Quotes About Gratitude

Sometimes I feel sorry for myself for some of the tougher things I've had to encounter in life, but other than that, I wouldn't change a thing. It makes me happy to know I could endure. And it gets easier and easier as you go on. [—Erykah Badu]

A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do.

You can be happy where you are.

When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.

You may never get to that perfect world that you're waiting for where everything's going to be perfect and you got that much money and your house paid off.

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life.

I don't believe we are supposed to go through life defeated and not having enough money to pay our bills or send our kids to college.

You need to take pride in what God has given you.

One of the main reasons that we lose our enthusiasm in life is because we become ungrateful; we take for granted what God has done for us. We let what once was a miracle become common to us. We get so accustomed to goodness, it becomes routine; it doesn't really excite us anymore.

You may think you've got a long way to go, but you need to look back at how far you've already come. You may not be everything you want to be but atleast you can thank God that you're not what you used to be.

Maybe you once were excited about that person God supernaturally brought into your life as a marriage partner, but now all the excitement has worn off. Don't' allow that sense of a miracle to slip away. Don't get so familiar with each other that you take one another for granted.

If it's not meeting a need, turn it into a seed. Remember, we will reap what we sow. When you do good for other people, that's when God is going to make sure that His abundant blessings overtake you.

God wants us to live consistently, He wants us to enjoy every single day of our lives.

I'm blessed to be a blessing to someone else.

We have to realize that our lives could be gone in a moment. There are no guarantees that we will be here at this time next year. Learn to live each day to the fullest. Don't complain. Don't focus on what's wrong. Be grateful for the opportunity to experience each day.

Appreciation - Learn to give flowers while people are still living

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life.

Seeds of discouragement cannot take root in a grateful heart.

Be happy with who God made you to be, and quit wishing you were something different.

How do you tap in to what God has already done? Very simple: just act like you're blessed, talk like you're blessed, walk like you're blessed, think like you're blessed, smile like you're blessed, dress like you're blessed. Put actions behind your faith, and one day you will see it become a reality.

Keep the right perspective Some people would love to have your problems. They would gladly trade places with you. They would love to have the job that frustrates you. They would love to sit in traffic in that car you don't like. They would love to have your husband, who gets on your nerves. They would love to live in the house you think is too small.

Surely, we all can look back and see things in our lives that we wish we would have done differently. But the Bible says, "Make the most of each day."4 Yesterday is gone; tomorrow may not come. You must live for today. Start right where you are. You can't do anything about what's gone, but you can do a great deal about what remains.

If you complain you will remain, if you praise you will be raised.

Too often we don't realize how great we have it until something is taken away.