Quotes About Gratitude

Holy Father, forgive me for grumbling. I know I've sounded just like the Israelites. I long to dwell not on the If Onlys but on You. Make me wise like the old woodcutter — content with what I know, not perturbed by what I don't know.

Regardless of whether we live in the East or the West, whether we are rich or poor, we must find contentment with what God has given.

Greed builds a barrier that keeps us from becoming content with what God has given.

Teach us to number our days and recognize how few they are; help us to spend them as we should. (Ps. 90:12 TLB).

If we don't accept God's portion for us, we will become women with spirits of discontent.

Ultimately, contentment is more a shift in attitude than a change in circumstances.

Contentment is essentially a matter of accepting from God's hand what He sends because we know that He is good and therefore it is good."5

Never allow yourself to complain about anything — not even the weather. Never picture yourself in any other circumstances or someplace else. Never compare your lot with another's. Never allow yourself to wish this or that had been otherwise. Never dwell on tomorrow — remember that [tomorrow] is God's, not ours.1

God wants each of us to praise Him for His workmanship in creating us.

A quiet heart is content with what God gives.6

Listen to your heart. Listen to your words. Look at your actions. Are you teaching your children to be grateful for God's blessings?

how do we learn to accept and forgive those who have both succeeded and failed in helping us become who we are?

Sometimes there is a wellspring or river of something beautiful and possible in the tenderest sense that comes to and from the most broken of children, and I was one of these, and whatever is was, I can't name, I can only thank. Perhaps it is the water of life that saves us, after all.

As the morning wore on, she was grateful

You don't have any brain damage. Any. Not even minimal. So now I have to believe in miracles, because you're a living, breathing, walking, talking miracle, and that means there's something else out there after all of this, isn't there? A luminous smile spread across her face. Yes, she said simply. 'Then get used to it, sweetheart, because the miracle has a permanent bodyguard.

Thanks for everything, Daisy," he said, and as he passed the big woman, he kissed her lightly on the cheek. "You're the best cook north of New Orleans." She beamed at the compliment, then made herself glower. "You just get on out of here and stop takin' up my time, you fancy-talkin' man!" Steven

She said a silent prayer of gratitude and went to the stove, making as little noise as possible, stirring the embers with a poker and then shoving in several sticks of the precious seasoned wood. When the stove was putting out noticeable heat again, she made her way to the hearth and repeated the process, feeling a certain primitive joy as the flames leaped up around the fresh logs, crackling cheerfully and spilling warmth over her bare feet.

It was a gift. The

You were the one who brightened up the dull days, Gram, Hadleigh thought now. You, with your love and your laughter and with that magical smile of yours.

He traced her arched eyebrow. "Every morning when I wake up with you at my side, you're more beautiful than yesterday.

Falco readers are, I must say, the most strikingly nice group of people.

Comparison is the thief of joy. Theodore Roosevelt

Often the greatest poverty comes when we fail to realize what we have, just as the greatest deception comes when we do not know who we are.

Dad, I don't know why I'm still alive... Because God took pity on me, Kimberly. Because without you, I think I would've gone insane.