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Quotes About Gratitude

It's a time to stop, honor and reflect on the abundance, prosperity, people and lives we are blessed with.
~ Sandra Magsamen
A man who has taken your time recognises no debt; yet it is the one he can never repay.
~ Seneca the Younger
If you spend all of your time racing ahead to the future, you're liable to discover you've left a great present behind.
~ Tom Wilson
I trust the universe to bring me everything I need at the right time context and order.
~ Tonto Dikeh
Whenever somebody reaches above their own limitations - I always tell people, the best time to go give is when you have nothing.
~ Tony Robbins
It's cool when fans spend so much time making things for me. It means a lot.
~ Justin Bieber
What is time for if not to bless?
~ Ann Voskamp
When was the last fast time you thanked the Lord for a trial or tribulation? Adversity compels us to go to our knees; does gratitude for adversity do that as well?
~ Bonnie D. Parkin
It's fun just spending time with everyone. It's something that's so simple, yet so valuable to me
~ David Archuleta
Everyone is in need of encouragement at some time. Take the opportunity today to encourage (give courage to) the one who often encourages you.
~ David Jeremiah
Enjoy the now. Time flies, enjoy it while you can.
~ Eddie Jemison
It's not a bad time to be me.
~ Eddie Vedder
Instead of expecting all and being lowered into despair each time I get less, I expect nothing now and, occasionally, I get a little, and am more than a little happy.
~ Susan Sontag
Oh, Ashley, nothing has turned out as we expected! It never does, he said. Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect. We take what we get and are thankful it's no worse than it is.
~ Margaret Mitchell
I start to think, 'It's awful being too poor to even buy my own dress for homecoming.' But that's instantly swept away by another thought: 'I'm so lucky that someone cates enough to loan me a dress.
~ Margaret Peterson Haddix
You will come to learn, as we have in our long lives, that what is given freely is often despised. It is only when we pay for something that we treasure it.
~ Margaret Weis
Oh, I'd like to show you my gratitude, show you how ugly I am, how impossible it is to love me. I'd like to offer you that.
~ Marguerite Duras
Ho compreso che il suicidio apparirebbe una prova d'indifferenza, fors'anche di ingratitudine, alla piccola cerchia di amici devoti che mi circondavano: non voglio lasciare al loro affetto questa immagine del suppliziato che digrigna i denti, e non sa sopportare ancora una tortura.
~ Marguerite Yourcenar
Ce matin l'idée m'est venue pour la première fois que mon corps, ce fidèle compagnon, cet ami plus sûr, mieux connu de moi que mon âme, n'est qu'un monstre sournois qui finira par dévorer son maître. Paix... J'aime mon corps ; il m'a bien servi et de toutes les façons, et je ne lui marchande pas les soins nécessaires.
~ Marguerite Yourcenar
Sí, Atenas era siempre bella y no lamentaba haber impuesto disciplinas griegas a mi vida. Todo lo que poseemos de humano, de ordenado y lúcido, a ellas se lo debemos.
~ Marguerite Yourcenar
Of all the joys which are slowly abandoning me, sleep is one of the most precious, though one of the most common, too. A man who sleeps but little and poorly, propped on many a cushion, has ample time to meditate upon this particular delight.
~ Marguerite Yourcenar
Accepting all that is given to me and all that is taken away. Recognizing that even loss and pain are gifts.
~ Marian Keyes
Sometimes, you meet a wonderful person, but it's only for a brief instant. Maybe on vacation or on a train or maybe even in a bus line. And they touch your life for a moment, but in a special way. And instead of mourning because they can't be with you for longer, or because you don't get the chance to know them better, isn't it better to be glad that you met them at all?
~ Marian Keyes
When happiness makes a guest appearance in one's life, it's important to make the most of it. It may not stay around for long and when it has gone wouldn't it be terrible to think that all the time one could have been happy was wasted worrying about when that happiness would be taken away?
~ Marian Keyes