Quotes About Gratitude

We humans have to make considerable progress before we can accept a free gift, and value it.

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly . . . it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated.

I like to feel that I've paid rent on the piece of earth I'm using.

Later I inquired into the origin of the word happy and found that it derives from the verb to happen. In other words, happiness is to be found simply from observing what happens. If you cannot be happy at the prospect of lunch, you are not likely to find happiness anywhere. What happens is happiness.

Kindness remains, to me, the most wonderful miracle in this incomprehensible universe.

I NEVER SAW Susan without feeling a small but discernible thrill. The thrill was mixed with a feeling of gratitude that she was with me, and a feeling of pride that she was with me, and a feeling of arrogance that she was fortunate to be with me. But mostly it was just a quick pulse along the ganglia which, if it were audible, would sound a little like woof.

Susan said, Ã¢â'¬Å"Have you given any thought to how we should spend Christmas?" "Only that we should be together." I glanced over at the softly snoring Pearl. "With Pearl, of course. Hawk, too. Maybe

Rachel drank some more bourbon. "What I am trying to do," she said, "is to thank you. And to say it as genuinely as I can. I do thank you. I will remember as long as I live when you came into the room and got me, and I will always remember when you killed them, and I was glad, and you came and we put our arms around each other. And I will always remember that you cried.

And she pressed closer to me and we were silent and I smelled her, and felt her and listened to her, and knew that if I had nothing else but this, this would be enough.

Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it, But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thankit.

Mentre ci allontanavamo sull'automobile ho ricordato con infinita gratitudine le gentilezze ricevute in quelle brutte casette, e fra la comunità inglese in generale. Gentilezze del genere sono facili da dimenticare e impossibili da ricambiare: bisogna essere ricchi per offrire in Inghilterra lo stesso grado di ospitalità che equivale a due lenzuola pulite e a un bagno dopo un viaggio in Persia.

More overblown, effusive praise for Daniel's efforts. "Thank

Scott felt uncomfortable, but managed a nod. Most of what Hess told the chief was lies. "Thank you." "I'll

Are you pleased to hear her living? Is this what you wanted?" Pike hesitated. Keeping his voice level was more difficult this time. He nodded to let Cole and Barkley know she was alive.

You're a very wise man. Thank you." He spread his hands. "To possess great wisdom obliges one to share it. Enjoy.

Thanks, Lyle. It's good to be here." Mr. Sincerity.

guilt that, down deep, down in the center of herself where our secret creatures live, she was thankful that she had lived, even at the price of Sugar's

Every minute of every day is a gift, and growing old a privilege, not a right.

As for ourselves, Lord, help us not to seek the grand things of life. Help us not to worry about the future, but we humbly ask that you would open your bountiful hand—the one on which we always depend. Give us our daily supply for what we need today, and teach us to let you take care of the rest.

His conscience never bothered him, because when he failed, he would go straight to the Lord, saying, This is what I'll always naturally do if I'm left on my own, Lord. If he didn't stumble, though, he would always give God the credit.

One thing I've learned in a very long life, Mr. Crews, is that there's never enough.

What is it? asked the knight. Life, Merlin replied. Life? Yes, said the wise magician. Did it not first seem bitter, then, as you tasted more of it, was it not pleasant? The knight nodded. Yes, and the last swallows were quite delicious. That was when you began to accept what you were drinking. Are you saying that life is good when you accept it? Is it not? replied Merlin, raising an eyebrow in amusement.

Un don para ser un don debe ser aceptado, de no ser así, es como una carga para las personas

The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day I had rued.