Quotes about gratitude
gratitude appreciation maturity
Gratitude is a sign of maturity...Where there is appreciation: there is also courtesy and concern for the rights and property of others. Gordon B. Hinckley
gratitude heart young-friends
Truly, my dear young friends, you are a chosen generation. I hope you will never forget it. I hope you will never take it for granted. I hope there will grow in your hearts an overpowering sense of gratitude to God, who has made it possible for you to come upon the earth in this marvelous season of the world's history. Gordon B. Hinckley
gratitude ill-treatment feelings
There is a worse tyranny than that of ill-treatment. It is the tyranny of tears, vapours, appeals to feelings of affection and of gratitude! Georgette Heyer
gratitude departed hardship
...The silent reminiscence of hardships departed, is sweeter than the presence of delight. Herman Melville
gratitude sweet men
Lo! ye believers in gods all goodness, and in man all ill, lo you! see the omniscient gods oblivious of suffering man; and man, though idiotic, and knowing not what he does, yet full of the sweet things of love and gratitude. Herman Melville
gratitude morning up-early
Some would find fault with the morning, if they ever got up early enough.. The fault find faults even in Paradise. Henry David Thoreau
gratitude grateful book
A journal, is a book that shall contain a record of all your joy, your ecstasy, what you are grateful for. Henry David Thoreau
gratitude grateful i-am-grateful
I am grateful for what I have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. Henry David Thoreau
gratitude grateful looks
It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see - i.e. compare it to, something worse or better, that determines whether you are respectively grateful and happy or ungrateful and bitter. Henry David Thoreau
gratitude people why-not
We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect. [So why not suspect good rather than bad in events, people and life and thereby find it more?] Henry David Thoreau
gratitude men dull-life
The intellect of most men is barren. They neither fertilize or are fertilized. It is the marriage of the soul with nature that makes the intellect fruitful, that gives birth to imagination...without nature-awakened imagination most persons do not really live in the world, they merely pass through it as they live dull lives of quiet desperation. Henry David Thoreau
gratitude philosophical inspirational-christmas
Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
gratitude appreciation assistants
a swell of gratitude and appreciation for his assistant, as opposed to the murderous rage he felt toward the rest of his staff Jennifer Egan
gratitude cat winning
No favor can win gratitude from a cat. Jean de La Fontaine
gratitude justice people
It is a very grave matter to be forced to imitate a people for whom you know-which is the price of your performance and survival-you do not exist. It is hard to imitate a people whose existence appears, mainly, to be made tolerable by their bottomless gratitude that they are not, thank heaven, you. James A. Baldwin
gratitude pain thinking
You think your pains and heartbreaks are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. [and then you discover that others have suffered much more than you and your problems look good in comparison] James A. Baldwin
gratitude stars space
Gratitude to the Great Sky who holds billions of stars - and goes yet beyond that - beyond all powers, and thoughts and yet is within us - Grandfather Space. The Mind is his Wife Gary Snyder
gratitude play simplicity
Practically speaking, a life that is vowed to simplicity, appropriate boldness, good humor, gratitude, unstinting work and play, and lots of walking, brings us close to the actually existing world and its wholeness. Gary Snyder
gratitude appreciation caring
The loving parts of your personality have no trouble loving. That is all they do. You experience the loving parts of as gratitude, appreciation, caring, patience, contentment and awe of life. Gary Zukav
gratitude earth very-deep
If we perceived life with reverence, we would stand in awe at the experience of physical life and walk the earth in a very deep sense of gratitude. Gary Zukav
gratitude integrity blessing
The private and personal blessings we enjoy- the blessings of immunity, safeguard, liberty and integrity- deserve the thanksgiving of a whole life. Jeremy Taylor
gratitude giving thanks
...Learn to give thanks for everything. Jeremy Taylor
gratitude book giving
From David learn to give thanks for everything. Every furrow in the book of Psalms is sown with the seeds of thanksgiving. Jeremy Taylor
gratitude recovery eye
Pause and remember - You will make it to the other side of this hardship. One day you will look back with wiser eyes, understanding and gratitude. Hang in there!
gratitude pyramids people
A story - with a message about praising what have rather than criticizing what haven't: There are some people who knock the pyramids because they don't have elevators!!!
gratitude cheer murphys-law
Nobody notices when things go right. George Zimmerman
gratitude mistake growth
What I'm primarily saying,' he says, 'is that this is a time for knowledge assimilation, not backstabbing. We learned a lesson, you and I. We personally grew. Gratitude for this growth is an appropriate response. Gratitude, and being careful never to make the same mistake twice. George Saunders
gratitude joy sorrow
With so many thousand joys, is it not black ingratitude to call the world a place of sorrow and torment? Jean Paul
gratitude eye bird
Has it never occurred to us, when surrounded by sorrows, that they may be sent to us only for our instruction, as we darken the eyes of birds when we wish them to sing? Jean Paul
gratitude sleep riches
For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed and gratefully appreciated, they must be interrupted so the person can see that not having them is not as good as having them. Jean Paul
gratitude morning prayer
I spend a few minutes in meditation and prayer each morning. I find that this really helps me to start the day with a good frame of reference. As part of my prayers, I thank whoever is helping me - I'm sure that somebody or something is - I express gratitude for all my blessings and try to forgive the people that I'm feeling negative toward. I try hard not to judge anyone, and I try to bless everyone who is part of my life, particularly anyone with whom I am having any problems. Jim Henson
gratitude thinking should-have
Whenever I think about all the things I appreciate in life, I also think about my privileges, as well. Try to keep that all in balance. Gratitude for what I have, trying to be part of movements that make it easy for people who have it harder than they ever should have it. Emily Saliers
gratitude play hands
Play the hand you're dealt. Jawaharlal Nehru