Quotes about gratitude
gratitude determined mercy
I am most thankful to Almighty Providence for mercies received, and determined still to press the case into public notice as a token of gratitude. William Banting
gratitude energy
Gratitude is the the energy of faith. William Arthur Ward
gratitude generosity family-and-friends
Christmas is more that a time of festivities, family, and friends; it is a season of generosity, gladness, and gratitude. William Arthur Ward
gratitude art blessing
In gratitude for God's gift of life to us we should share that gift with others. The art of giving encompasses many areas. It is an outgoing, overflowing way of life. Wilferd Peterson
gratitude kings age
Heroic ages are not and never were sentimental and those daring conquistadores who conquered entire worlds for their Spain or Portugal received lamentably little thanks from their kings. Stefan Zweig
gratitude attitude blessing
A sunny temper [an attitude of gratitude for what blessings and mercies there are] gilds the edges of life's blackest cloud. Thomas Guthrie
gratitude half half-life
Gratitude’s got a short half-life, Clarice. Thomas Harris
gratitude voice stills
The still small voice of gratitude. Thomas Gray
gratitude sweet fall
Sweet is the breath of vernal shower,/ The bee's collected treasure sweet,/ Sweet music's melting fall, but sweeter yet/ The still small voice of gratitude. Thomas Gray
gratitude judging merit
One single object . . . [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation. Thomas Jefferson
gratitude grateful opposites
[Grateful] Cheerfulness is health; its opposite, [ungrateful] melancholy, is disease. Thomas Chandler Haliburton
gratitude live-life believe
As you keep your mind and heart focused in the right direction, approaching each day with faith and gratitude, I believe you will be empowered to live life to the fullest and enjoy the abundant life He has promised you! Victoria Osteen
gratitude sacrifice years
Western elites - the beneficiaries of 60 years of peace and prosperity achieved by the sacrifices to defeat fascism and Communism - are unhappy in their late middle age, and show little gratitude for, or any idea about, what gave them such latitude. If they cannot find perfection in history, they see no good at all. Victor Davis Hanson
gratitude men joy
The poor man shuddered, overflowed with an angelic joy; he declared in his transport that this would last through life; he said to himself that he really had not suffered enough to deserve such radiant happiness, and he thanked God, in the depths of his soul, for having permitted that he, a miserable man, should be so loved by this innocent being. Victor Hugo
gratitude opportunity doors
Today a thousand doors of enterprise are open to you, inviting you to useful work. To live at this time is an inestimable privilege, and a sacred obligation devolves upon you to make right use of your opportunities. Today is the day in which to attempt and achieve something worthwhile.
gratitude blessing doors
Gratitude is of the very essence of worship. ... When you walk with gratitude, you do not walk with arrogance and conceit and egotism, you walk with a spirit of thanksgiving that is becoming to you and will bless your lives. Sincerely giving thanks not only helps us recognize our blessings, it also unlocks the doors of heaven and helps us feel God's love. Gordon B. Hinckley
gratitude appreciation eye
Do you feel gloomy? Lift your eyes. Stand on your feet. Say a few words of appreciation and love to the Lord. Be positive. Gordon B. Hinckley
gratitude appreciation mean
I am saying that out of a spirit of appreciation and gratitude, and a sense of duty, you ought to make whatever adjustment is necessary to give a little of your time-as little as two years-consecrating your strength, your means, your talents to the work of sharing with others the gospel, which is the source of so much of the good that you have. I promise that if you will do so, you will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make... Gordon B. Hinckley
gratitude humility foundation
Gratitude is the beginning of wisdom. Stated differently, true wisdom cannot be obtained unless it is built on a foundation of true humility and gratitude. Gordon B. Hinckley
gratitude needs arrogant
Gratitude is the beginning of civility, of decency and goodness, of a recognition that we cannot afford to be arrogant. We should walk with the knowledge that we will need help every step of the way. Gordon B. Hinckley
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