Quotes About Gratitude

He hadn't done it for show or to please the onlookers. When he'd approached that treasured cloth of red, white, and blue waving in the gentle breeze, gratefulness had overflowed in his heart and soul. Gratitude for the privilege of protecting his country. Appreciation for those who cared. And above all, thankfulness to almighty God that he'd made it home.

I'm so blessed to have a wonderful family, Lord. Thank you for each one of them.

Pastor Brad had taught her that the best remedy for feeling down was to praise the Lord.

Thank you that I'm not worthless in your eyes nor in my own.

I'll admit that my garden now grows hope in lavish profusion, leaving little room for anything else. I suppose it has squeezed out more practical plants like caution and common sense. Still, though, hope does not flourish in every garden, and I feel thankful it has taken root in mine.

When we appreciate what we have, and what we have accomplished, and then share our talents with others, we can celebrate life each day rather than dwell over how things "used to be.

Funny to be thanked for something comes so nat'ral.

The universe—this no more than that other—gives so few gifts. Remember that they are treasure.

I don't think they get paid very much, because they never stay very long. But they should get a million dollars. What they do is really hard, and I don't think most folks get that. It

Those aides deserve medals. We're not an easy bunch.

I want to gather the unaccented beats... and thank them, give them treats, whatever a feminine ending eats

Are you as happy as you thought you'd be , I ask. Yes. And his smile is touchingly pleased. I thought you'd look happier , I say, but after all, when I am looking at you, you're with me!

You almost threw it back!' she repeated, and her voice filled with mock horror. 'You foolish boy! Are you always so careless with items of value?' 'No,' he said, abruptly sober. 'I know what matters. And I never throw those things away. I hold on to them as long as I can.

The debt of friendship is never collected," he interrupted. "And nothing is ever owed.

Elisandra's lips moved in a silent prayer of gratitude. Color actually washed across her face. That was bad; that was actually terrible; but there had been a hero, nonetheless, some mercy shown, and that made the story more bearable.

You must welcome bounty whenever it comes, hunti man. It is often inconvenient. But if you insist on accepting it only when it suits your schedule, you will find yourself very poor.

Protecting what we have makes us stingy and closed. When we don't have much or hold what we have loosely, we discover the self-perpetuating joy of being content—and generous—with very little.

Share any item you would like to keep all to yourself. If you have any item you would not want to share, then sharing it with someone who would appreciate it is usually a true act of kindness. And not a small one either! I have a few of those types of things I want to hoard: they usually involve sugar. Apparently, I'm not alone.

carrying out kindness means doing a small act of generosity for someone else; overcoming our tendency to be selfish, inattentive, busy, impatient, or focused on our own needs; and doing it without expecting appreciation or anything in return.

We are supposed to enjoy the good stuff now, while we can, with the people we love. Life has a funny way of teaching us that lesson over and over again.

There's so much beauty in this world that it's hard to begin. There are no words with which to express my gratitude at having been given this one chance to live - if not Live. Let other people frequent the nightclubs in their tight-ass skirts and Live. I'm just sitting here, vibrating in my apartment, at having been given this one chance to live.

Maybe motherhood means honoring one's mother.

If now in some ways I drink too much, it's not that I lack a reverence for the world.

She doesn't know why she spent so much of her life thinking about such trivial things, or looking at websites, when just outside her window there was a sky that was not trivial.