Quotes About Gratitude

You do what you were made to do. Some of us were made to read and write. Thanks be to God.

And so...we prayed. And I added a silent prayer of my own, giving God thanks for the blessing of my father.

That our path was hard does not mean it was not also right, nor that it is not paved with blessings.

I lifted my face to the sun and let its warmth and light caress me with its favor.

To own silence . . . How odd that one does not appreciate something, nor even realize its absence, until it is presented as an unexpected gift.

We thank the Lord for happy hearts, for rain and sunny weather. We thank the Lord for this our food and that we are together. Amen.

There is no such thing as luck. God arranged for our paths to cross in order to give me His assurance and the truth, and so I thank Him, and you. Good day." ... Although she was teeming with anger, humiliation, and grief, she didn't react as she had done in the past... Instead, she crossed the room with slow deliberation, feeling the gentle sway of her skirt, hearing the subtle rustle of her petticoats, conscious of the beat of her heart.

Even in the the dark times, He is there. And in the good times we need to be good stewards of the blessing.~ pg 219

For the rest of my life I'm going to trust that God is always at work in all things, and give Him thanks long before my simplest prayers are answered.

No cerne da condição humana, poderíamos dizer, há um pecado epistemológico – a recusa em reconhecer o que pode ser conhecido a respeito de Deus e, então, em responder ou reagir de forma adequada: "Tendo conhecimento de Deus, não o glorificaram como Deus, nem lhe deram graças" (Rm 1.21). Eles se envolveram em cegueira deliberada.

This toast is for all of us," he said. "Not for what we're about to become, but for what we've been, to each other, for so many years." In

let me thank you, the American people, for giving me the great honor of allowing me to serve as your President. When the Lord calls me home, whenever that may be, I will leave with the greatest love for this country of ours and eternal optimism for its future. I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life. I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead. Thank

On April 30 Lucy cheerfully reported that, after three days' illness, she was on the mend. Although she had no mirror, she could feel twenty pockmarks on her face. 'I am almost glad you do not see it.," she wrote, "I don't believe I should get one kiss and yet the doctor tells me it is very becoming.

To S.H. & M.H.: Rot. E.H.

How pleasant is Saturday night, When I've tried all the week to be good, And not spoke a word that was bad, And obliged everyone that I could.

Mom said when she brought us beachcombing? She told us to always believe in something more. She told us to look at what was right in front of us, and we'd see that even a grain of sand was a miracle. That even a bit of glass was a message, that the universe was full of tricks and clues and signs.

Sometimes it's quite enough simply to be happy.

they were that rarest of human creatures: genuinely happy people.

Contentment is a deep satisfaction with the will of God.

We often think contentment is something that happens to us, rather than something that we take pains to learn.

The more we hear ourselves grumble and complain, the more we take it to heart and believe our own words.

I have heard of some good old woman in a cottage, who had nothing but a piece of bread and a little water. Lifting up her hands, she said as a blessing, 'What! All this, and Christ too?'" (Morning & Evening)

Happy are the people whose God is the Lord!" (Ps. 144:15).

The focus of contentment is Christ. The focus of discontent is the trouble.