Quotes About Gratitude

You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside. OSWALD CHAMBERS

Maturity is about relationship to God that results in wise and humble living. Maturity of love for Christ expresses itself in love for others. Thankfulness for the grace of Christ expresses itself in grace to others. Gratitude for the patience and forgiveness of Christ enables you to be patient and forgiving toward others. It is your own daily experience of the rescue of the gospel that gives you a passion for people to experience the same rescue.

If you fail to carry around with you a heart of gratitude for the love you've been so freely given, it is easy for you not to love others as you should.

Yes, God has filled your life with glories of many kinds. There is never a day when you aren't greeted by those glories. But it is vital to remember that the glories that surround you every day in the world that God made are not meant to be your stopping point, because you were created to live for a greater, more glorious glory—the glory of God.

Today you will spend solitary moments of conversation with yourself, either listing your complaints or counting your blessings.

The DNA of joy is thankfulness. Have you noticed that entitled, complaining people don't happen to be very joyful?

Smellin' the beefaloes and leanpigs turnin' on their spits, holding a cold cheer-beer in my hand, watchin' the stars poppin' out one by one like random pixels on God's antique monochrome display, listenin' to the joyful chatter of my fellow gips, contemplatin' the easy job ahead of me, I was as near to heaven asI have ever been on this mostly sad ol' earth.

Even without the constant bombardment to reach for more wealth, 'just enough' can still sound like a weak counter-narrative to 'keep striving for more'. But even if it appears boring to accept that you (may) have enough wealth already, it can also be tremendously liberating. Once you have enough money to afford the basic things you want in life, you can stop constantly worrying.

I array the moonlit ceiling with a mosaic of question-marks; How was it I was so lucky to have ever met you?

As long as she had flowers, Mrs Harris had no serious complaints concerning the life she led. They were her escape from the sombre

The drink? Yes, I've had tough times in my life, especially the last year, regarding my ex-wife, my kids, I nearly broke my neck, I was on death row with pneumonia.

I get up every morning and it's going to be a great day. You never know when it's going to be over so I refuse to have a bad day.

I wish I had the nerve not to tip.

a true Hawaiian doesn't eat until he is full, he eats until he is tired.

And what's the point of changing when I'm happy as I am?

When I wake up on a Monday morning and I realise I don't have to go and work at the civil service, I really think I've won.

If later on, as we read this, we might think "How happy we were then!" at least we'll have that. That as we lived them, these moments, we knew they were important, and that's all there is.

Good days are such a mysterious gift that you dare not question them much, and the only problem is they give you a false sense of security.

You can't be as old as I am without waking up with a surprised look on your face every morning: 'Holy Christ, whaddya know - I'm still around!' It's absolutely amazing that I survived all the booze and smoking and the cars and the career.

It's been a privilege to be here.

You can resent your bald spot or be glad you have a head.

You don't need a silver fork to eat good food.

When asked to perform a miracle, a Zen master responded: "My miracle is that when I feel hungry I eat, and when I feel thirsty I drink.

There is only one blasphemy, and that is the refusal to experience joy.