Gratitude
253 quotes: 26 by Keith Craft, 227 from other voices.
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- Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They're absolutely free—and worth a fortune.
- Nothing is more highly to be prized than the value of each day.
- Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.
- Nothing raises the price of a blessing like its removal; whereas, it was its continuance which should have taught us its value.
- Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.
- One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!
- One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.
- One single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer.
- Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience, and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
- Our true acquisitions lie only in our charities, we gain only as we give.
- Perhaps you are overvaluing what you don’t have and undervaluing what you do.
- Pray for and work for fullness of life above every thing; full red blood in the body; full honesty and truth in the mind; and the fullness of a grateful love for the Saviour in your heart.
- Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow.
- Receive without conceit, release without struggle.
- Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many: not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
- Remember how far you've come, not just how far you have to go.
- Remember that few people are as happy as the image they present. See past their facades and you will appreciate what you have.
- Replace fear with gratitude, and your whole world changes.
- Replace the words "have to" with "get to" and watch how the cold rain on your life changes to sunshine.
- Saying thank you is more than good manners. It is good spirituality.Alfred PainterCommonly attributed
- So much has been given to me; I have no time to ponder over that which has been denied.
- Sometimes you have to forget what's gone, appreciate what still remains, and look forward to what's coming next.
- Stop wishing for things you complain you have not, and start making the best of all that you've got.
- Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful.
- Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day which must be done whether you like it or not.
- Thank God for what He’s already done in your life.Joel OsteenCommonly attributed
- Thank you, always say thank you; it’s the greatest gift you can give someone.
- Thankfulness is the tune of angels.Edmund SpenserSourced
- The grateful mind continually expects good things, and expectation becomes faith.
- The greatest source of happiness is the ability to be grateful at all times.
- The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
- The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.
- The more we count the blessings we have, the less we crave the luxuries we haven't.
- The more you are thankful, the more you attract things to be thankful for.
- The person who has stopped being thankful has fallen asleep in life.
- The person who is busy counting his blessings has no time to take inventory of his injuries.
- The prayer that begins with trustfulness, and passes on into waiting, will always end in thankfulness, triumph, and praise.
- The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.
- The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment.
- There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.