be home by nine o'clock - these are enough. They are gifts.

He smiled at her. "You make me happy." As few things in this world ever had.

When no gratitude came, he sighed. "I pretty much bent the laws of nature for you, lady. So…yeah, you're welcome." "I'm having a nightmare." There. That made sense. Julian wasn't a monster. He hadn't grown claws. She hadn't been shot. Creepy Luke wasn't there. This was all— "You are the nightmare now, sweetheart." Luke gave her a chilling smile. "And again, you're welcome.

Returning the phone, she said, "You're an artist." The whole train seemed to shimmer. The stars shone brighter out the window. Ray knew Grampa and his art teacher believed in him, but nobody had ever said, "You're an artist." Just like that. Let alone someone his own age. Maybe Mel wasn't easy to get to know, but she sure did have a kind heart.

We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.

We take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.

In November, people are good to each other. They carry pies to each other's homes and talk by crackling woodstoves, sipping mellow cider. They travel very far on a special November day just to share a meal with one another and to give thanks for their many blessings - for the food on their tables and the babies in their arms.

It's the small miracles that happen every day that keep us going. You just have to look for them and believe. ...said by Papa James in Homespun Hearts

alla fin fine, bisogna saper apprezzare i vantaggi che si traggono dalle proprie origini.

At the entrance, my bare feet on the dirt floor, Here, gusts of heat; at my back, white clouds. I stare and stare. It seems I was called for this: To glorify things just because they are.

[I]t is the one season of the year when we can lay aside all gnawing worry, indulge in sentiment without censure, assume the carefree faith of childhood, and just plain "have fun." Whether they call it Yuletide, Noel, Weinachten, or Christmas, people around the earth thirst for its refreshment as the desert traveller for the oasis.

I love Frieda so much I don't like to talk about it. I never knew what love was before…. The world is wonderful and beautiful and good beyond one's wildest imagination. Never, never, never could one conceive what love is, beforehand, never. Life can be great—quite god-like. It can be so. God be thanked I have proved it.

No matter how bad things are, you can at least be happy that you woke up this morning.