Quotes About Gratitude

There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.

How sweet and soothing is this hour of calm I thank thee, night for thou has chased away these horrid bodements which, amidst the throng, I could not dissipate and with the blessing of thy benign and quiet influence now will I to my couch, although to rest is almost wronging such a night as this.

Till taught by pain, Men really know not what good water's worth.

she gave thanks to the images of the stars for the joy she had had of the night, when the constellations shone in their myriad majesty, and moved like an army dresses in silver mail, marching from unknown victories to conquer in distant wars. She praised those bright reflections shimmering down in the pool.

Mom. Wife. Filmmaker. Dog lover. Happy. What else is there?

I had not expected the gentle, tentative surge of gratitude I began to feel...for St. Paul's School, the spring, and the early morning. I needed the morning light and the warbling birds. I needed to find a way to live in this place for a moment and get the good of it. I had tried to hold myself apart, and the aloneness proved more terrible than what I had tried to escape.

sense that life has dealt Dusty more challenges than most, and that she's found a way to overcome and give back.

And I couldn't help but think about the time during the operation when there was nothing in my check: when they removed my heart, and before they put the other hear tin. When I was connected to the heart and lunch machine. When I was technically dead.... But I wasn't dead now...

I'm grateful to God for His bountiful gifts... He gave me courage and faith in myself.

we won't borrow trouble—not when we have enough to see us through the day.

Here's to the moments when you realize the simple things are wonderful and enough.

I don't need liquor to color the world

An attitude of gratitude goes a long way when it comes to physical and emotional healing.

Don't be a whiner, she told herself. Concentrate on the good things in life, even if there don't seem to be too many of them left.

None of us knows how long any one of us has left. It could be fifty hours, could be fifty years. We're just glad we're here today. And we won't forget those who aren't.

Good girl lesson #2: When your BFF sends you a gorgeous guy, you call her and thank her. That's good manners. Good girl lesson #3: Stop scowling. You'll scare away the aforementioned gorgeous guy.

But you make of it [life] what you can, and you do your best to enjoy the hell out of it, because it's the only life you get.

You'll be great, Cole said, patting her shoulder. He took one last look at Sam's face. Whatever he saw there made him smile. But maybe you should go a little easy on him; he's had it tough. She looked at Sam's face, too. Rough as in dating gorgeous blondes named Selena who yell at you in the alley, or rough as in getting to go boating all day long for a living? Cole tossed back his head and laughed. You get a raise for that. I'll tell our accountant. He turned to Sam again. Give her a raise.

Thanks for being here for me, she whispered. He started to answer flippantly, but stopped when he realized how much it meant to him as well, that he could be there for her. Anytime, babe. And for the first time in his life, he actually meant it.

Are you okay? Fan-fricking-tastic. Only way today could get better is if I were scheduled for an appendectomy. Without drugs. In a third-world country.

I know we're supposed to be grateful for all the mistakes we make, but mostly I'm just grateful that thoughts don't appear in bubbles over our heads.

her raw throat. Marveled. He'd literally walked through fire for her. For her. "No one's ever done that…" Tightening his grip

He hadn't seen it coming, he hadn't seen her coming, but that didn't mean he couldn't recognize a good thing when he saw it.

To the best readers on the planet—romance readers! I'm grateful to each one of you every single day.