Grateful Quotes - Page 13

The very first step toward giving to others is grateful recognition of our own assets.

Everything in life serves as a challenge and test to elevate us. Therefore it is right to be grateful for the opportunity to learn and grow through tackling this real life experience.

Under affliction in the very depths, stop and contemplate what you have to be grateful for.

I am sincerely grateful to everyone who did not let me pass my auditions. If I had gotten in too easily, I wouldn't have worked as hard. Thanks to them, I've gained more strength and I've learned what it means to never give up.

If we were always conscious of the fact that people precious to us are frighteningly mortal, hanging not even by a thread, but by a wisp of gossamer, perhaps we would be kinder to them and more grateful for the love and friendship they give to us.

To feel grateful is one of the most important experiences we need as humans. When we feel it, there is an acceptance of everything in our life.

It's not that life has been easy, perfect or exactly as expected. I just choose to be happy and grateful no matter how it all turns out. If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

When we feel sad, all we need to do is to count our blessings, no matter how few we notice, so we can feel grateful for what we have been given. Sadness soon disappears and, in return, we get inspired to bless others.

The grateful heart will always find opportunities to show its gratitude.

When we become negative and ungrateful, it is important to remember... We have met the enemy; and he is us.

Be grateful for each moment we have and be happy, but more than anything live it fully.

I believe the ultimate path to enlightment is the cultivation of gratitude. When you're grateful, fear disappears. When you're grateful lack disapears. You feel a sense that life is uniquely blessed, but at the same time, you feel like you're a part of everything that exists and you know that you are not the source of it. In that state you show up differently for the people around you. Just walking around you vibrate.

Building a practice of gratitude is the best way I know to create an optimistic approach to life. Start each day by lying in bed for five minutes and mentally acknowledging what you are grateful for.

As we become curators of our own contentment on the Simple Abundance path... we learn to savor the small with a grateful heart.

I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself.

Africans… their tired. They’re tired of being the subject of everybody’s charity and care. We are grateful, but we know that we can take charge of our own destinies if we have the will to reform.

You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I'm grateful.

I am grateful that my horizons were not narrowed at the outset.

Faith has its price. When misfortune strikes the true believer, he assumes he has done something to deserve punishment, but isn't quite certain what. The realist, recognizing that he lives in a Darwinian universe, is simply grateful to have made it to another sunset.

It is no tragedy to do ungrateful people favors, but it is unbearable to be indebted to a scoundrel.

For who expects nothing, all that comes is grateful

Many of our feelings of satisfaction or dissatisfaction have their roots in how we compare ourselves to others. When we compare ourselves to those who have more, we feel bad. When we compare ourselves to those who have less, we feel grateful. Even though the truth is we have exactly the same life either way, our feelings about our life can vary tremendously based on who we compare ourselves with. Compare yourself with those examples that are meaningful but that make you feel comfortable with who you are and what you have.

My life has changed in almost every way but I couldn’t be more grateful. I couldn’t be happier - I feel like the luckiest guy in the world.

Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining - it bores everybody else, does you no good and doesn't solve any problems!

Obedience shows whether you are grateful.