Quotes About Gratitude

A man I knew who lived upon a smile, And well it fed him; he look'd plump and fair

He that's ungrateful, has no guilt but one; All other crimes may pass for virtues in him.

Who gives an empire, by the gift defeats All end of giving; and procures contempt Instead of gratitude.

How blessings brighten as they take their flight!

Um, I made 15 copies [of The Shack] at Office Depot. It did everything I ever wanted it to do -- in those 15 copies. All of the rest of this is, I think, you know, is part of God's great sense of humor. And I'm thrilled to be a part of it.

It is so easy to get sucked into the if-only game, and playing it is a short and slippery slide into despair.

Today's minor irritations may become tomorrow's treasured memories. We often don't know what we are missing, until it's missing.

Thank goodness there are women in our lives -- that's all I can say. We get saved by the women in our lives.

Your life is given to you by your parents. If you don't want to live, you have to ask them first.

The whole house is spic and span and everybody's supposed to be real honest and full of what he calls 'the good'. We even leave food out for the mice in the rafters so they won't have to sin by stealing. And you know what happens when dinner's over? Everybody hunches over and licks his place clean so none of God's grace will be wasted.

Surely, I thought, we do not deserve even a little happiness. Or perhaps we had acquired the bad habit of regarding even a little happiness as a big favor, which we would have to repay.

Every day is a good day.

Nobody is ever made happy by winning the lottery, buying a house, getting a promotion or even finding true love. Peopleare made happy by one thing and one thing only – pleasant sensations in their bodies.

Perhaps 65 million years from now, intelligent rats will look back gratefully on the decimation wrought by humankind, just as we today can thank that dinosaur-busting asteroid.

being satisfied with what you already have is far more important than getting more of what you want.

Our hands full or not: The same abundance. Our eyes open or shut: The same light.

People always come up to me now and say, 'Watchmen' is the best superhero movie ever made.' I'm always saying 'That's super cool. That's nice of you to say.' But it happens now, more and more and more than it did when it first came out.

You know who your true friends are when things go wrong for you, but the opposite is also true. When things go well, the people who really love you are happy.

Thanks again for saving me. Someday, I'll save you too.

If the grass on the other side of the fence is greener, try watering your side.

If you expect to have it all, you will have nothing. Learn to be happy with nothing -- and you will have it all!

You can gain an unexpected amount of happiness from rediscovering normal, everyday experiences from your past.

Forgiveness brings inner joy and inner peace.

The one-legged creature is envious of the millipede; the millipede is envious of the snake; the snake is envious of the wind; the wind is envious of the eye; the eye is envious of the heart.