Quotes About Gratitude

There are five things we need to say to people we love before they die…: I forgive you. Please forgive me. Thank you. I love you. Goodbye.

Busy is just a euphemism for being so focused on what you don't have that you never notice what you do. It's a defense mechanism. Because if you stop hustling—if you pause—you start wondering why you ever thought you wanted all those things.

What if instead of focusing on what you don't have, you concentrate on what you've got?

When a freedom is taken away from you, I suppose, you recognize it as a privilege, not a right.

He knew that there was a difference between something that makes you happy and something that doesn't make you unhappy. The trick was convincing yourself these were one and the same.

You have everything, she said slowly, as if she were explaining the order of the world to a small child. A family, a great job, a lot of people who look up to you. You've got a place to go home to. She smiled a little. So go.

the reason we lose people we care about is so we're more grateful for the ones we still have.

We are so lucky to have our children, even for a little while, but we take them for granted. We make the stupid assumption that as long as we are here, they will be, too, though that's never been part of the contract.

Life sometimes gets so bogged down in the details, you forget you are living it.

Nobody is guaranteed tomorrow—I realize that viscerally now—but that doesn't keep us from feeling cheated when it's yanked away.

Now, I'm wondering why those were ever even goals. We don't need those things to feel whole. We need to wake up in the morning. We need our bodies to function. We need to enjoy a meal. We need a roof over our head. We need to surround ourselves with people we love. We need to take the wins in a much smaller way.

Sometimes, there's this expression on his face, as if he cannot quite believe he got so lucky. I'm not sure what he's seeing when he looks at me, but I want to be that girl.

You can be happy for someone else's good fortune but that doesn't mean you forget your own bad luck.

Busy is just a euphemism for being so focused on what you don't have that you never notice what you do.

...my awakening life.I am awake in the present.The present is today.Today is a great gift.

Long term sustainability requires relentless endurance and gratitude in all your efforts.

Talent is what God gives us, Skill is what we give back to Him

Begging would have been the best option if God had given talents to only a selected few. Fortunately, He gave us all our compactible gifts respectively, so it is an offence to be a chronic beggar.

Work! Thank God for the swing of it for the clamoring hammering ring of it.

Thank God, I have the opportunity to do what I love, which is my family and work on a business and try and make it the best that it can be.

I've been so lucky to work with such great people: people that are such hard workers and have such a respect and appreciation for one another.

Respecting people is an important part of life, whether it's the person doing janitorial work or the person above you. It doesn't matter who you are: I'm going to respect you.

In our house, Mother's Day is every day. Father's Day, too. In our house, parents count. They do important work and that work matters. One day just doesn't cut for us.

I think the success that I have is due to hard work and destiny. It is important to stay grounded and not take things for granted.