Quotes About Gratitude

We already have what we need—the opportunity to weave the tapestry of happiness every day with the needle and thread of our own mind.

In my constant travels, from the highland meadows of Tibet to the tropical rain forest of Brazil to the busy streets of Hong Kong, I've learned that you have to be content wherever you are. Otherwise, traveling is exhausting, because you're always thinking that the next place will be better.

when you give.. it grows and grows.

Like the princess, Philip didn't believe in public displays of affection, which made it easy to mask his feelings. But he revealed them privately in a touching letter to Queen Elizabeth in which he wondered if he deserved "all the good things which have happened to me," especially "to have fallen in love completely and unreservedly.

later. In a letter written on his return home, he thanked his friend for his "support

I would not wish depression on anybody. And yet, it taught me a lot. I have not become suddenly mawkishly grateful for my life but I am more interested in it, more engaged you might say. When you have spent long years in the dark, there is joy in seeing the light and pleasure, above all, in the ordinary.

I often find myself grateful for the comfort of strangers; a man who gave up his seat for me on the bus, a woman who helped me out with a heavy shopping bag. Remembering small acts of kindness puts the world in a finer, sweeter order.

When you have spent long years in the dark, there is joy in seeing the light and pleasure, above all, in the ordinary.

When someone once asked me just what it was that my parents did that made me believe in God, without even thinking I said, "I think it was French toast on Saturday mornings and coffee and Celtic music and discussions and candlelight in the evenings . . ." Because in those moments I tasted and saw the goodness of God in a way I couldn't ignore.

Gratitude isn't a gutting out of thanks, nor is generosity a painful sacrifice. Rather, both come from an overflow of joy. And neither is formed in a vacuum; both must come from recognizing that God's goodness to us is so extravagant that it must be passed on.

The sacrifice is wasted if the attitude of serving is self-concerned and complaining in nature. How we serve, in other words, is just as important as what we serve.

We must learn to cherish all the moments of our lives and to call them holy.

Taking time away to really seek God and to remember what He has done always shows us a bigger picture of Him.

Interestingly enough, we found, the habit of regularly expressing our gratitude and our concerns to God actually made us more grateful and more determined to act generously on behalf of others. I think that's because regular prayer helps cultivate awareness, and awareness is key to both gratitude and generosity. We must learn how to nourish a heart that is keenly aware both of God's abundance as it comes to us and the needs of the world around us.

I might not be famous one day. But I'd still be happy.

Thanks will be a worthless word until a person tells it from heart. When a person thanks someone with full heart then the word will be big and worthy word and will have full meaning to the person. Or else it will remain small and valueless word if a person says it just for saying.

I dedicate this novel to Gala, who was constantly by my side while I was writing it, who was the good fairy of my equilibrium, who banished the salamanders of my doubts and strengthened the lions of certainties...

I think anytime you can affect people in general, in a positive way, then you're a lucky individual.

Mindful is remembering that being alive is the ultimate gift. When we know we have a limited amount of time, we're more careful how we spend it.

quanto mais você se tornar um conhecedor da gratidão, menos você será vítima do ressentimento, da depressão e do desespero. A gratidão funcionará como um elixir que gradualmente dissolverá a concha dura de seu ego - sua necessidade de possuir e controlar - e transformará você num ser generoso. O senso de gratidão produz uma verdadeira alquimia espiritual, torna-nos magnânimos - de almas grandes.

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was "thank you," that would be sufficient. —MEISTER ECKHART

Do not try to be the best, be happy of who you are.

nourishing and sustaining. He feels entitled to the best others can offer without

Appreciate everything your associates do for the business. Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They're absolutely free and worth a fortune.