The test of happiness is gratitude.
When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.
Gratitude produced the most purely joyful moments that have been known to man.
Thanks are the highest form of thought.
When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?
The best kind of giving is thanksgiving.
The worst moment for an atheist is when he feels a profound sense of gratitude and has no one to thank.
The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them.
The fact is that purification and austerity are even more necessary for the appreciation of life and laughter than for anything else. To let no bird fly past unnoticed, to spell the stones and weeds, to have the mind a storehouse of sunset, requires a discipline in pleasure and an education in gratitude.
Gratitude, being nearly the greatest of human duties, is also nearly the most difficult.
