Quotes about gratitude
gratitude grateful missing
When we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present ... we experience heaven on earth. Sarah Ban Breathnach
gratitude powerful struggle
Ironically, gratitude's most powerful mysteries are often revealed when we are struggling in the midst of personal turmoil.
gratitude grateful forgiving
Forgiveness is a form of gratitude. When we forgive others, we show them the mercy that we have often received and been thankful for.
gratitude sleep waiting
While we cry ourselves to sleep, gratitude waits patiently to console and reassure us; there is a landscape larger than the one we can see.
gratitude grateful fall
Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend... when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present - love, health, family, friends, work, the joys of nature and personal pursuits that bring us pleasure - the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience Heaven on earth.
gratitude neglected
[The] act of gratitude is nowadays is probably more often neglected than overdone. William F. Buckley, Jr.
gratitude time giving
Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantlyall the time, is having to accept it. William Faulkner
gratitude heart holiday
As we celebrate Thanksgiving, we should reflect on the full meaning of this day as we enjoy the fellowship that is so much a part of the holiday festivities. Searching our hearts, we should ask what we can do as individuals to demonstrate our gratitude to God for all He has done. Such reflection can only add to the significance of this precious day of remembrance. Ronald Reagan
gratitude educational justice
Science without discrimination Human existence without discipline Friendship without gratitude Music without melody A society without morality and justice Cannot be of benefit to the people. Sai Baba
gratitude dog men
Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors? Saint Basil
gratitude stars ocean
People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering... Now, let us acknowledge the wonder of our physical incarnation- that we are here, in these particular bodies, at this particular time, in these particular circumstances. May we never take for granted the gift of our individuality. Saint Augustine
gratitude cheer garden
And when your back stops aching and your hands begin to harden, You will find yourself a partner in the Glory of the Garden. Rudyard Kipling
gratitude humility feelings
For me, the massiveness of what I don't know is one way I experience God. It creates in me a feeling of humility and a sense of gratitude. Warren Farrell
gratitude grateful hopeful
When we direct our thoughts properly i.e. 'Things could be worse but aren't', we can control our emotions... i.e. and feel relieved, grateful, satisfied, hopeful and happy W. Clement Stone
gratitude attitude freedom
Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes.
gratitude grateful law
It seems like the first law of Nature is that everybody likes to receive things, but nobody likes to feel grateful. Zora Neale Hurston
gratitude grateful worry
The moment you begin to worry about the things you want and the things you don’t have in life is the moment you will lose your gratitude... The greatest source of happiness is the ability to be grateful at all times. Zig Ziglar
gratitude grateful heart
Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.
gratitude punishment body
Corporate bodies are more corrupt and profligate than individuals, because they have more power to do mischief, and are less amenable to disgrace or punishment. They feel neither shame, remorse, gratitude, nor goodwill. William Hazlitt
gratitude business corporations
They [corporations] feel neither shame, remorse, gratitude, nor goodwill.
gratitude shame
The public have neither shame or gratitude.
gratitude birth
All jealousy must be strangled in its birth... William Davenant
gratitude pain prayer
Lord, for the erring thought Not unto evil wrought: Lord, for the wicked will Betrayed, and baffled still: For the heart from itself kept, Our thanksgiving accept. For ignorant hopes that were Broken to our blind prayer: For pain, death, sorrow, sent Unto our chastisement: For all loss of seeming good, Quicken our gratitude. William Dean Howells
gratitude food ignorance
Eating with the fullest pleasure - pleasure, that is, that does not depend on ignorance - is perhaps the profoundest enactment of our connection with the world. In this pleasure we experience our dependence and our gratitude, for we are living in a mystery, from creatures we did not make and powers we cannot comprehend. Wendell Berry
gratitude war giving
When someone is giving you his opinion, you should receive it with deep gratitude even though it is worthless. If you don't, he will not tell you the things that he has seen and heard about you again. Yamamoto Tsunetomo
gratitude grateful ocean
My gratitude to him is as boundless as the Pacific ocean. Yann Martel
gratitude kindness children
Who feels injustice, who shrinks before a slight, who has a sense of wrong so acute, and so glowing a gratitude for kindness, as a generous boy? William Makepeace Thackeray
gratitude pain cheer
How grateful are we--how touched a frank and generous heart is for a kind word extended to us in our pain! The pressure of a tender hand nerves a man for an operation, and cheers him for the dreadful interview with the surgeon.
gratitude grateful feelings
You'll never meet a happy ungrateful person, or an unhappy grateful person because gratitude and happiness go together. Sometimes happiness precedes gratitude but often gratitude precedes happiness. The latter is achieved by realising things could be worse but aren't and so feeling relieved, grateful and happy.
gratitude attitude determine
Your gratitude attitude determines your life altitude.
gratitude attitude should
Our favorite attitude should be gratitude.
gratitude attitude important
Gratitude is the most important attitude.
gratitude grateful adversity
Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to [grow and] become successful. For that reason it makes sense to be grateful for adversities that help you grow, even if it is only in understanding and compassion for other's suffering.