Quotes About Gratitude

Each day can bring more joy than sorrow when our mortal and spiritual eyes are open to God's goodness.

How grateful I was that, in addition to being just, God is able to be merciful also.

We really don't get all the government we pay for, and thank goodness. Lord protect us on the day that we do.

If we all focused on what we have right now, instead of worrying about all that could go wrong, we'd be so much happier.

Devin, stay back! I've got this!" Heath says as he struggles to break free. I wave the pearl necklace higher. "It's a nice, sparkly necklace," I say. "So which do you want? Shiny jewelry or a smelly prince?" The harpy drops Heath to the floor and grabs the jewelry. Heath looks up at me in surprise. "You're welcome," I say...

I can't help but smile. Win or lose today, I know I've already won. My life is just the way I always wanted it to be. So I just hold on tight, thankful that I finally know where this princess belongs.

Thanks for the bargain, Theos," Megara said to the young man in the marketplace who had given her a good price on day-old bread. "It's been a real slice." Then she turned with an expertly timed flip of her lengthening red hair- it was almost to her waist now- and swung her hips as she sashayed away. As Megara grew, she was learning that her charm was a tool she could rely on.

If one truly wants to live, they need to open their heart to others, and I have. No matter what comes next for me, I know now I loved and was loved in return.

Miss Gillian Cobbler, thank you for your help once again in keeping evil at bay. Flora has told us of your father's shoemaking woes. Because of that, we would like to commission all glass slippers for the royal palace from his shop from now on. —Princess Ella

I'm going to bed tonight grateful for warmth, an advantage so expected it barely registers. (…) I won't defile my blessings by imagining that I deserve them. Until every human receives the dignity I casually enjoy, I pray my heart aches with tension and my belly rumbles for injustice.

Thank you, Coffee. For everything. You make life possible. I don't want to make you feel weird, but you are my soul mate. Well done.

For whatever reason I was born into privilege; I've never known hunger, poverty, or despair. I have been blessed, blessed, blessed—relationally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically.

I don't need to have the most, be the best, or reach the top. It is okay to pursue a life marked by obscurity and simplicity. It doesn't matter what I own or how I'm perceived.

things. If I am lying on my death bed clutching decades of anger, regret, jealousy, and fear, I will be so, so sad. Nanea Hoffman, CEO of Sweatpants and Coffee, wrote: "None of us are getting out of here alive, so please stop treating yourself like an afterthought. Eat the delicious food. Walk in the sunshine. Jump in the ocean. Say the truth that you're carrying in your heart like hidden treasure. Be silly. Be kind. Be weird. There's no time for anything else.

If our kids only expect blessings and exemptions, they will be terrible grown-ups.

Thank you for inviting me into this good thing of yours. It is as extraordinary as you are. But any new yes I give means a no to my family and sanity. Please accept my sincere regrets and count on my prayers,

Jesus created a motley crew, plucking us from every context and inaugurating a piecemeal clan that has only ever functioned with mercy. We should be grabbing hands, throwing our heads back, and laughing that God saved us all, because surely this is the messiest family ever and He loves us anyway. Our shared redemption should keep us grateful and kind, because what other response even makes sense?

How could we imagine that a God who created wildflowers and waterfalls and pine trees and hummingbirds and warm sand and mountain ranges and tulips thinks beauty is nonsense? He

I want to live gratefully, humbly, hopefully.

that. What do you think of __________? I hadn't thought of it in that way. Thank you for that angle. Let me think about that a bit before I respond. Thanks for your transparency.

God seemed to be saying, "Don't obsess about tomorrow. Live in this day, without worrying about what you'll do or need later. What is nourishment today will be spoiled by tomorrow. Enjoy it today, or enjoy it never.

Gratitude creates happiness.

Marvel at the small wonders around you every day.

You are powerful. You are loved. You are surrounded by miracles.