Quotes About Gratitude

I don't have much in the way of money or worldly possessions, I'm not beautiful, intelligent or clever, but I'm happy, and I intend to stay that way! I was born happy, I love people, I have a trusting nature, and I'd like everyone else to be happy too.

People who have a religion should be glad, for not everyone has the gift of believing in heavenly things.

I want to go on living even after my death! And therefore I am grateful to God for this gift, this possibility of developing myself and of writing, of expressing all that is in me. I can shake off everything if I write; my sorrows disappear; my courage is reborn. But, and that is the great question, will I ever be able to write anything great, will I ever become a journalist or a writer?

At such moments, I don't think about all the misery, but about the beauty that still remains.

People who are religious should be glad, since not everyone is blessed with the ability to believe in a higher order.

So why am I often miserable about what goes on here? Shouldn't I be happy, contented, and glad.

I want to go on living even after my death! And therefore I am grateful to God for giving me this gift, this possibility of developing myself and of writing, of expressing all that is in me.

Dead people receive more flowers than living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude

That is something we must never forget; although others may show heroism in the war or against the Germans, our helpers display heroism in their cheerfulness and affection.

As long as this exists, I thought, and I may live to see it, this sunshine, the cloudless skies, while this lasts, I cannot be unhappy.

I lie in bed at night, after ending my prayers with the words 'Ich danke dir für all das Gute und Liebe und Schöne' (Thank you, God, for all that is good and dear and beautiful)

I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death! And that's why I'm so grateful to God for having given me this gift, which I can use to develop myself and to express all that's inside me!

This of all the misery in the world and be thankful that you are not sharing in it.

But you're always a help to me! he said. How? I asked, greatly surprised. By being cheerful.

This is where Mother and I differ greatly. Her advice in the face of melancholy is: 'Think about all the suffering in the world and be thankful you're not part of it.' My advice is: 'Go outside and try to recapture the happiness within yourself; think of all the beauty in yourself and in everything around you and be happy.

Because still, in spite of everything, I have not enough faith in God. He has given me so much - which I certainly do not deserve - and I still do so much that is wrong every day.

Os mortos recebem mais flores do que os vivos, porque o remorso é mais forte que a gratidão

I'm blessed with many things: happiness, a cheerful disposition and strength.

On Friday, June 12th, I woke up at six o'clock and no wonder; it was my birthday.

Voglio continuare a vivere dopo la mia morte! Perciò sono grata a Dio che mi ha fatto nascere con quest'attitudine a evolvermi e a scrivere per esprimere ciò che è in me. Scrivendo dimentico tutti i miei guai, mi rianimo e la mia tristezza svanisce. Ma, e questo è il problema, saprò scrivere qualche cosa di grande, diverrò mai giornalista o scrittrice? Lo spero, perché scrivendo posso fissare tutto, i miei pensieri, i miei ideali e le mie fantasie.

No soy rica en dinero ni en bienes terrenales; no soy hermosa, ni inteligente, ni lista; ¡pero soy feliz y lo seguiré siendo! Soy feliz por naturaleza, quiero a las personas, no soy desconfiada y quiero verlas felices conmigo.

January 28th, 1944 That's something we should never forget; while others display their heroism in battle or against the Germans, our helpers prove theirs every day by their good spirits and affection.

Go outside and try to recapture the happiness within yourself; think of all the beauty in yourself and in everything around you and be happy.

I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.