Quotes About Gratitude

We all feel really blessed to have been with my dad for these 85 years.

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When eating becomes a matter of life or death, and each new bite is a celebration, you may discover that none of the other stuff was quite as important as sitting and breaking bread together.

Before addressing what to eat, the most urgent matter is how to eat.

When you are eating all the time, food curiously loses much of its joy, along with its sense of ceremony and sociability.

Many things that matter in the kitchen are beyond measuring: how much you enjoy the company of those you dine with; the satisfaction of using up the last crust of bread before it goes moldy; the way an Italian blood orange tastes in February; the pleasure of cold cucumber soup on a hot evening; the feeling of having a hearty appetite and the means to satisfy it.

A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her egg and then cackles.

Has the gift of laughter been withdrawn from me? I protest that I do still, at the age of forty-seven, laugh often and loud and long. But not, I believe, so long and loud and often as in my less smiling youth. And I am proud, nowadays, of laughing, and grateful to any one who makes me laugh. That is a bad sign. I no longer take laughter as a matter of course.

Appreciation is appreciated.

There cannot be such a thing as true life without praise. Praising and no longer praising are related to each other as are living and no longer living." —Claus Westermann, The Praise of God in the Psalms (1965)

No one misses out on the hardness of life. Everyone just tries to find what happiness and beauty they can. p343

far as I was concerned we were extremely lucky to have a mother who was so devoted, so encouraging, such fun—how ungrateful would it be to focus on a disappeared dad? Shouldn't we be glad for the good things?

If you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. And if you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away.

Sarah have been giving the credit to her mother and grandmother—to all of the incredible women she'd connected with at the yarn store?

Sarah had finally caught that brass ring she'd been reaching for her whole life. Family. Friends. Love.

Thank God." His hands tangled in her hair as he

Amazingly, she didn't seem to be holding on to anger or frustration about the past fifteen years. Instead, she had chosen to appreciate all they'd found and had to look forward to in the future.

She looked out at the crowd of people who loved her, her smile meant for each and every one of them. "So many of my wishes have already come true." Her grin grew wider. "And still, I want more. At

What do you say to a dog before he eats?

If you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. And if you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away. Sophie

I am a true adorer of life, and if I can't reach as high as the face of it, I plant my kiss somewhere lower down. Those who understand will require no further explanation.

Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give.

Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give.