Quotes About Gratitude

Every moment is beautiful; delicious even!

Qué poco le pides a la vida. - Y ese tan poco aún no lo tengo.

At these times, the things that troubled her seemed far away and unimportant: all that mattered was the hum of the bees and the chirp of birdsong, the way the sun gleamed on the edge of a blue wildflower, the distant bleat and clink of grazing goats.

A man cannot eat more than three meals a day, or live in more than one house at a time. If you have what you need, and more than you need, what is the use of adding to it?

No, he thought. I didn't die. Not yet. He realized, with surprise, that he was happy. Happiness wasn't what he had thought it was: it was like the dragonfly, a fragile winged thing that arrived, unsought and unexpected, and graced the work of living. You couldn't hunt it down; you couldn't hold it. But sometimes, in a blessed moment, it was there. It was good to be alive.

It is good to dress in fair clothes to dine with friends. It honors your host, if you are a guest; and your guest if you are a host. And both adorn the feast, and so celebrate the gifts of the world.

Hold material goods and wealth on a flat palm and not in a clenched fist.

Prayer loosens the grip of envy on our hearts.

Learning to be content with what we have is a safeguard against the temptation to break the previous nine commands.

But longing was part of life here, and it made him happy to feel his lack of these things, as sharp as hunger. He was addicted to want. He didn't know how this had happened, whether it was because of his childhood or some quirk of his personality or genes, but somehow he had become a person who needed to do without in order to appreciate what he had.

Dios mío, os doy gracias por haberme permitido salir victorioso de la lucha que acabo de sostener contra el mal; haced que esta victoria me dé fuerza para resistir las nuevas tentaciones. Y a vos, mi ángel guardián, os doy las gracias por la asistencia que me habéis dado. Que mi sumisión a vuestros consejos me haga digno de continuar en vuestra protección.

cuántos tormentos se ahorra el que sabe contentarse con lo que tiene, que ve sin envidia lo que no tiene, que no pretende parecer más de lo que es! Siempre es rico, porque si mira hacia abajo en vez de mirar hacia arriba, siempre verá gentes que aun tienen menos; vive tranquilo, porque no se crea necesidades quiméricas, y la calma en medio de los huracanes de la vida ¿no es acaso una felicidad?

why do I make myself miserable over things that years from now no one will even care about? If I knew that, maybe I could be happy.

Thank God (my wife) and I were both born poor so the concept of fidelity was allowed to take root in us.

I want to give back." He looked at her and said in all seriousness, "Why? What did you take?

America's fighting men and women sacrifice much to ensure that our great nation stays free. We owe a debt of gratitude to the soldiers that have paid the ultimate price for this cause, as well as for those who are blessed enough to return from the battlefield unscathed.

It's not a sin to accept help once in a while. - Colonel Kincaid

no matter what, when you leave your family tell them you love them. It doesn't matter if you had a disagreement, a fight, if you're still angry even after a good night's sleep. Tell them you love them and you'll work it out, no matter what, because tomorrow is never guaranteed.

A man cannot eat more than three meals a day, or live in more than one house at a time. If you have what you need, and more than you need, what is the use of adding to it?" ~Saliman

When loved ones can't seem to reach you, they'll try until eventually they find a way. I find great solace in knowing that Dad was able to send energy to soothe me through others. We should all be grateful for those kinds of signs and messages; they're priceless.

The moments in life where everything is as it should be, are precious.

So how could you ever eat another strawberry and not know that God loves you? I want you to think about that every time you eat a strawberry. Do you hear me?

We live what God wants when He wants us to. He withholds joy for a time, then lavishes it all around. He shelters us from pain until He knows we'll live through it. The point is, what matters is this moment. How precious, precious time is. The past had to happen, and we cannot stop the future. Why, then, should we live with a spirit of fear and regret?

life sometimes grants us second chances, and if they should fall upon you, if you should be lucky enough to be offered another chance at happiness, then you'd be a fool not to seize it.