Quotes About Gratitude

rubbed the ugly, jagged scar that ran from the corner of his eye to his hairline just above his ear. He was glad

I didn't expect you to do all this work, Maizy. You probably don't even need to come over every day." And that made him feel so sorry for himself. What would he do without her company?

Try an' get some rest, darlin'." Clay pressed her back against her pillow. Sophie nodded. Clay stood and took a couple of steps toward the door. He paused and looked back at her, and then he awkwardly came back, leaned over, and kissed her on the forehead, then the cheek, then her lips. He brushed her hair back again. "You and the girls, and this life I've got myself into, will always be a miracle to me, Sophie.

As we had no electricity we also had no "idiot box" and therefore felt no envy. Except

I had food, love, a place to sleep, and a warm, potbellied, wood-fed stove to sit near in the winter. I needed nothing more. Finally

When I've been in my dramatic states, friends who look beyond my spiraling downward are quick (and kind) to remind me of what is good in my life. They tell me the truth. This world is not all about me, nor am I just about to slip off the precipice of sadness. They help me see the blessings in the mess, the beauty underlying the mayhem. And when I have a dramatic friend, I can also offer this same perspective.

I want to live today in anticipation of what you will do next instead of constantly complaining about what isn't pristine in my life.

Do not pass a rose without stopping to smell it. It is a gift that may not always be there.

One day he gave me a handful of sky when he saw me gazing up at the clouds, just to see me smile. I put it in my pocket.

Of course you did." I took a step closer. "You have strengths, Tavish, that I greatly admire. You're skills helped saved Rafe's and my lives, for which I'll always be indebted to you. But there are other kinds of strength too. Quiet, gentle ones that are just as valuable, even if you don't entirely understand them.

Wait," I said, and they paused mid-stride. "Thank you. Rafe told me you were the best of Dalbreck's soldiers. Now I know that he didn't overestimate your abilities." I turned to Sven. "And I'm sorry I threatened to feed your face to the hogs." Sven smiled. "All in a day's work, Your Highness," he said, and then he bowed. *

But I had loved and been loved deep;y and completely, not once but twice. I would not trade that for all the riches that Montegue had to offer.

You are the love I didn't know I needed.

thankfulness for this one moment, regardless of what the morrow might bring.

We take too much of our heritage for granted. Harriman State Park is not Mt. Vernon. Nor is it Yosemite. But heritage cannot be measured on a scale...

One of the first things which Comfort remembered being told was that she had been named for her Aunt Comfort, who had given her a gold ring and a gold dollar for her name. Comfort could not understand why. It always seemed to her that her aunt, and not she, had given the name, and that she should have given the ring and the dollar; but that was what her mother had told her. "Your Aunt Comfort gave you this beautiful gold ring and this gold dollar for your name," said she.

Wanting less is probably a better blessing than having more.

Happiness must be grown in one's own garden.

Don't ever save anything for a special occasion. Being alive is the special occasion.

Friend is a gift you give yourself.

To be happy: Don't do whatever you like; Like whatever you do.

Be glad that once you did experience that magic. It's part of who you are now, and you're richer for it.

Things are always less important once you're assured of having them.

Grandchildren are God's way of compensating us for growing old.