Quotes About Gratitude

One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything every night before you go to bed.

When life's problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate.

Too many people today know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido, stated: Rise early in the morning to greet the sun. Inhale and let yourself soar to the ends of the universe; breathe out and let the cosmos inside. Next breathe up the fe- cundity and vibrance of the Earth. Blend the breath of Earth with your own and become the breath of life it- self. Your mind and body will be gladdened, depression and heartache will dissipate and you will be filled with gratitude.5

Because, you see, you only need one friend for a party. One is enough. Two is enough. Anything is enough.' ~pg 107; Adam on friendship

Since death is certain, but the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?" —PEMA CHÖDRÖN

Take stock of who we are and what we have and then use it for good.

Since death is certain, but the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?" Pema Chodron

I'm not going to waste their kindness.

whoever she was becoming. She was grateful that her father had prepared her for this type of hard, lonely

William liked it when his fiancée spoke like that; he admired how Julia saw her life as a system of highways to be expertly navigated, and he was grateful to be in her car.

Sylvie had almost missed this life with this man, and because of this near-miss, she appreciated their moments together, even as they accumulated.

Julia felt a deep gratitude to Manhattan, both for demanding all of her attention and for offering no reminders of her old life.

It paid barely a living wage, but he stayed with it—gradually and in the end gratefully arriving at the point in life when you understand there are no great changes ahead.

I consider the luck of simply being born, of being plucked out of the cosmos and bestowed with eyes to see, and nerves to feel, and ears to hear. Our senses. Our speech. Our breath. How crucial and insistent our ceaseless moving lungs from our first cry to our last.

I just feel like I'm a very lucky person to have a new life outside of politics.

Discontment is an insidious thing, trapping us into thinking that which is enough is longer enough, and that which is satisfying is no longer satisfying.

So often we miss life's beauty because we are preoccupied by its flaws.

When you start to make a habit of blessing God, you will discover that daily life can begin to feel like Christmas morning. As your prayer life becomes saturated with kavanah, that deep awareness of God's presence and his overwhelming love, you may feel as though you are wading knee-deep through shards of wrapping paper and mountains of bows to enjoy a pile of shiny new gifts.

O God, our salvation and our help. Blessed are you, O LORD, your name is good, and to you it is right to give thanks.

We can be content in whatever situation we're in, as long as we trust the Lord for what's good for us.

Take a minute, take a breath, and remember—God's still on His throne. He's always in control, even when we want to be. And sometimes his blessings of provision bring more work, more responsibility and more joy than we can imagine.

The most important thing to wear is a smile.

you are many years late; how happy I am to see you