Quotes About Gratitude

Depression years come back to me now as the happy times, even though we were all struggling. We were happy and didn't know it.

She felt her heart open and fill with the pure wonder of being alive and making it through.

Mrs. Threadgoode pulled something out of the Cracker Jack box and all of a sudden her eyes lit up. "Oh Evelyn, look! Here's my prize. It's a little miniature chicken… just what I like!" and she held it out for her friend to see.

Oh, I know a lot of people struggle, wondering is there really a God. They sit and think and worry over it all their life. The good Lord had to make smart people but I don't think he did them any favors because it seems the smart ones start questioning things from the get go. But I never did. I'm one of the lucky ones. I thank God every night, my brain is just perfect for me, not too dumb, not too bright.

Almost losing one person you love shines a bright spotlight on life, and suddenly strips you of everything but your real feelings.

There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. —ALBERT EINSTEIN

If good wishes had been ten-dollar bills, he would have left a rich man.

Thank you for this morning light That saved us from the darkened night. Blessings for our health and friends, For peace and love we ask, Amen.

Pensar uma flor é vê-la e cheirá-la E comer um fruto é saber-lhe o sentido.

A avea cât s? m?nânci ÅŸi s? bei,unde s? locuieÅŸti ÅŸi puÅ£in timp liber ca s? poÅ£i s? visezi,s? scrii sau s? dormi,oare ce aÅŸ putea s? le cer mai mult Zeilor,sau s? sper din partea Destinului?

Wise is the man who monotonizes his existence, for then each minor incident seems a marvel.

Hayattan çok az ÅŸey istedim - ama o, o kadar?n? bile esirgedi benden Az?c?k güneÅŸ, k?rlar, bir lokma ekmek bir lokma huzur, can?m? fazla yakmayacak bir yaÅŸama bilincim olsun ve bir de ne kimseye muhtaç olay?m ne el alem bana muhtaç olsun.

To be content with what one is given shows an attitude fit for slaves; only children ask for more; only madmen want to conquer more, for every conquest is […]

La grandeza de una bella puesta de sol me entristece con toda su hermosura. Ante ella suelo decir: el que es feliz debe sentirse contento al ver esto.

Baste a quem basta o que lhe basta O bastante de lhe bastar! A vida é breve, a alma é vasta: Ter é tardar.

To be that with a certain knowledge, neither happy nor sad, but thankful to the sun for its brilliance and to the stars for their remoteness. To be nothing more, to have nothing more, to desire nothing further... The music of the starving beggar, the song of the blind man, the relic of the unknown vagabond, the hoof-prints in the desert of an unladen camel without a point of arrival".

Benditos sean los instantes y los milímetros y las sombras de las cosas pequeñas, aún más humildes que ellas!.

Hay que ser imbécil, moralmente imbécil, para suponer que es mejor vivir rodeado de pánico y crueldad que entre amor y agradecimiento!

More often, they insist that their advantage lies not in having more to give but rather in being able to give more of what they have. Past

Even a child with normal feet was in love with the world after he had got a new pair of shoes.

When I think of all I have to be thankful for I wonder that You just don't kill me now because You've done so much for me already & I haven't been particularly grateful.

I have enough energy to write with and as that is all I have any business doing anyhow, I can with one eye squinted take it all as a blessing.

Dear God please give me some place, no matter how small, but let me know it and keep it. If I am the one to wash the second step everyday, let me know it and let me wash it and let my heart overflow with love washing it.

Remember what you won't get if you don't mind, her grandfather remarked.