Quotes About Gratitude

Often those men in most need hate most to be grateful, and will strike at you just to feel whole again.

I cannot account for the fact that she married me, but since it is to my benefit, I try not to bring it to her attention.

I know how lucky I am, stupid with luck, crammed with it, stumbling drunk. I wake sometimes in the dark terrified by my life's precariousness, its thready breath.

It was one of my favorite things about him, how he admired the world like a jewel, turning its facets to catch the light. A well-made boat, a well-grown tree, a well-told story, these were all pleasures to him.

My dear, they must always offer something, even if it is small, even if only wine poured at your spring, else they will forget to be grateful, after.

Did he know how much those words cost me? I do not think he could. It was youth's gift not to feel its debts.

Every day that we allow ourselves to take things for granted, every day that we allow some little physical infirmity or worldly worry to come between us and our obstinate, indignant, defiant exultation, we are weakening our genius for life.

Today, my friends, we each have one day less, every one of us. And joy is the only thing that slows the clock.

And, dying, bless the hand that gave the blow.

The moment of perceiving something beautiful confers on the perceiver the gift of life.

Pray for people who are in a better situation than you are, who are more gifted than you are, or who currently have wonderful circumstances coming their way. Rejoice with those who rejoice. Pray for someone else's promotion, someone else's pregnancy, someone else's healing. That crucifies envy.

Faith is something that looks backward - we remember the ways God has come through for his people, and for us, and our belief is strengthened that he will come through again. Love is exercised in the present moment; we love in the now. Hope reaches into the future to take hold of something we do not yet have, may not even see.

positive barometers, too, wonderful things;

I will give thanks to you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High. My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you. (Ps. 9: 1–3 NLT)

Jesus, thank you that you are right here. You are with me, and you are in me.

Let Us Be Grateful Today we give our thanks most of all, for the ideals of honor and faith we inherit from our forefathers - for the decency of purpose, steadfastness of resolve and strength of will, for the courage and the humility, which they possessed and which we must seek every day to emulate. As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them.

His statement to himself should have been 'I possess this now,therefore I am happy' , instead of what it so Victorianly was: 'I cannot possess this forever, therefore I am sad.

I learned it is not enough just to be happy with what we have; we must honor our material desires as well.

If she washes your socks, turn your socks right side out so she doesn't have to.

if you don't think about death, you don't appreciate life.

shook hands. She thanked him for his pro bono

Once again, I am thankful that alcohol is not my temptation.

That's sounds right. Another $5,000 went to dress up the Little League park where he had played so many games. Seems like he paid off the MORTAGE on his parents' home, which wasn't that much.

At the outset, I want to say that we would not be here if not for you. Your detective work over the past twenty years is nothing short of brilliant. It's a miracle, actually, and I've never encountered anything like