Gratitude QuotesIf the only prayer you would say in your whole life is “thank you” that would suffice. - Meister Eckhart It is gratefulness which makes the soul great - Rabbi Abraham Heschel Gratitude is our most direct line to God and the angels. If we take the time, no matter how crazy and troubled we feel, we can find something to be thankful for. - Terry Lynn Taylor Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos - the trees, the clouds, everything. - Thich Nhat Hanh Can you see the holiness in those things you take for granted--a paved road or a washing machine? If you concentrate on finding what is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul. - Rabbi Harold Kushner I'm grateful for the opportunity to live on this beautiful and astonishing planet Earth. In the morning, I wake up with a sense of gratitude. - Earl Nightingale Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some - Charles Dickens As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. - John Fitzgerald Kennedy At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person.Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. - Albert Schweitzer Saying thank you is more than good manners. It is good spirituality. - Alfred Painter Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy -- because we will always want to have something else or something more. - Brother David Steindl-Rast Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. - Cicero The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. - Eric Hoffer You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink. - G.K. Chesterton As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. - Johannes A. Gaertner Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. - Marcel Proust Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary. - Margaret Cousins Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity.... It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow. - Melodie Beattie The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated. - William James Return to the main quotes page to find quotes on many other topics.
|
