Gratitude Quotes - Page 47

Gratitude is really, really attractive. A child who is genuinely grateful makes you want to do anything for her, and that is true of adults as well.

Let us give thanks for what we are and for the circumstances God has given us for our personal journey through mortality.

...Be grateful for what you have to be thankful for instead of complaining about the little things that annoy you.

Gratitude is born in hearts that take time to count up past mercies. they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

Envy, if surrounded on all sides by the brightness of another's prosperity, like the scorpion confined within a circle of fire, will sting itself to death.

No metaphysician ever felt the deficiency of language so much as the grateful.

True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.

Stop wishing to merit anyone's gratitude or thinking that anyone can become grateful.

Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.

The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust

I do believe that as you write more and age, the arrogance and most of the vanity goes. Or it is a vanity met with vast gratitude, that you were hit by something as you stood in the way of it, that anybody is listening.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Yes, I like that word. "More" is a prayer to God, isn't it? Gratitude and plea, all in one.

Gratitude is the most fruitful way of deepening your consciousness that you are a divine choice.

No better words than "thank you" have yet been discovered to express the sincere gratitude of one's heart; when the two words are sincerely spoken.

He who does not reflect his life back to God in gratitude does not know himself.

The more frequently you focus on your appreciation and gratitude for each breath, the greater will be your sense of daily gratitude... Now say, 'I am joyfully grateful for each and every breath.' If you have any doubt of your gratitude, just imagine the alternative for a moment - not being able to breathe!

Every day is a good day. Your every-day mind - that is the Way!

The gratitude of every home in our Island, in our Empire, and indeed throughout the world, except in the abodes of the guilty, goes out to the British airmen who, undaunted by odds, unwearied in their constant challenge and mortal danger, are turning the tide of the World War by their prowess and by their devotion. Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

The difficulties, hardships and trials of life, the obstacles... are positive blessings. They knit the muscles more firmly, and teach self-reliance.

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.

To feel oppressed by obligation is only to prove that we are incapable of a proper sentiment of gratitude. To receive favors from the unworthy is simply to admit that our selfishness is superior to our pride. Most men remember obligations, but not often to be grateful for them. The proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent.

Gratitude is thankfulness expressed in action.

When I'm on purpose - when I'm allowing Source to come through - it's always there. At those times, I'm not focused on any ego sense about how much I'm going to make, how well a book is going to do, whether people are going to buy it, or any of that. I just go to a state of awe and gratitude - I'm deeply, profoundly grateful - and it just works. The first words out of my mouth every morning are "I thank you."

The law of gratitude is the natural principle that action and reaction are always equal and in opposite directions.