Quotes About Gratitude

Here, to pray means to give thanks for already having what you desire. Only persistency in the assumption of the wish fulfilled can cause those subtle changes in your mind which result in the desired change in your life.

Whatsoever things are lovely and of good report, think on these things," for we become that with which we are en rapport.

Woman is the mother of life, For she is the one who carries the womb of life. Woman is the carrier of creation. We show her gratitude always.

People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?

Forgive an old man. I say this here because pretty soon you get to a place where you're not sure there'll be a tomorrow, where you think I better say this now, here, because not only is time no longer on your side, you realise that it never was, that things were passing by faster than you could appreciate, and whole marvels, the quickening green of springtime, the shapeless shaped songs of unseen birds, the rising and falling of white waves, were passing without you noticing.

It was where once, in town, I watched my grandfather come out of Brews, take a big copper penny from his pocket, place it on the path, and walk away. When I asked him why, he smiled an iceberg smile whose depths were unknown, and said, 'The man, woman or child that finds that will think it's their lucky day.' He delivered a large wink, added: 'And it will be.

Some people you meet and you feel this little lift in your heart, this Ah, because there's something in them that's brighter or lighter, something beautiful or better than you, and here's the magic: instead of feeling worse, instead of feeling why am I so ordinary?, you feel just the opposite, you feel glad. In a weird way you feel better, because before this you hadn't realised or you'd forgotten human beings could shine so.

It was a condensed explanation, but I came to understand him to mean you could stop at, not all, but most of the moments of your life, stop for one heartbeat and, no matter what the state of your head or heart, say This is happiness, because of the simple truth that you were alive to say it.

Isn't that the greatest gift in the world - just not to care? I feel so grateful for it.

Spencer has told me to always pray in the affirmative, as though the prayer has already been answered. I should say, "Thank you, God, for helping me be kind and patient." As opposed to, "Please, God, help me be patient." Affirmative prayer reinforces that you have already received the guidance, therefore you are able to focus on the solution. Saying that I need help just reinforces the problem—helping me wallow in it.

You are the answer to every prayer I've offered. You are a song, a dream, a whisper, and I don't know how I could have lived without you for as long as I have.

I love you. I am who I am because of you. You are every reason, every hope, and every dream I've ever had, and no matter what happens to us in the future, everyday we are together is the greatest day of my life. I will always be yours.

You are the answer to every prayer I've offered. You are a song, a dream, a whisper, and I don't know how I could have lived without you for as long as I have.

You meet people and sometimes they're more important to you than you are to them. Sometimes you just have to give thanks for all the ways knowing them has changed you, and watch them walk away to pastures new.

Being happy, it seems to me, requires wanting what you have, whereas being unhappy requires wanting something different.

You meet people and sometimes they're more important to you than you are to them. Sometimes you just have to give thanks for all the ways knowing them

He understood only then how you could love someone, how you could be proud of someone, simply because the were, simply because they existed.

Isn't life that much easier when you decide to want what is rather than trying to bend life to fit what you want instead?

Something about being overwhelmed, just momentarily, by the beauty of existence.

It's a wonderful life if you can find it.

Something just opened up inside me,' he'd say softly. 'I don't know what it is but I can feel it every day now. I don't take anything for granted anymore.

But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present.

Jack Daniels. Damn, she broke out the good stuff for him.

My happiness doesn't come from money or fame. My happiness comes from seeing life without struggle.