Quotes About Gratitude

the lesson Buddha and Aurelius had taught centuries earlier: "Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.

Vengeful and grateful feelings appear to have evolved precisely because they are such useful tools for helping individuals create cooperative relationships, thereby reaping the gains from non-zero-zum games.

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.

Vengeful and grateful feelings appear to have evolved precisely because they are such useful tools for helping individuals create cooperative relationships, thereby reaping the gains from non-zero-sum games.

The termagant who had dragged him out on long, boring walks, who had tried in vain to censor his reading, who had labeled him an impious liar and criminal, was dead at last, and the boy, hearing a servant say 'she has passed away', sank to his knees on the kitchen floor to thank God for so great a deliverance.

Who is rich?' the rabbis ask. And they answer: he who is satisfied with his portion.

He sat down and said, "Thank you.

Talent," she said, "is Gods gift to you. What you do with it, is your gift back to him." ... The Blue Edge of Midnight, pg. 3.

She always said how lucky were to be friends... but it was us baby who were the lucky ones

If you were born in a country or at a time not only when nobody comes to kill your wife and your children, but also nobody comes to ask you to kill the wives and children of others, then render thanks to God and go in peace. But always keep this thought in mind: you might be luckier than I, but you're not a better person.

if money does not necessarily increase life satisfaction, what does?

insisted on comparing upward, which is the worst thing you can do. As Richard Layard writes, "One secret of happiness is to ignore comparisons with people who are more successful than you are: always compare downwards, not upwards.

sank. It dawned upon me that I was becoming someone I didn't like. I began to feel defined by my ingratitude.

I am trying to be more attentive to the moment and appreciative of where I am at. That's part of wisdom, right?

What if I had become a chronically dissatisfied person?

Aidan laughed for the joy of the frog orchids. He cried, too, for their beauty. His melancholy was cured. And a prayer was answered that he hadn't been able to pray.

It's great to be alive, isn't it? Especially when you consider the alternative.

It is when we are most blessed that we are most in need of protection – and the protection for which we pray is that the blessing remain a blessing and not turn into a curse – the curse of forgetting from where the blessings come.

Judaism is a religion of rejoicing; of remembering where we came from, and therefore not taking our blessings for granted; of recalling the source of the good, and therefore not forgetting the larger truth that it comes to us from the hand of God; of knowing that what we have, God has placed in our trust, to be used for the good of all, not just ourselves.

I come from a religious tradition where we make a blessing over great scientists regardless of their views on religion.

Thanksgiving is the holiday that encompasses all others. All of them, from Martin Luther King Day to Arbor Day to Christmas to Valentine's Day, are in one way or another about being thankful.

Why didn't I learn to treat everything like it was the last time. My greatest regret was how much I believed in the future.

A warm feeling filled me. It was made of tea and biscuits and sudden gratitude.