Quotes About Gratitude

It's like discovering that while you thought you needed the tea ceremony for the caffeine, what you really needed was the tea ceremony

I'm actually quite depressed," she said. "I don't see why." "What's the silver lining here? I can't seem to remember today." "The silver lining is that you're not going to have to see any more naked pregnant pictures of Demi Moore." She looked at me for a moment with real wonder. "God," she said, "that's a lot—I hadn't even thought of that.

Gratitude begins in our hearts and then dovetails into behavior. It almost always makes you willing to be of service, which is where the joy resides. … When you are aware of all that has been given you, in your lifetime and in the past few days, it is hard not to be humbled, and pleased to give back.

It's like discovering that while you thought you needed the tea ceremony for the caffeine, what you really needed was the tea ceremony. The act of writing turns out to be its own reward.

Discovering that while you thought you needed the tea ceremony for the caffeine, what you really needed was the tea ceremony. The act of writing turns out to be its own reward.

Keep walking, though there's no place to get to. Don't try to see through the distances. That's not for human beings. Move within, but don't move the way fear makes you move. Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened. Don't open the door to the study and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument. Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.

Dear God, Yes, there is a Virginia who helped me create this planet and the marvels thereon. And for whom I thank you. AMJ

But Lord Raid and Lord Sifer had an unpleasant habit of reminding Benden Weyr riders of their loyalty at every opportunity. Gratitude is an ill-fitting tunic that can chafe and smell if worn too long. Lord

One can never pay in gratitude: one can only pay 'in kind' somewhere else in life.

Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning sun can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem, or saying a prayer.

After all, I don't see why I am always asking for private, individual, selfish miracles when every year there are miracles like white dogwood.

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greed, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea. Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Purposeful giving is not as apt to deplete one's resources; it belongs to that natural order of giving that seems to renew itself even in the act of depletion. The more one gives, the more one has the give - like milk in the breast.

The acquisitive instinct is incompatible with true appreciation of beauty.

One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can only collect a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.

One cannot collect all the beautful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.

Gods in his heaven, all's right with the world

I know," Daniel agreed. "Thank you for the bacon sandwiches." Mercy smiled. "There are times when it's the only thing that works.

All the fear in the world is not going to change anything, only rob me of what little I have.

She has a kind of courage I find myself admiring more with each day. She is determined to be happy, to see what is good and to make the best of what is not.

He was happy for other people's success.

Before you pity yourself, take a great deal closer look at others, and then decide with whom you would, or could, change places, and what sacrifice of your nature you would be prepared to make in order to do so. Knowing you as I do, I think precious little.

May I wish you the joy of the season, and remembrance of all that is good in the past, together with hope for the future.

A great help, thank you." Pitt calculated quickly. It must have been after ten, at this time of the year.