Quotes About Thankfulness

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

On this day, so full for Americans of thoughts connected with their National Independence, we may not forget that Americans have yet other grounds for gratitude to the people of the Netherlands.

Counting one thousand gifts, I discovered I could count on God.

Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life.

Now, God be thanked, Who has matched us with His hour,And caught our youth, and wakened us from sleeping.

And when the rains were over and it was October and the birds were in song again, I could lie in the sun on sweet-smelling grass and gaze up through a pattern of oak leaves into a blind-blue heaven. And I would thank my God for leaves and grass and the smell of things, the smell of mint and myrtle and bruised clover, and the touch of things, the touch of grass and air and sky, the touch of the sky's blueness.

There is much to celebrate – just being alive, to begin with.

It's not hard. You just need to think of what you have instead of what you don't.

You just need to think of what you have instead of what you don't.

A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude.

Giving thanks is usually the result of receiving something. Asking or begging is an energy that comes from not having (lack). With prayers said in this way, the Universe aligns so that you receive abundantly that for which you are thankful.

Sen bana dünyada ba?ka türlü bir hayat?n da mevcut oldu?unu, benim de bir ruhum bulundu?unu ö?rettin. Bunu sonuna kadar götüremediysen senin kabahatin de?il. Bana hakikaten ya?amak imkan?n? verdi?in bir kaç ay için sana te?ekkür ederim.

Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.

Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive-to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence

The way to peace is to be content with yourself, honor the light of reason within, live in harmony with others, and be grateful to the gods for the universe and your role in it.

To the gods I am indebted for having good grandfathers, good parents, a good sister, good teachers, good associates, good kinsmen and friends, nearly everything good.

Do not dream of possession of what you do not have: rather reflect on the greatest blessings in what you do have, and on their account remind yourself how much they would have been missed if they were not there.

But cast away the thirst after books, that thou mayest not die murmuring, but cheerfully, truly, and from thy heart thankful to the gods.

To the gods I am indebted for having good grandfathers, good parents, a good sister, good teachers, good associates, good kinsmen and friends, nearly everything good. Further, I owe it to the gods that I was not hurried into any offence against any of them, though I had a disposition which, if opportunity had offered, might have led me to do something of this kind; but, through their favour, there never was such a concurrence of circumstances as put me to the trial.

No que toca a tua sede por livros, apressa-te em repudiá-la para que não venhas a morrer em murmúrios e resmungos, mas sim de uma maneira propícia e autêntica e agradecendo de coração aos deuses.8

that thou mayest not die murmuring, but cheerfully, truly, and from thy heart thankful to the gods.

thank the gods for giving me such a brother, who was able by his moral character to rouse me to vigilance over myself, and who, at the same time, pleased me by his respect and affection;