Quotes About Gratitude

I don't see Peter," Own said, coming out of the turnstile behind me. But I van was there, reading a paperback novel. The book looked so small in his hands, almost unstable, like it might crumble to dust. He had a tan and looked at once different from my memory and unmistakably himself. I was so happy that the first thing I said to him instead of hello was "Thank you.

Once I opened my mind to the concept of a greater power, I never struggled with it. Everywhere I went, I felt and saw the existence of a creative intelligence in this universe, of a loving power larger than myself in nature, in people, everywhere.

I'm still a little bent, a little crooked, but all things considered, I can't complain.

Every human being has the right to be rich in mind, body and spirit. They need to live a life that is comforting, productive and continuous. They do not need to compete to reach this level of success but to take it in their strides and to relish the opportunity to pluck from The Universe its opulence.

Nothing is ever more appreciated than when it is remembered.

One moment in the sun is worth a lifetime in the rain.

When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.

What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?...Was ever anything so civil?

That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.

I have enough to eat till my hunger is stayed, to drink till my thirst is sated; to clothe myself withal; and out of doors not Callias there, with all his riches, is more safe than I from shivering; and when I find myself indoors, what warmer shirting do I need than my bare walls? what ampler greatcoat than the tiles above my head?

Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was not to him but to God that the gift was made.

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.

Its even pleasant to be sick when you know that there are people who await your recovery as they might await a holiday.

If only one tooth aches, rejoice that not all of them ache.... If your wife betrays you, be glad that she betrayed only you and not the nation.

As the Dauphine stepped out of her carriage on to the ceremonial carpet that had been laid down, it was the Duc de Choiseul who was given the privilege of the first salute. Presented with the Duc by Prince Starhemberg, Marie Antoinette exclaimed: 'I shall never forget that you are responsible for my happiness!

Even to know that delight, in a perfect world, would be the proper response to life is a simplicity beyond most of us.

The transformation of charity into legal entitlement has produced donors without love and recipients without gratitude.

It was an honor and privilege to arrive to this country 16 years ago with almost no money in my pocket. A lot has happened since then.

Happiness is realizing that nothing is too important.

Eres cada una de las personas diversas que has sido y también las que imaginabas que serías, y cada una de las que nunca fuiste, y las que deseabas fervorosamente ser y ahora agradeces no haber sido.

If those who owe us nothing gave us nothing, how poor we would be.

You can owe nothing, if you give back its light to the sun.

A large majority of people will never appreciate a person's good work no matter how selflessly he does it for others until they see their own benefits only stemming out of his efforts' results.

A man who has not got woman as his girlfriend or wife should thank wholeheartedly the God sitting in the heaven.