Quotes About Gratitude

just to be alive is a grand thing.

I always help old ladies over crossings, and pick up parcels for old gentlemen, in case they should turn out to be eccentric millionaires. But not one of them has ever asked me my name — and quite a lot never said 'Thank you.

Women, Mademoiselle, are generous. If they can render a service to one who has rendered a service to them, they will do it. I was generous once to you, Mademoiselle. When I might have spoken, I held my tongue.

They exchanged a quick smile - a brief recognition of the fact that each was glad of the other's presence

To be content with what Nature has given you, that - that is stupid!

To see someone you love, in a bad setting, is one of the great barometers of gratitude.

It is so often surprising, who rescues you at your lowest moments.

God I am Grateful today, for all things that cash can't buy! What would Life be without eyes to see! Wonder, without music, how Happy could I be? Thank you Lord, are words I say, every moment on this Grateful day.

Just as there must be Black so that we can see White, the Creator has created Troubles so that we can Appreciate our Blessings.

The now is Peaceful and Blissful, But how easily we lose our Joy, We slip into Yesterday and Tomorrow, Looking for another Toy!

We don't need to be Successful to be Happy, if we are Happy we are already Successful!

You can be happy all the time, If you learn to smile and not whine, Not jumping from the future to the past, Be in the NOW and make happiness last.

We should always be grateful for the faults in our partner because if they didn't have those faults from the start, they would have been able to marry someone much better than us

When life is good do not take it for granted as it will pass. Be mindful, be compassionate and nurture the circumstances that find you in this good time so it will last longer. When life falls apart always remember that this too will pass. Life will have its unexpected turns.

Tugovati zna?i vidjeti samo ono što vam je oduzeto. Slavljenje života zna?i prepoznati sve ?ime smo blagoslovljeni i osje?ati zahvalnost.

Contentment is the only time you have enough.

Freedom is being content to be where you are.

La tristezza è vedere solo quello che ti è stato portato via. La celebrazione della vita è riconoscere tutta la fortuna che abbiamo avuto, e sentirci immensamente riconoscenti.

Yet the same Yama-san who educated us in this exceptional manner made the following claim in a magazine once: "All I ever taught Kurosawa was how to drink." How is it possible to express one's gratitude to someone so selfless?

I have that officer who administered the Army physical to thank for sparing me. Or maybe I should say I have my father to thank.

Yama-san was the best kind of teacher. Yama-san, I promise you I'll try a little harder, a little longer. This is the memorial speech I offer up to Yama-san.

Besides these people there are many directors I revere as teachers: Shimazu Yasujir? (1897–1945), Yamanaka Sadao (1909–1938), Mizoguchi Kenji, Ozu Yasujir? and Naruse Mikio. When I think about these people, I want to raise my voice in that old song: "… thanks for our teacher's kindness, we have honored and revered.…" But none of them can hear me now.

Buddhists consider a personal encounter with a buddha a rare chance, and an occasion for deep gratitude. The rarity of this opportunity is emphasized by the Buddhist saying that it is as difficult for a living being to be born human and to encounter the Buddha as for a blind turtle that raises its head above the surface of the sea only once in a hundred years to put its head in a hole in a floating log. This metaphor encourages the devotee to pursue religious training.

The secret of happiness is to make others believe they are the cause of it.