Quotes About Gratitude

The burdens of life I'll take up now, But never my heart will they stain. If sorrows of earth fit me for heaven, No reason have I to complain.

You already own what you think you need.

Don't need what you want. Want what you need.

We don't need more strength or more ability or greater opportunity. What we need is to use what we have.

As the years pass, and we look back on something which, at the time, seemed unbelievably discouraging and unfair, we come to realize that, after all, God was at all times on our side. The eventual outcome was, we discover, by far the best solution for us, and what we thought should have been to our best advantage, would in reality have been quite detrimental.

People don't speak of hunger when they know what it is to be hungry.

Never, my child, forget to pray, Whate'er the business of the day. If happy dreams have bless'd thy sleep, If startling fears have made thee weep, With holy thoughts begin the day; And ne'er, my child, forget to pray.

I love the quote she once gave me: "When supply seems to have dried up, look around you quickly for something to give away." It is a law of the universe: to get good things you must first give away good things. (And of course this applies to love and friendship, as well.)

Whenever we pray for something and receive it, the thing that our people are taught to do is say, 'Thank You.' When you do that, may more blessings come.

I'm 58 years old and I just went through 8 back surgeries. They started cutting on me in February 2009, and I was basically bed ridden for almost two years. I got a real dose of reality that if you don't have your health, you don't have anything.

I would argue that nothing gives life more purpose than the realization that every moment of consciousness is a precious and fragile gift.

I feel blessed: having a family is something that I've always wanted. Having a second child is the realization of a dream come true.

Anyone who's looked into a newborn's innocent eyes should realize how incredible it is to be blessed with a new life.

When you realize how short life is, you ought to celebrate life even more.

We do not realize what we have on Earth until we leave it.

As I've gotten older, I realize how important my fans are and that I'm here because of them and not the other way around.

It's just a fact of life that you don't realize what you've got until it's gone.

My background wasn't one blessed with all the luxuries in life. Nothing is forever and I realize that.

I have a little different perspective on this whole golf thing than maybe some other players. So I definitely take time to realize where I'm at in my life. And I know that I'm blessed.

When you're young, you don't realize the sacrifices that people are making for you.

I found my way back into music and realized that it's not that the music went away after losing my hearing, I just get the privilege of enjoying it and experiencing it differently.

I think what I realized is that I can't believe I made it to 50 years old.

I was always the kid who wanted Christmas to not come, because I realized at a pretty early age that no matter what you got, there's always a little bit of a letdown. It's like, 'Oh, gee, I wanted two ponies, not one.'

Sometimes, when God blessed me with something, I would feel guilty. Then I realized this was wrong, because a blessing is a blessing is a blessing.