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Quotes About Thankfulness

Whatever our individual troubles and challenges may be, it's important to pause every now and then to appreciate all that we have, on every level. We need to literally 'count our blessings,' give thanks for them, allow ourselves to enjoy them, and relish the experience of prosperity we already have.
~ Shakti Gawain
Whatever our individual troubles and challenges may be, it's important to pause every now and then to appreciate all that we have, on every level.
~ Shakti Gawain
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.
~ Sharon Gillenwater
You have done well," Grandfather said. "We thank you." "We were afraid sometimes," Jetsam replied. "Good." Grandfather's eyes smiled. "That means you had the courage to keep trying.
~ Sheila Moon
While there are many problems, if one focuses on the bigger picture there are numerous reasons to be thankful for living in a time of remarkable progress and wonderful possibilities for the future.
~ John Templeton
Learn to appreciate the things you have in the life you're living. It is your present.
~ Adem Spahic
The time of persecution and problems is the time to thank and praise God
~ Sunday Adelaja
I'm thankful to have time to write.
~ Paul Watson
If I'm not working, I have home time with my family, and if I spend that stressing what's going to happen next, then it's a waste. I have a lot to be thankful for.
~ Ewen Bremner
We receive our nourishment from the Mother Earth. So we should put our hands together in an attitude of prayer and say "please" and "thank you" when dealing with nature.
~ Masanobu Fukuoka
It's been a tough year. . . Someone said I should send out Buddhist thank-you cards since Buddhists believe that anything that challenges you makes you pull yourself together.
~ Robin Williams
Praying It doesn't have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just pay attention, then patch a few words together and don't try to make them elaborate, this isn't a contest but the doorway into thanks, and a silence in which another voice may speak.
~ Mary Oliver
Always there is something worth saying about glory, about gratitude.
~ Mary Oliver
All I know is that thank you should appear somewhere. So just in case I can't find the perfect place- Thank you, thank you.
~ Mary Oliver
I felt emotions of gentleness and pleasure, that had long appeared dead, revive within me. Half surprised by the novelty of these sensations, I allowed myself to be borne away by them, and forgetting my solitude and deformity, dared to be happy. Soft tears again bedewed my cheeks, and I even raised my humid eyes with thankfulness towards the blessed sun, which bestowed such joy upon me.
~ Mary Shelley
I am grateful for things from the beauty of being able to feel oxygen entering my mouth, flowing through my throat, and spreading through my lungs. I am grateful for my ability to feel emotions. I'm grateful for my ability to connect with other humans by exchanging words and feeling what the other person is really saying in the present moment.
~ Matt Morris
The Christian religion is the religion of sinners, of such as have sinned, and in whom sin in some measure still dwells. The Christian life is a life of continued repentance, humiliation for and mortification of sin, of continual faith in, thankfulness for, and love to the Redeemer, and hopeful joyful expectation of a day of glorious redemption, in which the believer shall be fully and finally acquitted, and sin abolished for ever.
~ Matthew Henry
Thanks for this day, for all birds safe in their nests, for whatever this is, for life.
~ Barbara Kingsolver
She never says gracias because life is made of survival not grace, she says, and servants are paid to bring what they're asked.
~ Barbara Kingsolver
I didn't think he would, but I do believe I was right to ask for his discretion.' 'Thank you, Lady Daphne,' Wilson
~ Barbara Taylor Bradford
Whatever lay ahead, he was glad to be alive.
~ Stephen King
Soy tres mujeres. Soy la que era; soy la que no tenía derecho a ser pero era; soy la mujer a la que has salvado.Te doy las gracias, pistolero.
~ Stephen King
Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, Thank God, I'm still alive. But of course, those who died-their lives will never be the same again. -Barbara Boxer, representative from California
~ Steven D. Price
Count your blessings. A grateful heart attracts more joy, love and prosperity.
~ Cheryl Richardson